'Heat kills' in Death Valley; Meet the tourists that traveled there to feel the burn
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- Опубликовано: 10 окт 2024
- From The AP
A long-running heat wave that has already shattered previous records across the U.S. persisted on Sunday, baking parts of the West with dangerous temperatures that caused the death of a motorcyclist in Death Valley.
People from all across the world visited the National Park to experience the heat for themselves.
Andrea Karunanayake, visiting from Riverside, CA, was warned not to come but couldn't resist the allure of the record-breaking heat.
"You can definitely feel the heat on your skin. And I can see how it's probably the hottest, highest heat record out here," she said.
“Honestly, it's definitely shocking. I don't know how anything can survive out here."
There is a reason why they call this desert “ Death Valley” 🤷🏻♀️
Exactly that is so hot. A hundred and thirty degrees. Again village abilities does exist.
@ynotlove4269 Indeed 💯. Imagine it goes up to 140 or 155 F Degree 😮
Oh really ? What reason might that be?
I've only passed by never went in.
i thought they just named it that to sound metal
I visited Death Valley in February. It's an interesting place to visit - but only in the winter.
No its very dangerous in the winter, Bonneville salt flats are one giant frosthollow
I mean its fine to visit but the desert is objectively more dangerous in winter.
Or night time
When the LOW temperature for the day is 95F, you know it’s a darn hot place🔥.
LoL
95 thats low for DV in summer, with it in the teens here it may get down to the 100's at night.
@@scott658good
I have family in the Coachella valley and when I visit sometimes at night it’s 97 degrees the last time I went it was 120 in the day my ac from my car didn’t feel like it was working
I'm in St. Louis and I remember when the polar vortex came around 2018 it was so cold for 2 weeks it warmed up and I checked the temp and it 0 I said damm it must have been cold for 0 to feel warm.
They're putting a lot of faith in their vehicle that it won't break down, and if it does, that someone will come along shortly to rescue them.
Smart people cross Death Valley at night. Even then the desert is dangerous. Always carry xtra water, check your engines coolant, maps and let someone know about your route and when you should be expected cross. 🌹
What if the power went out in the building and the bus could not start? That's how I measure sustainability.
This is Calif, 2024. No one is dying on the side of the road. It's not a Clint Eastwood western.
@@awblackstar3421 I don't know about that. Dying on the side of the road is completely possible, even when not in Death Valley. Lord, if we didn't have cell phones that one time... we may have been one of those dead at the side of the road (from the heat). That wasn't very long ago either, not that the year really matters.
@@awblackstar3421 Except for the motorcycle rider who probably died *_in_* the road.
I grew up in Baker, CA, the "Gateway to Death Valley". It doesn't get as hot there as it does in Death Valley, but that "dry heat" sucks all the moisture out of you. I would drink two to three gallons of water every day and still not have to pee that much. One other thing that has to be taken into account is your electrolyte levels. Along with drinking gallons of water, we would routinely take a salt tablet to make sure we were getting salt back into our system after sweating it all out.
Some of the interesting/funny things that would happen would be that when a person would stop for gas in the town, they would get out of their car and pass out immediately. This was typically due to the person running the AC at max and the temp in the car being in the 60s only to step out into 95+ degree temps. It can shock the body rather quickly.
My brand new Honda broke down just outside of baker two years ago. For some reason the fans quit running by way of ecu. With a tow truck being 7 hours out I cut up an extension cord in the truck and straight wires the fans to the battery. But as I was doing this for people growing up in this area. I couldn't imagine. I don't live far. Central valley of California the highest today we're about 112. So it's still very hot, but manageable
Dry heat rules, it can be 110 out and im not bothered if its dry and there's no pollution.
Can confirm this is solid advice and applies equally to bundling up your toddler in a fart sack in a ski lesson... not uncommon for my high desert "heat stroke spidey sense" to get triggered when teaching winter sports. It's about equal odds trying to reason with a toddler as it is a grown adult when they're in that condition.
