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Old 06-17-2017, 06:42 PM
 
Location: Laguna Niguel, Orange County CA
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If you're from Orange County, you're not allowed to post on the L.A. forum when there's a heatwave. It was 95 degrees in Pasadena earlier this afternoon.
You have a point. I will shut up. I wasn't trying to be a coastal snob -- yeah that comes off all wrong from people.
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Old 06-18-2017, 10:27 AM
 
Location: Sherman Oaks, CA
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This is the perfect time to visit Death Valley! It's supposed to be in the 120s for the next few days, "cooling down" to 90 at night!!!
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Old 06-18-2017, 10:59 AM
 
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You have a point. I will shut up. I wasn't trying to be a coastal snob -- yeah that comes off all wrong from people.
97 today, triple digits next four days, first decent fire of the year yesterday with over 1000 acres burned. Thank his the drought is over at least
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Old 06-18-2017, 04:22 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles (Native)
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This is the perfect time to visit Death Valley! It's supposed to be in the 120s for the next few days, "cooling down" to 90 at night!!!
Desert dwellers in the western U.S. see temperatures topping 120 degrees as a reason to hunker down indoors and turn up the air conditioning.

But some tourists welcome it as a bucket-list opportunity to experience Death Valley — the hottest place in America.

Many will get their chance in the days ahead as a vicious heatwave bakes parts of Arizona, California and Nevada.

Death Valley National Park is expected to reach its first 120-degree day of the year on Sunday, and temperatures could creep toward 124 by Tuesday as the sweltering system envelopes much of the region.

Tourists descend as temperatures climb in Death Valley
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Old 06-18-2017, 06:16 PM
 
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Was it humid? Without Humidity heat is not that bad.

And El Centro is 111F according to weather channel.
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Old 06-18-2017, 06:16 PM
 
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LMFAO! At LuvSouthOC claiming to be a "coastal" snob. Laguna Niguel is inland and we all know it. Don't give yourself too much credit kid.

You're no different than the Irvine residents repping Huntington Beach.

You still have to hop on your car or take the bus to go to the beach. Doubt you can walk or ride your bike like the real coastal residents. No one in Laguna Niguel wakes up to an ocean window view from their bedroom so it's basically like living in Mission Viejo or Lake Forrest.
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Old 06-18-2017, 06:23 PM
 
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97 today, triple digits next four days, first decent fire of the year yesterday with over 1000 acres burned. Thank his the drought is over at least
What caused the fire though? Fire don't just pop up cause it's hot outside.
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Old 06-18-2017, 06:31 PM
 
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What caused the fire though? Fire don't just pop up cause it's hot outside.
No, they just burn out of control when it's hot and dry aka drought. A fire that could have been contained with 100 acres burned is now 1000+ because of heat and dry conditions. And yes 100+ degree temps can spontaneously cause fires in hot areas. About 90% of wild fires are started by humans but 10% occur naturally including spontaneous combustion when you have the conditions we have in southern california:

At times, wildfires can be spontaneous, especially when the weather is extremely hot and dry to create enough heat that can induce spontaneous combustion. Everything including wood has a temperature at which it burst into flames, which is called its flash point. For wood, the flash point is 572°F or 300°C.
The accumulation of dead organic matter such as leaves, twigs, and dry branches on the ground can increase the heat. At high temperatures, wood can also release hydrocarbon gases that react with oxygen to create a fire. Thus, wood can reach its flash point to ignite spontaneously in extremely hot and dry climatic conditions.
Spontaneous forest fires have been mostly observed in climates that are moist enough to promote the growth of vegetation, but are also characterized by extended hot and dry periods. The vegetated areas of Australia and Southeast Asia, the forested areas of the United States and Canada, and the Mediterranean basin are some areas where such spontaneous wildfires are quite common.
Spontaneous forest fires usually occur in summer and fall, and also during drought, when fallen leaves, twigs, and other organic matter become dry and highly combustible. Strong winds can spread such forest fires to a large area, and make it difficult to contain them.
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Old 06-18-2017, 07:06 PM
 
Location: Laguna Niguel, Orange County CA
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LMFAO! At LuvSouthOC claiming to be a "coastal" snob. Laguna Niguel is inland and we all know it. Don't give yourself too much credit kid.

You're no different than the Irvine residents repping Huntington Beach.

You still have to hop on your car or take the bus to go to the beach. Doubt you can walk or ride your bike like the real coastal residents. No one in Laguna Niguel wakes up to an ocean window view from their bedroom so it's basically like living in Mission Viejo or Lake Forrest.
Uh yeah they do have ocean views "kid". Have you ever been here? Three miles to the beach is not coastal? Parts of Laguna Niguel are much closer than 3 miles.

Here's one for you since you have clearly never been here.

http://www.bancorprealty.com/listing...guel-ca-92677/
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Old 06-18-2017, 09:07 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles
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How long before a lunatic politician blames this heat wave on anthropological climate change?
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