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More than 550 hajj pilgrims die in Mecca as temperatures exceed 50C
The Guardian ^ | 18th June 2024 | AFP

Posted on 06/18/2024 9:24:18 PM PDT by Cronos

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To: Morgana

A quick calculaton:
Take the C temp. double it and add 30.
50 x 2 is 100 plus 30 is 130 F
close enough to work with.


41 posted on 06/19/2024 3:27:04 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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To: texas booster

Not as hot as where they are going.


42 posted on 06/19/2024 3:45:06 AM PDT by Boardwalk
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To: Cronos

When they all die then I’ll be happy.


43 posted on 06/19/2024 4:06:27 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: ansel12
dying people wanting to see Mecca before they die

There are Surah and Hadith which say that if a person dies while performing Hajj, they will immediately be ushered into paradise.
44 posted on 06/19/2024 4:54:11 AM PDT by wbarmy (Trying to do better.)
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To: Cronos

It is hard to believe that idiots die every year trying to get close enough to touch satans black rock.


45 posted on 06/19/2024 5:04:42 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: TexasFreeper2009
Have you ever read

?

It got me thinking -- the Black stone of Emesa which was the "god" of emperor Heligobalus

This was a black meteriorite that was the symbol of the Emesa/Homs GodKing dynasty but was lost after Heliogabalus was killed

To me, I think it highly plausible that it was taken south to the Medina/Mecca region to become


46 posted on 06/19/2024 5:14:12 AM PDT by Cronos (I identify as an ambulance, my pronounces are wee/woo)
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To: Cronos

The civilized on the planet should melt the black rock during the hajj.


47 posted on 06/19/2024 5:21:00 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: Palio di Siena

It is that.


48 posted on 06/19/2024 5:41:45 AM PDT by sauropod ("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
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To: ansel12

Bkmk


49 posted on 06/19/2024 5:47:52 AM PDT by sauropod ("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
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To: Cronos

So is something good coming from “climate change”?


50 posted on 06/19/2024 5:55:16 AM PDT by EastTexasTraveler
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To: Cronos

It is ironic that this pilgrimage to Mecca was to a place that was “as hot as hell.”


51 posted on 06/19/2024 6:04:11 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: sauropod

Shop around and you probably want the normal size version, not this 58 inch version with the straight handle.


52 posted on 06/19/2024 6:06:16 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Palio di Siena

Lol


53 posted on 06/19/2024 6:50:58 AM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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To: ansel12

Actually, could use it for field work.


54 posted on 06/19/2024 7:05:09 AM PDT by sauropod ("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
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To: Cronos

I’m thinking The Marshal Islands, Bikini Atoll, Operation Castle Bravo, now that would be some heat!


55 posted on 06/19/2024 7:05:10 AM PDT by kawhill (kawhill)
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To: Cronos

50° Communist = 122° Freedom


56 posted on 06/19/2024 7:35:23 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: texas booster

Been in Riyadh for 50c weather. It is breathtaking, to say the least.


57 posted on 06/19/2024 10:57:45 AM PDT by T. Rustin Noone (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: ansel12

Yeah, I kinda knew that, also that the vast majority of my fellow Marines were in peak physical condition helped.


58 posted on 06/19/2024 1:18:45 PM PDT by Spacetrucker (George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
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To: Spacetrucker

They say that peak health, youth, medics always around, training, and leadership monitoring everyone, helps when in 125 degrees.


59 posted on 06/19/2024 1:26:36 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Spacetrucker
I was detailing two vehicles last weekend. Started early in the morning. By noon I was done.

40 years ago it would not have been a problem.

60 posted on 06/19/2024 4:30:27 PM PDT by ealgeone
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