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denbot

(9,899 posts) Mon Jul 4, 2016, 12:16 AM Jul 2016

I'm in Chandler AZ, it's dark, and 105 freaking degrees!

How the hell does any sane person live out here?!?

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I'm in Chandler AZ, it's dark, and 105 freaking degrees! (Original Post) denbot Jul 2016 OP

Must be around bedtime, so you'll be having surfing dreams soon enough pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #1

At least it's dry heat! (Trotting out the old saying.) csziggy Jul 2016 #2

Driving thru a school zone, 15 mph, I recall the cool shadows of the telephone poles on my face L. Coyote Jul 2016 #3

Double bonus: Oregon has Widmer Hefe on tap pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #4

Some things you just can't make up, you have to feel them to realize how scortching it is. L. Coyote Jul 2016 #6

One summer I escaped north in June, 110° in Gold Canyon, got to Black Hills, was 70° cooler. L. Coyote Jul 2016 #7

We say the same here in Michigan when it is -10°, 40mph winds and heavy snowfall. Why??? Purveyor Jul 2016 #5

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

1. Must be around bedtime, so you'll be having surfing dreams soon enough

Reply to denbot (Original post)

Mon Jul 4, 2016, 12:29 AM

Jul 2016

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

2. At least it's dry heat! (Trotting out the old saying.)

Reply to denbot (Original post)

Mon Jul 4, 2016, 12:31 AM

Jul 2016

This afternoon it was 96 F with 94% humidity. That puts the heat index around 106.

How the hell does any sane person live down here?!?

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)

3. Driving thru a school zone, 15 mph, I recall the cool shadows of the telephone poles on my face

Reply to denbot (Original post)

Mon Jul 4, 2016, 12:31 AM

Jul 2016

True story, I had a VW van in AZ, no air. I got feet blisters that day from walking on a sidewalk. Stopped at every quick mart to stare at beer cooler for the cold floor effect, still got blisters. Big storm came in, temp dropped 40 degrees, took off for Oregon. Was sad to see those telephone poles had blown over. Got on US 60 at Ironwood and headed towards Phoenix. Tumbleweeds in a bunch bigger than a VW bug passed me on the left hugging the divider. By the time I got to Phoenix it was 30 degrees warmer again. 110° at 10 AM in Vegas. Damn, was it ever great to arrive in Oregon.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

4. Double bonus: Oregon has Widmer Hefe on tap

Reply to L. Coyote (Reply #3)

Mon Jul 4, 2016, 12:44 AM

Jul 2016

And extra points to you for "the cool shadows of the telephone poles on my face."

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)

6. Some things you just can't make up, you have to feel them to realize how scortching it is.

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #4)

Mon Jul 4, 2016, 01:11 AM

Jul 2016

Driving a big tin can in the sun with a hot combustion engine, thankfully behind you, when it is 115° in the shade, window down heading north, sun blasting your face at 5 PM, you think you got it good because you are moving, unlike the 70-year-old AZ Native who R&R'ed your engine and changed the clutch and rear engine bearings working all day outside in the shade. Unforgettable, AZ has got that much.

On edit: That should be extra pints to me.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)

7. One summer I escaped north in June, 110° in Gold Canyon, got to Black Hills, was 70° cooler.

Reply to L. Coyote (Reply #6)

Mon Jul 4, 2016, 01:32 AM

Jul 2016

Flee!

Purveyor

(29,876 posts)

5. We say the same here in Michigan when it is -10°, 40mph winds and heavy snowfall. Why???