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  • Searing Arizona heatwave that's delivered 110F weather for 30 days straight kills off state's iconic cactuses

    07/29/2023 7:01:33 AM PDT · by dennisw · 99 replies
    MAILONLINE ^ | 29 July 2023 | KEITH GRIFFITH
    Locals bake cookies in CARS and complain of melting roads Searing heatwave is forecast to bring 110F temps to Phoenix for 30th day today Even Arizona's hardy Saguaro cactuses are dying in the blistering heat Temps are hot enough to melt dog toys, bake cookies in cars, and soften roads A searing heat wave that continues to blister much of the US is so hot that even Arizona's iconic cactuses are dying off. In Phoenix, Saturday is forecast to be the 30th consecutive day with high temperatures above 110F, a streak that has shattered all records for the city, with...
  • As Vandals Deface U.S. Parks, Some Point to Online Show-Offs

    06/16/2013 4:33:01 PM PDT · by grundle · 21 replies
    New York Times ^ | June 4, 2013 | FELICITY BARRINGER
    <p>SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — When Steve Bolyard checked out a report of black paint on some of the park’s majestic saguaros — cactuses whose towering bodies and upraised arms are as emblematic of the American West as red-rock buttes and skittering tumbleweeds — he did not expect to see ganglike calligraphy covering more of them than he could easily count.</p>