granted, it’s only 1 degree hotter than the previous record, but still… who knew??
alongside this:
“Triple digits in parts of the state” is normal summer weather in California, of course
but it’s getting into the hundred-teens in Imperial County this week
Sunday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 114. East southeast wind around 5 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Monday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 115. East southeast wind around 5 mph.
Tuesday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 115. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 115. South southeast wind around 5 mph.
Thursday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 113. South southeast wind around 5 mph.
forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=32.7919&lon=-115.562&FcstType=text&TextType=2
Honestly, this just feels like another throw away plot point like the Murder Hornets. 2020 will likely have an ending worse than Lost
as someone who lives in Reno, yeah, this is scary stuff. it’s one thing to see fire tornadoes at Burning Man, where they now occur with regularity because the people engineering the big burns know what cause them and how to create them, but it’s another thing entirely to be seeing them occur naturally. it takes a LOT of heat to create them.
Are we all living in an M. Night Shyamalan movie?
What? No!