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Posted on 07/06/2023 10:17:29 AM PDT by NohSpinZone
A California man died from extreme heat at Death Valley National Park amid the highest temperature recorded on Earth this year, park officials said.
The 65-year-old man from San Diego was found dead in his vehicle on Monday morning, Abby Wines, a spokesperson for the park, told SFGATE. This came the day after Death Valley reached 126 degrees, the hottest temperature anywhere on the planet in 2023.
A maintenance worker noticed the man’s vehicle just after 10 a.m. Monday about 30 yards away from North Highway, park officials said in a news release. The worker found the man unresponsive, prompting the arrival of park rangers, Inyo County Sheriff’s Office deputies and officials from the county coroner’s office. The man was declared dead at the scene.
Park officials said they believe the man died from a heat-related illness because his vehicle veered only slightly off the road with two flat tires but didn’t crash. Investigators said they believe the driver’s heat-related illness may have caused him to run off the road.
Officials also said the car’s engine was fully functioning and the vehicle wasn’t stuck, but the air conditioning system appeared to be broken. The man’s sedan was found with the window down, which led investigators to believe he didn’t have air conditioning while he was driving, park officials said.
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That makes my blood boil!
It’s Death Valley. It’s summer. As a San Diegan he knew this meant extreme temperatures. Maybe something else killed him?
The headline is right out of “1984”. Pure Propaganda
I presume two flat tires when he veered off the road? About 20 years aog I got two flat tires in Rye Patch while out gold prospecting, about 10 miles from pavement and 20 from Winnemucca. That made for an interesting day.
And yet people presumably drove through the Desert Southwest for years in vehicles without existing air conditioning and lived in the South of the US without it as well. Did many fewer people live in the deep South before AC was widely available and affordable, using “swamp cooler-type evaporation devices? Curious about if people drove through the heat like that back before vehicle AC and how they did it?
126? My thermometer here in Bullhead City registered 128 on Sunday. During the summer, 120-125 is kinda normal.
Unfortunately something like this is pretty much a yearly occurrence in desert areas. Has nothing to do with climate change.
The weather in Death Valley and the low desert here in Arizona has always been between 120-130 in the heat of the summer.
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Someone died of the heat at the Grand Canyon earlier this week.
The wrong time of year to visit these spots
“This came the day after Death Valley reached 126 degrees, the hottest temperature anywhere on the planet in 2023.”
“SFGate” drama translation: if it wasn’t for climate change this wouldn’t have happened.
It wasn’t named “Death Valley” 170 years ago for nothing!
I once stayed in a motel in Death Valley in the middle of summer. Interestingly, most of the guests there were German. I also met tourists from England.
Just look at the temperature increase since the beginning of the year. If it is 126 after only six months, it should be above boiling within the next six months. All because people mow their lawns and drive ICE vehicles.
Could be the highest recorded temperature in the entire universe ever.
There was a math professor that disappeared in Oregon, years ago. OK...cool...the Oregon woods are nice for walking...clear your head, contemplate things, from the serious to the mundane...things like “I wonder why they call this the Cougar Reservoir Wilderness.
But it’s a dry heat...
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