I have never understood this. It can be lethal very quickly, and many people have died trying to hike that park in the excessive heat of the last few years - yet they still come.
Nuts.
That, and I don’t understand why people still swim in the ocean 🦈🦈🦈
But it's a dry heat. It feels like 80.
Darwin award
Death valley is Internationally famous and tourists like to brag to their friends about "surviving" the heat (in an air-conditioned cafe).
@@Wolfcamp555 Good luck.
A person MUST be in extremely good health to even attempt going to Death Valley ,especially in the summer ,it’s very important to keep yourself hydrated,as a retired nurse,I can tell you it’s just not a good idea ,I’ve seen people come into the e.r with heat related issues ,stay away from there until it’s a lot cooler ,it’s not called a Death Valley for no reason .
@@speurtighearnamacterik8230 Interesting. I had always thought that it was one or more different tribes of Indians that was harassing the party which split off, no? Or do you mean the party which stayed and waited for help (for as long as they could)?
extremely good health???? If you have AC, a good vehicle, water, food, and communications, you should be fine....just don't stay outside for a long time....just gotta use common sense.
Most people have most ammentities provided but still end up not following any common sense lol
Exactly. If you have any health issues like heart issues the extreme heat will put extreme stress on your body and can cause heart attack 😢
kathleentyson6727 I live in a small town in Southern NV/Nevada in the Mojave Desert (the very same desert that Death Valley's located in) with my 2 kids since 2018 (I'm a divorced mom since late August, 2023).
Going to Death Valley in the summer is very insane because it gets a lot hotter over there than where I live. The best time to visit Death Valley would be in the winter when it's much cooler.
As someone who has suffered heat STROKE twice, I can tell you that it's as close to death as you can come without dying.
Yeah but heat stroke is super rare here because people know to stay hydrated, and the fact that it's dry heat, it's far less stressful on your body
@@tictacterminator Nowhere else on Earth exists but where you are. It doesn't get hot anywhere else because there IS nowhere else. Other people's personal experiences can be ignored because it's "super rare". Everybody knows how to stay hydrated. Even when you can't control the situation. Guys on prison chain-gangs carry their own coolers of Gatorade with them. My oven cooks things with a dry heat, too. I can set my oven to 100 F and make jerky, dehydrating the meat. It's far less stressful on the jerky. WOW. I hope you don't have kids or pets.
@@tictacterminator A biker died in DV a few days ago because of the extreme heat. I used to live in Corpus Christi, Texas, where it's humid. The heat in DV is way more brutal than it was in Corpus. You are underestimating the heat in the desert.
@@NegativeROG Glad your still with us. I absolutely can't stand. heat waves . My body is naturally warmer anyway. Everyone is different. I prefer cooler. There is a niche in Monterey California where it's almost always 67° . Was there last week when it reached 95 in the bay area. It was amazing. Fog, cool air. Nature's air conditioner
@@banderas2000 Well, THANKS! That's a nice thing to say. You made my day.
I have a good idea to keep heat from killing you: DON’T GO TO DEATH VALLEY. Problem solved.
These are the people who hoarded toilet paper for a respiratory virus...
It is perfect in winter.
I used to live in Trona
you can gold field nevada. now thats good american living. warm beer and cheap houses for sale. but you have to put up your own pool or build one out of concrete.
Ikr
Some people choose really dumb places for a vacation.
Some people leave some really dumb remarks about people going on vacation to some really dumb places.
@@Jamestown23_u need help. Your comment sucks no likes haha!
@@jaycris1980 😄 You're talking about likes on a comment as If it has any meaning to life. 🤣 Get a life!
@@Jamestown23_ look whos talking lol
When dumb meets stupid😊
Visitor at "Furnace Creek" saying it's like an oven. Imagine that.
It's beautiful in the middle of winter
There's no known cure for stupid.
