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Why We Are Here => Water Cooler => Topic started by: rcjordan on July 23, 2016, 12:50:02 AM

Title: Toasty in Kuwait
Post by: rcjordan on July 23, 2016, 12:50:02 AM
54°C - 129.2°F

http://time.com/4418816/heat-wave-middle-east-temperature-record/
Title: Re: Toasty in Kuwait
Post by: Drastic on July 23, 2016, 02:03:54 AM
But it's a dry heat, yeah?

Seriously...wtf.
Title: Re: Toasty in Kuwait
Post by: ergophobe on July 23, 2016, 03:19:34 AM
Wow. I was just reading in Le Monde that through June, 2016 is the hottest year on record, but it's actually expected to cool a bit for the rest of the year. Let's hope!
Title: Re: Toasty in Kuwait
Post by: rcjordan on July 23, 2016, 12:36:38 PM
>hottest year

14 months consecutively, I believe

20 years ago, when I was in Phoenix they were having a heat wave across the SWest & S Cal. It was hitting 118 for several days in Phoenix.   I had the *exact* thoughts as this:

http://i.imgur.com/EnrWs9g.png
Title: Re: Toasty in Kuwait
Post by: Mackin USA on July 23, 2016, 02:56:54 PM
DRY HEAT
Title: Re: Toasty in Kuwait
Post by: rcjordan on July 24, 2016, 01:33:40 AM
>dry heat

Yeah, that dry heat bullshit kinda craps out around 100.  At 118, objects with mass such as buildings and cars radiated beard-melting heat as you neared them. Walking up to your hotel felt like someone had opened an oven door.
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