06-20-2016, 06:49 AM
Good morning all. I hope all you dads had a great Father's Day. Packey and his family came over and spent the afternoon. Brought the food too so we didn't have to do much of anything.
We went to the store yesterday, it was 115 at 10:30, and less than an hour later the car's thermometer was reading 119 for a short while. It dropped down to 118, then held steady, which turns out to be the official temp for Phoenix, a new record. Today, more of the same... Go out early and stay in for the rest of the day, a good plan if you can do it. I feel for those who work outside, road crews usually start sometimes as early as 4:00 to beat the heat. I remember when I was in the USAF stationed in Yuma. Most of us, including flight crews, all started early and quit by noon since the planes couldn't take off after that because of the heat and short runways. Back in 1990 when it got up past 120, they stopped all flights at the Phoenix Sky Harbor airport because their charts didn't go that high and so they couldn't calculate takeoff speed and distance. Not a problem yesterday though...
Lots of fires throughout the Southwest, the heat doesn't make it easy for those fighting these fires, so keep them in your prayers. it's very risky work and we should be grateful that they chose to do it...
We went to the store yesterday, it was 115 at 10:30, and less than an hour later the car's thermometer was reading 119 for a short while. It dropped down to 118, then held steady, which turns out to be the official temp for Phoenix, a new record. Today, more of the same... Go out early and stay in for the rest of the day, a good plan if you can do it. I feel for those who work outside, road crews usually start sometimes as early as 4:00 to beat the heat. I remember when I was in the USAF stationed in Yuma. Most of us, including flight crews, all started early and quit by noon since the planes couldn't take off after that because of the heat and short runways. Back in 1990 when it got up past 120, they stopped all flights at the Phoenix Sky Harbor airport because their charts didn't go that high and so they couldn't calculate takeoff speed and distance. Not a problem yesterday though...
Lots of fires throughout the Southwest, the heat doesn't make it easy for those fighting these fires, so keep them in your prayers. it's very risky work and we should be grateful that they chose to do it...
Don (ezdays) Day
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD