Man found dead in Death Valley amid highest temperature on Earth this year

SF Gate ^ | 7/6/2023 | By Madilynne Medina

[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.

[muir_redwoods]

Weird, I just can’t explain it, It was -11° here in Connecticut just six months ago and the moisture froze right out of the air. Something truly strange must be happening

[Iron Munro]

Highest temps THIS YEAR.

Big Deal.

Not the highest temps ever.

The highest officially registered temperature in the USA is 134 degrees recorded in California’s Death Valley back in 1913.

Must have been caused by those 20 mule team powered wagon train SUV’s.

Facts like this are the reason our leftist schools don’t want to teach students history and how to do independent research.

[broken_clock]

I once stayed in a motel in Death Valley in the middle of summer. Interestingly, most of the guests there were German.

As a kid in the sixties all of my German relatives would visit and had to see Death Valley. Palm Springs was their next stop to roast in the sun.

[RedMonqey]

Even if the temperature was 110, the old man wouldn’t have survived long in that heat without water and air conditioning 🙄🙄

[Boogieman]

One thing to remember is that the human body acclimates itself to the prevalent temperature. If you are living without air conditioning, then when the temperature spikes in the summer, you’ll have a hard time for a couple weeks, and then your body adjusts. But if you are living with air conditioning, your body never adjusts.

[Psalm 73]

This man is dead because of all you Climate Deniers. Shame!

/sarc

[old school]

Well...with few exceptions all of southern California was once desert. And, there are a lot towns in the Mojave Desert. But, anybody with a lick of sense knows that you don’t even travel to Las Vegas un-prepared, let alone Death Valley!

[old school]

Stop it!

[Gay State Conservative]

But it’s a dry heat.

[dforest]

I always wondered how it got the name Death Valley. Notttt!

[SaveFerris]

That is so neat

I want the car with that too

Does it fill with a little water or maybe a bit of ice 🧊🧊🧊 lol

[PGR88]

The headline is right out of “1984”. Pure Propaganda

Its quite a lurid new slogan they have invented, isn't it?

"The hottest day on the planet Earth!!"

[TheDon]

“Park officials said they believe the man died from a heart-related illness” as they found his CV19 vaccine card in his wallet. ;^)

RIP

[linMcHlp]

swamp cooler bkmk

[justme4now]

1955 Nash Rambler?🤔

[Montana_Sam]

Your browser does not support the video tag. Run away! RUN AWAY!

[T.B. Yoits]

...yet people presumably drove through the Desert Southwest for years in vehicles without existing air conditioning

...but tolerable before drinking and driving laws

[COBOL2Java]

In 1976 it was 126 in Needles. Pretty warm. On the way to Disneyland when the world was a carousel of color.

I visited the Mojave Desert in December - good time to go! We stayed in a tent in Nipton.

Beautiful night sky, although in December, it got cold! Morning temp was about 15.

The desert heated up after sunrise. We headed west and had lunch in Baker, home of the World's Tallest Thermometer

[ASOC]

Agitprop is the better term.

No mention of an unusually cold May/June in both Utah and AK. Wet as well.

“Climate Change” is a doomsday cult.

[hinckley buzzard]

July 10 1913: Death Valley recorded 136 degrees. Amid five consecutive days over 129 degrees. Seems July is just a hot month out there, and always has been.