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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.
To: texas booster
Not as hot as where they are going.
To: Cronos
When they all die then I’ll be happy.
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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!)
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.
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posted on
06/19/2024 4:54:11 AM PDT
by
wbarmy
(Trying to do better.)
To: Cronos
It is hard to believe that idiots die every year trying to get close enough to touch satans black rock.
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
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posted on
06/19/2024 5:14:12 AM PDT
by
Cronos
(I identify as an ambulance, my pronounces are wee/woo)
To: Cronos
The civilized on the planet should melt the black rock during the hajj.
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posted on
06/19/2024 5:21:00 AM PDT
by
PGalt
(Past Peak Civilization?)
To: Palio di Siena
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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)
To: ansel12
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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)
To: Cronos
So is something good coming from “climate change”?
To: Cronos
It is ironic that this pilgrimage to Mecca was to a place that was “as hot as hell.”
To: sauropod
Shop around and you probably want the normal size version, not this 58 inch version with the straight handle.
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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.))
To: Palio di Siena
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posted on
06/19/2024 6:50:58 AM PDT
by
rdl6989
( )
To: ansel12
Actually, could use it for field work.
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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)
To: Cronos
I’m thinking The Marshal Islands, Bikini Atoll, Operation Castle Bravo, now that would be some heat!
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posted on
06/19/2024 7:05:10 AM PDT
by
kawhill
(kawhill)
To: Cronos
50° Communist = 122° Freedom
To: texas booster
Been in Riyadh for 50c weather. It is breathtaking, to say the least.
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posted on
06/19/2024 10:57:45 AM PDT
by
T. Rustin Noone
(Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
To: ansel12
Yeah, I kinda knew that, also that the vast majority of my fellow Marines were in peak physical condition helped.
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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)
To: Spacetrucker
They say that peak health, youth, medics always around, training, and leadership monitoring everyone, helps when in 125 degrees.
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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.))
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.
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posted on
06/19/2024 4:30:27 PM PDT
by
ealgeone
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