Yes, there is...Death! 💀
Yes there is! Lmao! It's called death!😂😢
So why do the officials even have the place open? don’t call the tourist dumb. Call the park rangers and road maintenance crews how stupid they are. They are the real losers right?
It’s not stupid. People travel and stop at destinations.
Ha! I commented then saw yours. 👍🏽
"It's hot." Amazing in-depth analysis.
What's even more dangerous is the giant sandworms.
Let's go to Death Valley and complain about the heat!
😀
None of them were complaining, doofy! The interviewer asked them to describe what the heat was like for them and they told him!
@@Bidness100that emoji killed me 😅
I'm 400 miles north of it and it's been over 100 for almost 2 weeks. I can complain just fine from here.
@@ronjones-6977 100? Sounds decent hot is better than cold still it’s Death Valley so why go there anyway?
Well duh, they named it " Death Valley " for a reason.
They named it death valley because its dry
Its not because its hot
If you were passing through bonneville in the 1800s, you're way more likely to die of frost hollows than heat exposure.
Why do you think it’s called Death Valley? Please say cause of the heat.
They named it Death Valley because there is no signal for cell phones and radio. Limited in certain areas only, but you're out lost in the middle of it then you can't call for help.
I stayed home. Turned on the air and ceiling fan, and enjoyed watching this at 74*.
AC/DC girl just raised MY temperature
Death Valley is deadly, water is wet, idiocy abounds.
Water is wet but why does water make it dry?
What water? “I came to Death Valley for the waters” said no one EVER.
Is water "wet" though?
@Dawgysong Not better, just alive and aware reality and the dangers that exist.
@Dawgysong Why is it that a dog profile pic is the most idiotic hot take imaginable... without fail.
I recently watched a video about a German family of four that died out in Death Valley. I'm really not sure why anyone would want to go there, especially with children.
I was a few weeks ago as well,lots of videos on it
@chere100 I was living out there when that occurred. I have the full investigation reports from NPS,BLM, Inyo County Sheriff's office, and Interpol.
Photos, etc
Interesting case. The father had an old map that showed a road where one didn't exist.
I was constantly having people pull into my place who were lost, out of water, flat tires, etc.
I was always wondering why people would just drive off into the desert without knowing where they were or where they were going. My guest books are filled with folks who expressed their gratitude for the help I gave them. There were dozens of people whose lives I saved over the 10 years I lived out there.
I stayed in touch with most of them through letters, and many of them would return in the following years. From Japan, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Romania, etc.
I developed many good friendships throughout the years..
Jeezus! 0:42
"Andrea" 🔥
Just made it 10 more degrees in here! 😍
Vacation?? It's called Death valley 😮
Its beautiful there though :D
There are air conditioned hotels in Death Valley. The desert can be very beautiful.
@@onetruekeeper Death Valley trips are better if you camp though. It gets very cold at night if you camp at certain spots. Its very nice actually, fall asleep so fast.
It can be beautiful, but certainly not in the summer…those beautiful spring flowers are GONE.
I live out in this area. We just shake our heads when these tourists say they came to feel the heat. Stay home and climb in your oven, it will be similar.
@@michaelball760 I live next door from you in Southern NV with my 2 kids. I agree with 100%.-re: "Stay home..." I'd never visit Death Valley in the summer for obvious reasons. You probably know this already?: Both Death Valley (as well other parts of the Pacific Northwest, the West Coast and the Southwest) broke their all-time high records, temperature-wise this month.
But most peoples homes aren't as secenic as DV
@@CTF33 I really doubt that people living in Death Valley care if they're houses look attractive or nice? michaelball760 like most people who in Death Valley could care less about if their home looks attractive or nice. The exterior of a Death Valley resident is unimportant.
