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dipsydoodle

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1. That's 129f !

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Tue Jan 8, 2013, 08:41 AM

Jan 2013

I'm guessing that only the native population would get anywhere close to coping.

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Temperatures off the charts as Australia turns deep purple (More colors have to be added to maps) [View all] Are_grits_groceries Jan 2013 OP

That's 129f ! dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #1

Yep Are_grits_groceries Jan 2013 #2

105 is miserable. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #3

My father was in North Africa WW2 mid 1943 dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #4

They were studs! UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #7

I drove through Death Valley one summer, didn't use air conditioning, and had my left arm.... OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #14

Sounds similar to Vietnam pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #21

indeed justabob Jan 2013 #12

I would take 110 dry Arizona heat Mdterp01 Jan 2013 #29

Tell me about it. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #35

I have experienced a single day of 119F, and several days in a row of 116F. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #31

That would really suck. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #34

We DID lose power during that 116F heat wave. When it came back on a few hours later, kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #36

Wow. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #37

Geography realism101 Jan 2013 #5

new to DU Jan 4, 2013. Duppers Jan 2013 #8

Because of what I said in my post. realism101 Jan 2013 #9

The second item in your list will lead you to the real problem. AllyCat Jan 2013 #16

Let me hazard a guess here....you don't think global warming is actually happening? nt. OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #10

The geography is a constant. Are_grits_groceries Jan 2013 #13

A 3.3 degree temperature change (and rising) in just this year alone? AllyCat Jan 2013 #15

Rush Limbaugh agrees and says the Republicans have a plan for Australia Berlum Jan 2013 #17

There's a fraction too much fiction. TheMadMonk Jan 2013 #18

Good thing they have whole underground villages in Coober Pedy. reformist2 Jan 2013 #6

this will be our way of life thatis untill th sea levels rise and flood it leftyohiolib Jan 2013 #19

The responses to this post are interesting. fasttense Jan 2013 #11

I wonder how hot and dry the United States will be summer 2013 UCmeNdc Jan 2013 #20

But, it's a dry heat. n/t SpankMe Jan 2013 #22

you must be from nor cal shanti Jan 2013 #33

50C is 122F. ananda Jan 2013 #23

Holy cow! City Lights Jan 2013 #24

And when August comes, and it's OUR turn Speck Tater Jan 2013 #25

Thank god for photoshop, we will be able to take care of that little problem in no time. n/t 2on2u Jan 2013 #26

I'm about to go to Australia Mdterp01 Jan 2013 #27

Good think that is in Celsius liberal N proud Jan 2013 #28

I have several Facebook friends (fellow translators) in Australia Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2013 #30

That's hotter than Death Valley. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #32