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AZ Jim said:
But it's 100 degrees. Today we expect to hit 108. The saying is "Yeah but it's a dry heat!" True but ovens also have dry heat. This summer we will most likely get 120.
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We live in NW AZ so we have 3400 foot elevation and our temps are usually 10* cooler than Phoenix and Bullhead/Lake Havasu. Our temps the last 2 days have been about 94* with 7% humidity. We also don't get the dust storms like you do...thank goodness, and Monsoon season up here is very brief, if not non-existent.

We've lived in PA and TX and the humidity was awful so we're happy to have about 2 weeks or so of "warmer" weather.
 
AZ Jim said:
No. I don't know the street. Remember I was about 7. All I remember is the house was up on a hill and we walked down to the elementary school below.
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Oh ok. I must have just assumed it was one of the "number" streets.They go from 1st to 20th and the old elementary school was at the bottom of 6th-9th.
 

Bonnie said:
Oh, but the travels around the state are amazing RR :D .. like most of the western states. You never run out of interesting scenery.

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This looks really interesting, Bonnie. Let's have a beer at Brenda's . LOL, the sign says "daily gunfights", I might be up for that after leaving Brenda's. I wonder who the varmits are.:D :playful:
 
Jim: I flew into Sky Harbor a number of times. Never any issues getting down. My concern was if I was going to get out. I remember back in the ‘90’s temps were about 110. That temp makes for poor lift, not to mention hot temps can cause our plane’s hydraulic oil to thin out.

I think it was U.S. Air (America West) that grounded their planes during those temps.

Any planes that you know of being affected through your heatwave?
 
oldman said:
Jim: I flew into Sky Harbor a number of times. Never any issues getting down. My concern was if I was going to get out. I remember back in the ‘90’s temps were about 110. That temp makes for poor lift, not to mention hot temps can cause our plane’s hydraulic oil to thin out.

I think it was U.S. Air (America West) that grounded their planes during those temps.

Any planes that you know of being affected through your heatwave?
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I know they close flights in and out at 122 degrees (maybe lower) when the asphalt runways get soft. It is however perfect for frying eggs.
 
AZ Jim said:
I know they close flights in and out at 122 degrees (maybe lower) when the asphalt runways get soft. It is however perfect for frying eggs.
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Do they still have that problem? I know some airports went to a new material for their runways that use synthetic material. A fully loaded Boeing 767 will weigh in at about 400,000 pounds. Most anything will give under that kind of weight.

I remember you saying that you lived in San Diego as a kid. Well, that's on my list of least favorite airports. SD needs to build a new airport where pilots don't have to fly in over the rooftops of buildings before touching down. We used to catch hell all the time about breaking windows before the builders got smart and started using plexiglass. Other than that problem, I really enjoyed my time in San Diego. Back in the early '80's after we got to the airport, we would head out to the beach and grab some great seafood at a restaurant, which the name slips my mind at the moment, but there was always a crowd there.
 
I like those old west towns and even the facades that are used when they make western movies. I drove by the place where The Ponderosa was shot over in Nevada. I couldn’t see much from the road and there was no one around to talk to about taking a tour. In fact, it look deserted.

I once went to baseball umpire camp in Phoenix, I think the place where the camp was held was called Charles Finely Complex or something like that. I remember while there, the head clinician, Jim Evans, pointed out the mountain behind us where the Lost Dutchman’s Mine was located. What a story in that legend.
 
I've never been west of Chicago. So I've never met desert weather. To me a 100 degrees is a 100 degrees. So it's 'dry' heat, it's still heat. It may be more tolerable, but it ain't comfortable, if you can't get more than 2 feet away from an air conditioner. I'm looking for that one spot where it's 72-78 in the day, and 68 at night-EVERYDAY . And we can skip the hurricanes, tornadoes, snow/ice storms, earthquakes, floods, and raging infernos. I live in Northeastern Pa, where we have most of those things throughout the year.
 
RadishRose said:
From your pics and Bonnie's, Tombstone looks fascinating!
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I love going to places like tombstone. Just standing there at the corner of Fremont and Allen streets and looking at the dragoon mountains and realizing that western characters like Wyatt, and Virgil Earp, and outlaws like curly Bill Brocius have at one time also stood in these same spots, just gives you the chills.
That and the locals really get into playing the part.... It's great. :):)
 

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