Serious question..Do the houses have special Air Conditioners, Giant ones, or super duty insulation? My HVAC, on the east coast struggles to stay at 72 when it's 99 outside 😢
@@jonosay854 Serious answer: if you're wealthy and clever a geothermal heat pump can shift that heat into the ground using pumped fluid in long loops of tubing; if you're only clever than in dry climate an evaporative cooler ("swamp cooler") can be very economical when you have access to water, as you only need to power a pump and intake/exhaust fans for the entry and exit of the space you want to cool, and it can be built from hardware store parts quite easily. They work better the hotter and drier it is. Also there have been steady advancements in Heat Pump (which is sort of like an aircon unit that runs in both directions) economies of scale, which is important as the temperature swings wildly - we're talking about a dry climate that can see 100°F temperature swings from day to night, from safe to serve hot soup down to frosty cold - where an evaporative cooler doesn't help you stay warm at night so there's still a need for some kind of heating.
Death Valley to visitors meaning;
Death Wish
I have no desire to push my luck with the heat.
We turned orange after passing through Death Valley.
People will stare at you as if you are radio active that's how much you glow. And we did't even stop.
Hottest recorded temperature for the Earth was 134F in the shade at Death Valley on July 10, 1913.
Standing around concrete, asphalt, and buildings out of the shade will increase the temperature 10-15 F.
That is generally a disputed temperature reading the one you’re referring to.
Yeah but then their charlatanry would be exposed as a ruse.
@@BuckForearm Because it doesn't reflect a cooler past which is what the climate alarmist want you to believe.
Why? Would you tour a desert? Coachella Valley is right behind that heat, it’s miserable…
@rositamorales7247 the beauty of said desert. If it rains enough & go at the right time you could see a lot of very colorful desert flowers you normally never see. BTW people hike in areas like this allt he time. your comment alone tells me you don't get out much. There are places there to off road, atv riding, bike riding & what not
'cause the desert is BEAUTIFUL, ya numpty.
Plus humid in Coachella valley.
@@seanmccuen6970- It’s NOT beautiful in the summer, just the spring.
@@stevemiller1517 Exactly!!
I grew up 8 miles from the entrance to Death Valley National Park. Yes it "really is that hot." I can't tell you how many people came to see if it really was that hot.
I have never been more interested in a World Tour from the 70’s in my life
Whoever picked that thumbnail knew exactly what he was doing.
Nice fit too, I can see why she wears it.
She was hot
@@rob6850
Yeah, about 133 degrees I'd say.
@@seeharvester at least!
@@rob6850 I keep replaying that part. You know, to try to pronounce her name.
Imagine standing in line under the baking sun for tens of minutes (or longer) to take a photo of that stupid sign.
These people have no experience in the heat. I worked in fields in the heat. You need to wear thin long sleeves and pants and a big hat. The skin should not be exposed. The clothing blocks some of the heat. I know it might sound counterintuitive, but it works. But it depends on the clothing, don't wear thick insulting winter clothes. It needs to be enough to block the light but also thin enough to feel the breeze and not trap in more heat. Color also matter, wear bright colors to repel more light
Is there a name to those clothes ?
Watching these people I feel like I am watching Dumb and Dumber
And a couple of peeps wearing black, under the hot sun.
They're all Liberals 😂
130+ with no humidity (which there is none in the valley) is no different than 100 with humidity lol
Waste of money but this is libs in a nutshell
Dumb and Dumber! 🤣 That's Biden/Harris!! 🤣🤣🤣
@@hauscchildt6418 You are wrong. A dry heat is less brutal than heat with humidity, because sweat can cool you off in a dry heat but does not evaporate and cool you off in high humidity with lots of moisture in the air.
Strange that humans play with Death Valley like they don't know why it's called DEATH Valley😢
Worked in a steel mill for 6 years often exposed to temps exceeded 140 or more, really hot , so I don't think I will visit DV😂
Well, I DIDN’T work in a steel mill, and I still have no desire to visit DV.😊
I often wonder how hot it gets in foundry’s and steel mills. Dayam!
