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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āHey! Death Valley is going to hit 128 degrees today. What should we do?
I know! How about a long motorcycle ride.ā
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Hottest temps Iāve 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 couldnāt keep up (never happened before) but I didnāt 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 couldnāt drink water fast enough and the fans we had running off of generators didnāt help even when weād 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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True. Its up in the mountains.
