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Spacer125

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34. Great isn't it?

Reply to KoKo (Original post)

Sun Aug 5, 2012, 02:03 AM

Aug 2012

Even my fans can't keep up with the heat, it makes it like a blast furnace... still better than nothing.

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Oklahoma is so hot that street lamps are melting! [View all] KoKo Aug 2012 OP

New materials will have to be invented flamingdem Aug 2012 #1

lol... it's called glass. eom yawnmaster Aug 2012 #15

I Saw That Earlier Today fascisthunter Aug 2012 #2

melting pattern says the fire caused it Viva_La_Revolution Aug 2012 #3

Holy Crap. Marie Marie Aug 2012 #4

OMG. That's unbelievable. I worry about the animals, out in that heat all day. nt Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #5

+1 freshwest Aug 2012 #9

They are helpless and it is depressingly horrible. raouldukelives Aug 2012 #25

I'm in Chicago Drale Aug 2012 #6

plastic lights? Who makes plastic lights? What an insane idea. made in china? robinlynne Aug 2012 #7

Climate Skeptic, Koch-Funded Scientist Richard Muller Admits Global Warming Real upi402 Aug 2012 #8

That wind isn't sweeping down the plain this year I guess. Kablooie Aug 2012 #10

hahahshshahahahahah Raster Aug 2012 #12

Yeah but there's pasture fer the cattle, spinich and termaters, lol Monk06 Aug 2012 #14

At least everything's up to date in Kansas City. That's a relief. Kablooie Aug 2012 #18

Once upon a time, Trillo Aug 2012 #11

Yeah......all the streetlights are melting in Stillwater thelordofhell Aug 2012 #13

Isn't Oklahoma The Home of Senator James Inhofe? Yavin4 Aug 2012 #16

"it's being reported...that a nearby dumpster fire may have been the cause of the melting... yawnmaster Aug 2012 #17

It is 11:18pm and 92 degrees outside. The wind is blowing... Behind the Aegis Aug 2012 #19

stupid. melted by fire, not by the sun. why was this story even published? just fear-mongering. HiPointDem Aug 2012 #20

Astonishingly stupid. nt greyl Aug 2012 #21

Yes but guardian Aug 2012 #33

A couple dozen, at least. But the story is about heat, not Global Warming. greyl Aug 2012 #35

Whoa, that is scary! GObamaGO Aug 2012 #22

Paging Senator Inhoffe... orwell Aug 2012 #23

I feel for the people in Oklahoma. Seems every time I hear a weather raccoon Aug 2012 #24

Someone should interview that moron of a ReTHUG Senator malaise Aug 2012 #26

Fucking stupid. 115F isn't gonna melt the streetlight globes. Codeine Aug 2012 #27

This story is all over the place right now Ratty Aug 2012 #30

These kind of stories make me miss Un-Rec Atman Aug 2012 #28

+1 nt Viva_La_Revolution Aug 2012 #29

Me too. Street lamps melted because of a dumpster fire. uppityperson Aug 2012 #31

Sometimes ya can't help but laugh... cherokeeprogressive Aug 2012 #32

Great isn't it? Spacer125 Aug 2012 #34