I still work in a steel mill and winter time it's 70°f on top the caster when it's single digits outside. Yeah it's hot as hell in the summer months
@@nadogrl You should, its one of the most beautiful and unique places on Earth.
Also you'd be surprised how nice the heat is when its that dry and there's no pollution.
Don't get me wrong 130 is still too much, but 105-110 does not feel bad out there at all!
WOW!! It gets hot in the desert in the summer. What a shocker!
I have lived in the Coachella valley for over 50 years and every year we have tourists that almost die or actually die because they go for a hike. You can dehydrate in just a few hours in the direct sunlight
It was 121F a couple of days ago
Death Valley is literally HELL ON EARTH, the hottest place and recorded high temperature on the planet.
But if you REALLY want to get the FULL "Experience" walk across Death Valley with a full pack like the settlers did.
Figuratively*
I grew up in Mojave. Outskirts of lancaster. 115 degrees was normal. I remember frying eggs on the sidewalk. I live in seattle now and when it gets to 90 im crying.
Meanwhile on the oregon coast it's 74 degrees, and a bottle of water is only $1.
It's as hot as an oven,yet,you see people with backpacks on headed for a hike! Who can understand the human mind? The other day I saw video of people mesmerized by a tsunami wave,and they waited until it was almost upon them to start running.
yeah california sun really burns you and you feel the heat, but if you can find shade its all good, but on the east coast even shade doesnt help its so humid you just start sweating like a pig as soon as you go outside and become drenched after about 10 minutes
I currently live in the coastal SE, though I've lived in various places on the East coast. The sun and I are not friends. I have extremely pale, freckled skin, so sparse melanin to protect my skin. When I'm in direct sunlight, I can feel my skin baking. So humid or not, the shade helps.
My section of California is just lovely.
Funny thing about that saying is pigs don't sweat.
Lol, go to Phoenix in July during monsoon season. 115 30% humidity. 😂 I lived on the East Coast and Phoenix. Phoenix will kill you. Every year, tourists die there in the deserts. Seek shade there and hydrate. Your car will burn your hands when parked outside, and the asphalt burns dogs' feet if not careful. Death valley is worse than anywhere in the world. I mean, world. Good luck with bad advice. It's the hottest place on earth.
Agree. I lived about 80 miles from there and never had issues with the 110F heat. We even ran in the 110-degree weather. Then we moved to Virginia and died all summer long because of the humidity.
An incredible place of near perfect desolation. The first sign of heat stroke is a stomach ache. Tourists here in Tucson think they have the flu or have eaten something bad. All they need is water - but slowly. I love the heat. It warms the bones.
Are these idiots planning to visit Vladivostok in January to make stupid, predictable comments on how cold it is?
Vladivostok is a south as Florence in Italy or Oregon here. It’s not that cold
Wouldn't be surprised if they did.Yiu want hot, just go to South Texas.Plenty of heat here.
@@sdmit2000he's talking about the Russian research post Vladivostok, at elevation 11,000ft in Antarctica.
It's the reverse at the South Pole
Why are they idiots if they’re just going on a guided tour and plan to stay on the trail?? The interviewer asked them to describe the heat they were feeling and they told him!
I admit, I went to Death Valley in the summer once. I wanted to see what it was like. I drove to the middle, got out of my air-conditioned car, and got the full blast of 130F. in a cloudless sky.
I got right back in again, and drove out. I’m glad I went, to see how nature can be, but I decided against a long hike there.
I’ve been there once. As soon as I walked out of my car, I could not wait to get into the gift shop. I don’t think I could last 30 minutes in that heat.
Seeing all these people out there with dark colors on, no sun protection, no hydration pack, some with no water bottles, and overall terrible outfit choices for the terrain is making my eye twitch. They all need a wide-brimmed hat, UV blocking long sleeve, hydration pack, and common sense.
