Reports like this made me wonder exactly how hot 40 deg. C actually is- and I looked on my thermometer to get a conversion, and I was blown away- 40 C is 104 F. SMOKING!
“Reports like this made me wonder exactly how hot 40 deg. C actually is- and I looked on my thermometer to get a conversion, and I was blown away- 40 C is 104 F. SMOKING!”
That’s a cool day in Phoenix over most of the summer.
It is hot, but if you’ve been
to Vegas in August, Death Valley
in July, 104 deg would be a
welcome reprieve. I’ve been in
downtown Roswell, NM in July.
it was HOT. 117 deg.
The media plays what’s happening
in Australia for all it’s worth,
trying to support their climate
change agenda.
Those in Australia know the hazards
they’re confronted with. The
severity of their wildfires depends
on seasonal growth. The ambient
temps play a smaller role than
what the media would leave you
to believe. If temps were the
cause, many American towns
(@ 104 deg) would have been in
ashes by now.
A typical Summer in West/Central Texas in the “Real World” not that shaded, ventilated shack the NWS puts at an Airport to get their “numbers” from.
You only leave Hand Tools (wrenches, hammers, saws, prybars, etc) out in the Sunlight once because You burn Your fingers and palms grabbing something to used it. Just a simple piece of cardboard covering them solves the problem. And only very heavy gloves is the other option.
I grew up in New Mexico. One hundred and four is normal. Stay in the shade.
“Reports like this made me wonder exactly how hot 40 deg. C actually is- and I looked on my thermometer to get a conversion, and I was blown away- 40 C is 104 F. SMOKING!”
Big deal. When I visited Fort Worth in the summer of 2018 it was 115 degrees.
That’s not unusual for Australia in the Summer. Today is the equivalent of July 1st for them.
I was stationed in Australia during the 1981-3 drought. Lots of bush fires then. 75 people killed in one fire. Terrible dust storms and fires. Lucky for me I was in the desert where bush fires are rare. But the heat and dust storms—crikey! Like the end of the world.
104 is a balmy day in Texas. In 1980 (before globull warming), I spent days in front of the fridge wrapped in nothing but a wet towel when it was 116.
2011 had 100 days over 100 degrees. Towns were running out of drinking water. There were wildfires with one a mile from our house.
Your kidding right? Even the north midwest hits 104. Big deal.
30 days of 100+ degree heat in NorCal in the 1970s most summers growing up. It’s become considerable cooler in recent years.
It’s not that hot.
Fires that spread mean lots of undergrowth. Heat lightning and you got a rager. Then it grows back.