Death Valley Heat

2gypsies wrote:
As other desert areas - it's a dry heat so really doesn't seem that hot. :)

Correct, but over a hundred is still over a hundred ... not exactly cool. DVNP is one of our favorites - we once lived close enough to go often on weekends.

HYDRATE if you go, it will suck water right out of your body. So, drink plenty of water, even if you don't 'feel it' ... dehydration sneaks up on you.

As other desert areas - it's a dry heat so really doesn't seem that hot. :)

monkey44 wrote:
HA - I recall someone posting a photo of an aluminum test Ford truck or SUV - think it was DVNP too, and it melted into a lump of metal at the side of the road. Test failed ? :) Altho', it was a fire as I recollect it ... not the temperature.

Oh, but it was the temperature..............from the heat of the fire. :@

2oldman wrote:

sch911 wrote:
Well here is a picture of that thermometer not malfunctioning (with my associate) taken about two weeks ago.

I'm surprised anyone could manage a smile in that heat! Yikes!

Yeah it was a hellish day (pun intended). Test cars in and out from Las Vegas, a one day road trip. Long and extra hot!

sch911 wrote:
Well here is a picture of that thermometer not malfunctioning (with my associate) taken about two weeks ago.

I'm surprised anyone could manage a smile in that heat! Yikes!

HA - I recall someone posting a photo of an aluminum test Ford truck or SUV - think it was DVNP too, and it melted into a lump of metal at the side of the road. Test failed ? :) Altho', it was a fire as I recollect it ... not the temperature.

Well here is a picture of that thermometer not malfunctioning (with my associate) taken about two weeks ago. And that's the actual temperature! We were there testing future new vehicles in the heat...

Just cain't trust that dadgummed digital stuff.

How hot was it?? So hot that it fried the electronic temp display!

It's off by a hundred degrees because it hasn't been reset for Daylight Savings Temp.