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Old 07-11-2009, 12:41 AM
 
Location: Phoenix
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Despite the heat, and Twiggy's comment, life goes on. Still the same crowds out jogging in the morning/evening, kid's outside save the mid afternoons, golf courses with plenty swinging away, morning hikes still have plenty of company...life goes on believe it or not. Even at 110 degrees.
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Old 07-11-2009, 12:50 AM
 
Location: Phoenix
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Phoenix is cool and I do believe one reason Chicago residents choose to move here is to catch the Cubs train during the spring. I mean they aren't playing for anything during Spring Training so its kind of like watching them during the summer; no World Series win or appearance to worry about! LOL
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Old 07-11-2009, 10:03 AM
 
Location: Mesa, Az
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Hello Bear,

I am curious, are you a native to Phoenix? I ask because I am, and 112 degrees with 19% is killer IMO. I can take it, but to me it is still very hot, not warm.
No, I am a Wash DC native and was never able to deal with its damn winters--------I left a few weeks before my 21st birthday back in 1978, never to return.

In all fairness; I avoid going outside when it is hot during the day due to the intense sun. When I do take my walk, it is around 7 PM. And for me, the killer is humidity.
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Old 07-11-2009, 10:14 AM
 
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Ghost - You must be young because an older person knows better
Ghost says he/she hikes in 110 degree heat. I bike up 7th St. to Pointe at Tapatio Cliffs or go for 20 miles at a time in the same heat and I'm pushing 50. Age has nothing to do with it. The more time you spend in the heat the more you acclimate to it. My a/c is set at 84 in the summer. It's all relative.

Why do they say 112 is "excessive heat" when the average high is 107? You can barely sense any difference.
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Old 07-11-2009, 10:17 AM
 
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Despite the heat, and Twiggy's comment, life goes on. Still the same crowds out jogging in the morning/evening, kid's outside save the mid afternoons, golf courses with plenty swinging away, morning hikes still have plenty of company...life goes on believe it or not. Even at 110 degrees.
Absolutely correct. When it was 122 back in 1990, you didn't see people crawling down the sidewalks clasping their throats. It was like nothing different was happening. But when it hit 100 in Chicago, 600+ people died.
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Old 07-11-2009, 10:21 AM
 
Location: USA
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Absolutely correct. When it was 122 back in 1990, you didn't see people crawling down the sidewalks clasping their throats. It was like nothing different was happening. But when it hit 100 in Chicago, 600+ people died.
holy crap! Do you have an article?
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Old 07-11-2009, 10:26 AM
 
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That is why I love Las Vegas's weather so much better.
The humidity is WAY lower. We do not get that monsoon crap either in which I absolutely despise. For instance, per this website....

Phoenix, Arizona (85001) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground

Phoenix got to 112 degrees today with 19% humidity, compared to Vegas which got to 106 degrees with 5% humidity. That is a big difference so I can understand the OP's concerns. I just got off the phone with one of my friends who lives in Phoenix, and he told me it was absolutely miserable today.
The National Weather Service website shows hourly temperatures with a streak of 102 and up from 10:51AM to 10:51PM and with a maximum relative humidity of 12% and dew points below 40. I don't know where people are getting these higher humidities and dew points.

Las Vegas is drier than Phoenix but it's also windier, colder, snowier, and the landscape is decidedly more barren. No thanks. Give me the comfort of shade trees like those in central Phoenix over the sun-baked garbage-strewn Strip any day.

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Old 07-11-2009, 10:29 AM
 
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holy crap! Do you have an article?
Actually, I don't recall the year (probably late 1980s) but yes, there were over 600 deaths in Chicago due to the heat over a two-week period. Most were poor people without a/c or elderly folks who just didn't realize how the heat could put you to sleep permanently. Of course, here in Phoenix in 1990, nobody died (from the heat) when it was 122. I remember that day well: it was 118 at NOON!

EDIT: here's a google search on the heat wave, I guess it was in 1995...

http://www.google.com/search?q=chica...ient=firefox-a
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Old 07-11-2009, 10:51 AM
 
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that is pretty intense and unfortunate
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Old 07-11-2009, 11:53 AM
 
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Default Heat...

As a current Clevelander who is currently plotting and planning his

escape from the cold north, I did as part of my planning make a brief

visit to Phoenix last August to check it out in person.

You can talk about the heat, read about it, but man, that mid-day sun

will knock you down and sap your soul! LOL! But hey, I don't plan

on digging ditches at noon or any other time!

It was interesting though to drive the streets in August at mid-day and

see just about NOBODY out walking. Even NO animals to be seen!!!!

I guess even they have the good sense to know when not to be out!

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