Well that and the fact they are there to begin with LOL
Dry heat is deceptive. You can't tell how quickly you're getting dehydrated because your sweat evaporates almost instantaneously. To me that's a more dangerous heat.
If you decide to go to DV, carry enough water to keep your whole party alive for three days, extra for your radiator, and some sort of large shade structure like a tent or canopy, and night clothing and bedding for if your car breaks down. You could die there in less than a day or night without them. Stay on the main roads in conditions like these, no off-road adventures in this kind of heat! There is no cell service in the valley, the concessionaire who runs the tourist accommodations is too cheap to pay for it, so it could be a while before anyone sees you’re in trouble, or realizes you’re missing. Whenever leaving the paved highways, notify the Park Service with your destination, route and return date/time, even in winter, when flash floods occur often. These can occur when the weather seems ok in the valley and they kill, too, especially in those slot canyons. It’s a huge and dangerous place, bigger than some US states with extreme weather conditions, it’s no place for the thoughtless or unprepared. Don’t take elderly family members, infants, toddlers or pets there in summer, there are plenty of rattlesnakes and scorpions, too.
My mother used to love it out there the hotter the better she had her old motorhome set up with a swamp cooler and they just lived out their retirement out there in that desert
I was visiting the Dallas area in 2017. I experienced 114° on one day. I grew up near Chicago... 114° dry ain't nothing compared to 100°/100% days that I experienced a few time through my life. You can say this is adding another 15° on the 114°, I'll still take dry heat every time over humidity.
Me tooooo! I’m from Louisiana so I understand.
"I don't know how anything can survive out here"
Literally no sign of life behind her
Why the heck would anyone travel to death valley for a vacation?
Just to understand how hot that it is. You dry meat to make beef jerky at 150 degrees for 8 hours. You are basically slow roasting yourself within a short period of time.
Medium rare steak temperature is 130-135! Those idiots are walking around inside an oven!
Yeah but showing off you were inside that oven to your neighbors on a Kodak Carousel 4200 makes it all worth it.
going to a desert called Death Valley' in the summer is like getting into a car with someone who says they are a rapist
if someone opened up a visitor spot inside an active volcano these kinds of people would attend
People in Phoenix 🐦🔥 are like this is a Tuesday in July😂
I live in Palm Springs and it was 118 July 4 and 122 July 5. We had friends come in from Phoenix and they didn’t even flinch! 😮🔥🔥
@@jenniferjackson9642 I know I lived in Phoenix for years. once you get used to it it’s really not that bad however I mean it’s a tough summer. It’s still tough. It’s it’s summer and Phoenix. It’s hard you’ll die without water.
Reminds me of the time I went through the nevada desert when it was 126 F. My friend had an old, beat up oldsmobile bravada with no A/C (i didnt know before we left CA that was the case). I looked at temperatures differently after that.
I mean, it's in the name folks. I've been to Death Valley and Iraq while in the Army. Wearing an extra 75-100 lbs. If I owned both I'd rent Iraq out and live in Death Valley.
Iraq is HOT I mean HOT.
@@Prfdt3 Indeed
I lived in California for many years and I wouldn't visit Death Valley in the summer, a car breakdown is downright dangerous. If you do have to drive through Death Valley in the summer you should bring alot of extra water and an umbrella, you will be miserable but if you drink alot and stay in the shade you will probably survive until help arrives. Even though the temperatures are extreme its a dry heat and you should in theory be able to sweat enough to not get heatstroke for a while provided you drink enough water to make up for a lot of sweating. Driving through Death valley in the summer without extra water is like driving through a blizzard with a Hawaiian shirt, shorts and sandals its worthy of a Darwin award.
Gods way of weeding out the people who have no reasoning or common sense.
So true
Sort of implies that God must have really screwed up making those people.
@@EndlessLands It implies God gave them opportunity but they chose to be idiots.
I wonder if a winter parka would protect you from the extreme heat ? This would be a good learning experiment .
