Can the folks in the midwest really cook pizza and steaks on their dashboards?

[tri again]

They're telling us 30 million people are over 100 degrees
and showing sidewalks and GREENgrass showing 130 degrees.

Hope everyone's ok.

'They' say the baddest natural disaster in US history was the Chicago heat wave of
1994? so I guess it's nothing to fool with.

[bkm]

I think it was 105 with a heat index of 115 for the past few days here. Heat waves kill more people each year then all of the natural disasters combined. Relief will come Tuesday when its only supposed to be 88.

[tri again]

yeah, cnn showed those laser temp shooter things absurdly high.
sidewalks, pavement, green grass,
cooking eggs on the sidewalk and the guy actually ate the pizza he cooked right off the
NY city sidewalk, I guess that was the weather channel, 'cause everyone said' "ewwwwwww!"

[Jon Boy]

yep, about 115 index around here as well. little better today though it felt a couple degrees cooler, maybe 105? my shed with no windows sits in the sun all day. everyday i grab my mower and dang near get blisters because the handle is so burning hot. the gas cans swell so bad they almost look like funny red footballs. :lol:

careful and take it easy out there, remember to keep hydrated and take a lot of short breaks if your going to be working out in this stuff.

EDIT: this kind of thread always reminds me of a buddy's family that visited from Las Vegas one summer. they were all "100? heck, it's 120 in the shade back in Vegas!" few weeks later summer set in and they got to feel REAL humidity for the first time (100* with 85%humidity). needless to say they went back to Vegas the following week. :lol:

[Dirtcrasher]

And, it's only July.......

[Eric250R]

Not sure about cooking on it, but when I got in my truck yesterday the dash had cracked down the middle from the heat. I was pretty pissed about it, but oh well, whatcha gonna do?

[beets442]

I use a cutting torch and weld all day, but I tapped out yesteday. When you feel your heart beat through your eyeball its time to cool off.

[rdlsz24]

Been pretty hot here as well, too hot to work in the garage even late at night. It's insulated and when we pull the cars in after work they heat it up like a sauna. I just went out there at 9:30 and the thermometer still said 90 even though it's down to about 80 outside.

Rob

[swifty]

i cooked an egg on the hood of my car tuesday here in eastern iowa for the hell of it...... took a little longer than on the stove but it worked!

[just ben]

I am in the buffalo,ny area so I welcome the heat It may help melt the snow people think we have year round. has been 90-95 here

[Thorpe]

Was stupid hot here earlier in the week... 115-120 degree heat index... Working for a HVAC shop, yeah, we were busy!

[Mosh]

It has been 95 plus here ALL week with a heat index of 105 or better. Dew points at 70-75.
When you walk outside from AC it feels like you are standing in front of a 350,000 BTU torpedo heater.
I work on cars in a non AC shop. The thermometer was reading 100 all week hanging over, or standing under cars with 300 degree engines.
I hate the heat..It sucks. At this point I am not sure what is better.
18 inches of snow and 20's, or this rediculous humid heat.
Definately this has been a year of extremes. Massive rain, lots of snow and stupid heat.
Last week a community near us got 7 inches of rain in 3 hours.
They called it a 1000 year deluge.

[tri again]

I remember walking across a parking lot in Sacramento at 10pm
and the asphalt parking lot was still 140*.
The restaurant required a dinner jacket, so I left.

[gomer202]

wow its crazy hot out here the hottest it has been around me is 50 degrees celsius

[gomer202]

thats in winnipeg canada

[SWIGIN]

Here in PA we had atemp of 105 the other day and the tranny temp in my stang said it was already at 120 degrees when I first started it that day....lol

[fabiodriven]

I was out on my Buell on Friday (On one wheel past Dirtcrasher's house, I think he was outside). It was so hot out that it was almost too much for me. The bike is air cooled and it get's really hot, it puts out some serious BTU's when stopped but usually isn't too bad when in motion. I got to a nice open road and let into her to try and cool myself and the bike off a bit. Well, it didn't work. It was like somebody shooting a hair dryer in my face. The last time I felt that was in Iraq. I took a dame for a ride on the back and the hot air coming off the motor was burning her inner thigh. That wouldn't be the first time a woman's inner thighs got hot just from being near me though...;)

[Bretmd94]

Its been cool on the west coast. It finally hit 95 this weekend and I was able to go rafting.

Does the rest of the US just not have AC??? We will get 105's every year. I just don't understand people that die in 110 degree weather. Just stay out of the sun and drink water, I guess that is asking a bit much. Maybe it is just gods way of thinning out the heavies and the dummies?

Take care of yourselves and DRINK WATER in these situations, not beer.

[bkm]

I know here when its 105 it feels more like 115 because of the humidity. It's hotter than two rats humpin in a wool sock. Most people who die are elderly and won't turn on the A/C because they say it cost to much or it's not working. It seems its mostly in the urban area's though.

[thestud25]

I had a bottle of Patron in my truck and it got so hot the cork shot out of the bottle. Springfield, Missouri.

[atc200xkid]

in the big iron forge in my town, the air temp was reading 130 all week and some of the guys stations near 50,000 pound, 2500 degree ingets of iron was 170, we had like 5 ambulance calls and we had to wear our fire gear it was so hot once!

[gomer202]

I feel sorry for you guys it seems like it's just crazy hot out there