Too Hot for Helicopters
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Helicopters, including those used for emergency medical transport, cannot fly when it's too hot out there.
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The "you don't have to give WaPo your email version":
People visiting some of these sites are totally crazy. Risking their lives to take a selfie in front of a thermometer at Death Valley that reads 130 degrees.
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“Hey! Death Valley is going to hit 128 degrees today. What should we do?
I know! How about a long motorcycle ride.”
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Hottest temps I’ve ever been in were 118 and 119.
118 was in the Owens Valley coming home from the Sierras. I knew it was hot because the A/C in the truck couldn’t keep up (never happened before) but I didn’t know it was that hot until we stopped for gas.
Took my breath away when I got out of the truck! There were signs all over warning not to let your dogs walk on the asphalt because their feet will burn.
The other time was on a job in Burbank where we had to shut the power off to do the work. We literally couldn’t drink water fast enough and the fans we had running off of generators didn’t help even when we’d douse ourselves with water. I shut the job down after 2 hours as temps climbed to protect the crew.
It a wonder Hoover Dam ever got built.
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That kind of heat is just terrifying!
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Speaking of which, there's a conference at Northern Arizona U. (IIRC) in sept 2025... probably still super hot then. Maybe I won't go... -_-
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@ShiroKuro average high in Flagstaff in September is 74. (If that’s where the conference is) It doesn’t seem to get as hot as the rest of Arizona.
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True. Its up in the mountains.
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@Jodi and @Steve-Miller Ahh, thanks! I'll have to confirm the location, and the airports! I have a friend who teaches at ASU (Tempe? Phoenix?) so my impression is colored by what I hear from her!
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I met a couple that lives south of Tucson in Green Valley in the winter and in Flagstaff in the summer.
Flagstaff/NASU is at 7000 ft. Phoenix/ASU is at 1086 ft. Average 4 degrees per 1000 feet. 6 x 4 =
