Hotter 'n hell...

[TigerVols]

...they don't call it Death Valley for nothing...but will it set the record this weekend?

http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/06/is_death_valley_going_for.php

 

[MileHigh]

No. Not that I believe that's the actual record anyway. But, yes, it's hot as f*** out here. And it sucks.

 

[Mark2010]

I don't have all the global warming/climate change data, but it definitely FEELS hotter, just about everywhere, than summers did 20-30 years ago.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

The Badwater ultramarathon starts July 15. I hope there's a cool snap (down to the low 100s) by then.

 

[Captain Obvious]

I don't have all the global warming/climate change data, but it definitely FEELS hotter, just about everywhere, than summers did 20-30 years ago.

Urban heat island?

 

[Mark2010]

The Badwater ultramarathon starts July 15. I hope there's a cool snap (down to the low 100s) by then.

What dip**** came up with the idea of running a marathon in mid-July in 100+ degree heat??

 

[MileHigh]

The Badwater ultramarathon starts July 15. I hope there's a cool snap (down to the low 100s) by then.

What dip**** came up with the idea of running a marathon in mid-July in 100+ degree heat??

Been around for 30-some years, starting at the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere in Death Valley and finishing at the highest point in the Lower 48 (Mount Whitney), but it has been revised over the years and it ends at the Whitney Portal, at about 8,000 feet.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Alert the media! It's hot in the desert!

 

[Mark2010]

The Badwater ultramarathon starts July 15. I hope there's a cool snap (down to the low 100s) by then.

What dip**** came up with the idea of running a marathon in mid-July in 100+ degree heat??

Been around for 30-some years, starting at the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere in Death Valley and finishing at the highest point in the Lower 48 (Mount Whitney), but it has been revised over the years and it ends at the Whitney Portal, at about 8,000 feet.

Sounds interesting. But couldn't they do it in, say, March or April. Seriously, running a marathon in that kind of heat can lead to deaths.

 

[LongTimeListener]

AP photographer files dispatch from Death Valley town of Furnace Creek, temperature 128.

http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_23566910/what-128-degrees-feels-like-report-from-death

 

[User 1019]

AP photographer files dispatch from Death Valley town of Furnace Creek, temperature 128.

http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_23566910/what-128-degrees-feels-like-report-from-death

That's sort of what the desert south of Marjeh felt like. A hairdryer to the face, day and night.

I remember checking the temperature after a mission at 0300 -- 38C. Just brutal.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

The Badwater ultramarathon starts July 15. I hope there's a cool snap (down to the low 100s) by then.

What dip**** came up with the idea of running a marathon in mid-July in 100+ degree heat??

Been around for 30-some years, starting at the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere in Death Valley and finishing at the highest point in the Lower 48 (Mount Whitney), but it has been revised over the years and it ends at the Whitney Portal, at about 8,000 feet.

Sounds interesting. But couldn't they do it in, say, March or April. Seriously, running a marathon in that kind of heat can lead to deaths.

The heat is part of the challenge.

Each runner has to have a support vehicle and team with them. Plus it's an ultra, so the runners know what to expect and are prepared for it.

 

[MileHigh]

The Badwater ultramarathon starts July 15. I hope there's a cool snap (down to the low 100s) by then.

What dip**** came up with the idea of running a marathon in mid-July in 100+ degree heat??

Been around for 30-some years, starting at the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere in Death Valley and finishing at the highest point in the Lower 48 (Mount Whitney), but it has been revised over the years and it ends at the Whitney Portal, at about 8,000 feet.

Sounds interesting. But couldn't they do it in, say, March or April. Seriously, running a marathon in that kind of heat can lead to deaths.

The heat is part of the challenge.

Each runner has to have a support vehicle and team with them. Plus it's an ultra, so the runners know what to expect and are prepared for it.

Exactly. And it's not a marathon, as in 26.2 miles. More like 135.

 

[Chef2]

Blazing heat /Bitter cold: and it's not even close.

 

[House M.D.]

Unusually hot where I live, too. I'm convinced we're hurtling toward the sun.

 

[trifectarich]

I lived in Fort Lauderdale for five years, so I figured I knew what "hot" was. Wrong. Then I moved to Dallas, where our first summer there we had something like 69 days in a row of 100+, including 55 in a row. If, by some chance, I'm sentenced to eternal damnation, I'll be prepared simply because I've lived in Dallas.

But good luck to those going through this who aren't used to it.

 

[Andy Friedlander]

I lived in Fort Lauderdale for five years, so I figured I knew what "hot" was. Wrong. Then I moved to Dallas, where our first summer there we had something like 69 days in a row of 100+, including 55 in a row. If, by some chance, I'm sentenced to eternal damnation, I'll be prepared simply because I've lived in Dallas.

But good luck to those going through this who aren't used to it.

Please. I just flew in from Vegas (and boy, are my arms tired [/rimshot]) and when I left, it was 115 degrees. It was downright cool here in DFW -- less than 100.

And I'm convinced Columbia, S.C., is the hottest place on the face of the earth. I have less trouble with the 105-degree days here than the 92-degree, 93 percent-humidity days I suffered through there.

 

[MileHigh]

I've lived in SoCal (and dealing with this crap here this weekend) and in South Florida. I'll take this stuff here and put up with it over the constant heat and humidity of SoFla. Both suck, majorly, but this extreme heat in SoCal is the lesser of two evils, but not by much. Frankly, I'd rather find Option 3.

 

[deskslave]

The Badwater ultramarathon starts July 15. I hope there's a cool snap (down to the low 100s) by then.

What dip**** came up with the idea of running a marathon in mid-July in 100+ degree heat??

Been around for 30-some years, starting at the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere in Death Valley and finishing at the highest point in the Lower 48 (Mount Whitney), but it has been revised over the years and it ends at the Whitney Portal, at about 8,000 feet.

Sounds interesting. But couldn't they do it in, say, March or April. Seriously, running a marathon in that kind of heat can lead to deaths.

The heat is part of the challenge.

Each runner has to have a support vehicle and team with them. Plus it's an ultra, so the runners know what to expect and are prepared for it.

Exactly. And it's not a marathon, as in 26.2 miles. More like 135.

They ended up calling it off, though, right?

 

[MileHigh]

The Badwater ultramarathon starts July 15. I hope there's a cool snap (down to the low 100s) by then.

What dip**** came up with the idea of running a marathon in mid-July in 100+ degree heat??

Been around for 30-some years, starting at the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere in Death Valley and finishing at the highest point in the Lower 48 (Mount Whitney), but it has been revised over the years and it ends at the Whitney Portal, at about 8,000 feet.

Sounds interesting. But couldn't they do it in, say, March or April. Seriously, running a marathon in that kind of heat can lead to deaths.

The heat is part of the challenge.

Each runner has to have a support vehicle and team with them. Plus it's an ultra, so the runners know what to expect and are prepared for it.

Exactly. And it's not a marathon, as in 26.2 miles. More like 135.

They ended up calling it off, though, right?

What, this year's race? It's not this weekend. It's mid-July.
It's already hit 130 in Death Valley today.