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Originally Posted by eok
It was probably in direct sunlight. I was a baby back in 1859, and I distinctly remember it seemed very hot, but not that hot. I tried to eat a popsicle, but it melted before I could finish it. I was too young to eat it at normal speed. I've been angry about it's melting ever since. My wife even divorced me because I wouldn't stop talking about that popsicle.
Something didn't add up with this account, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. Then it came to me - popsicles didn't come into being, until 1923. There is no way you could have been eating a popsicle that day -care to explain?
It was a homemade popsicle. We used dry ice to freeze them. What flavor do you like?
It was a homemade popsicle. We used dry ice to freeze them. What flavor do you like?
Sorry for doubting your integrity. The world was made me cynical and suspicious, but a simple story about a young boy, and his homemade popsicle melting on a hot day, can help me rediscover the sense of wonder and inquiry I once had.
Make mine a crazy joe cola .... or just a plain lemonade.
When you're right on the beach, you can get sunlight on a thermometer from three different angles: the sun, the water, and the sand. It could (theoretically, I haven't tried it) cause a thermometer reading way above the properly measured shade reading.
Bakersfield Now calls the 1859 weather hell on earth. That is how we usually refer to Bakersfield.
Most likely an invalid reading, perhaps with similar circumstances to the Santa Ana event. In actuality I doubt that it went significantly above 115F.
And in any case, it would be incorrect to call call it the "third-hottest temperature ever recorded" (as the author does) since official record-keeping didn't start until after 1859, as it states in the article.
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Oh, please! There must have been a faulty thermometer.