That extreme heat would be excruciating without AC and cold water. Just imagine that’s a small fraction of the heat in hell.
Hell's not real, death valley is
@@Deltron6060 You can’t imagine it away. Jesus Christ warned us about Hell more than anybody and I’m privileged and humbled to have seen and heard irrefutable evidence of the reality of the risen Christ.
Jesus Christ Is Lord...John 14:6
I did water work in the city of San Jacinto(next to Hemet), I fixed water mainline leaks in 125 degree heat. You WANTED to be the one in the hole that found the leak!!!!
Again, why is it called Death Valley????
That first girl was right. You can feel the heat on your skin, but you can see it too. She’s definitely hot.
I've done construction in palm springs in the summer, 115 and humid. Death valley is still worse
For the life of me I can't figure out why they call it "Death Valley" .. SMFH
Look at all of them without hats🤦♀️
I lived for 10 years in Saline Valley in the western section of Death Valley Park. I lived year round and often saw it hit 135° in the summer ☀️
I loved living there! 😊
People are so child like ,,,, it makes. me sick .
All the easier to manipulate and brainwash, the government likes us that way. Had your booster lately?
Heck no that's why people are childlike LOL
What are you talking about??
I feel like tourism spiked when they renamed it from Pleasantly Balmy Valley.
How does extreme heat make you feel like you're going back in time? Make it make sense.
😅
Leave sense less alone
Probably died there in a past life, looking to complete the loop...
It's not called You might live valley
Let Darwin work his magic.
It is 131 degrees in my bakery kitchen.... tourists are welcome to pay for a visit
Maybe that why they called it "death valley -
Surprise they didnt mention a surprising scientific discovery that day when it was found that the only thing hotter then Death Valley is Andrea in that Tshirt.
The guy that picked the thumbnail knew *exactly* what he was doing.
Good tastes.
This just in!!! It's hot in death valley!
I always wanted to fly into the sun so i settled on standing in the desert until they build a powerful enough human cannon
😂
I'm always amazed at all the European tourists that travel to Death Valley in the middle of the summer to experience the God awful heat there. They seem to want to feel the extremes.....and they get it there!
oh wow ..,
it was sooo hot
I thought I was gonna die
I just don't understand why people risk going there in summer. People would go visit Hell to get a selfie if they could.
You can fix stupid.
Death valley seems to painfully fix many
I've lived in a place where it got to 120 before. Adding 13 degrees has to be something
It is called Death Valley. My thermometer in the sun is 20-30 degrees hotter, at least.
Live in Phoenix, Az. It is supposed to reach 118 degrees F to-day, that's enough!
are people forgetting that it is called "Death Valley" lol, you dont name something with DEATH in it..... if no one has ever died in that location.
112 - 115 near Sacramento the last few days. Probably even hotter to the north around Redding. Sometimes Redding, which is in the vicinity of Mt. Shasta, can be even hotter than Death Valley. I think what makes DV so dangerous is it can literally sap the moisture right out of you.
I didn't know there was a place called FURNACE Creek IN Death Valley, yet these people STILL went. 🤣🤦🏻♀️
Do these folks know what excessive heat does to the human body?!?
They should all be wearing loose long sleeves and long dress have they not learned anything from people who live in similar places? Wish they'd had the others also say what motivated them to visit
Like like you've definitely learned how to be a keyboard critique
What percentage of deaths attributed to "heat" are actually caused by dehydration.
Say a person is constantly fed water intravenously while being exposed to very high heat -- around what temperature would "heat" actually become a danger?
Probably that’s why they call it Death Valley
It is why.
why would go to a desert called "Death Valley" in any season other than Winter?
To all the whiners about the tourists: relax… it’s not stupid to visit Death Valley. Actually, I believe more people should experience it. We got AC in buildings and cars. Relax, people, they don’t go to stay.
Black shirt, standing in sun, no sunglasses, no hat.
I rest my case...