TIM RICHARDSON -> ED HULETT wrote:
 TR> On 04-07-09, ED HULETT said to TIM RICHARDSON:


 TR>> I wonder how many times she's been in Utah around June and July. Or
 EH>> August.


 EH>> 100+ degrees with high humidity. Been there, done that.


 TR> Oh its worse than that. When I worked on the railroad we used to get
 TR> into the Salt Flats area around July and August, and it was hotter than hell!

Now you're talking extremes.

 TR> 116 to 120 up on the tracks and slag wasn't unusual. Some of the days in
 TR> the eastern Nevada\western Utah area would make S.Carolina's hottest day
 TR> seem like sitting by a cooler! Especially out on the tracks running
machinery.

Much like the two weeks in August of 1973 I spent in Tempe Arizona. It was
106 to 122 for 6 days straight. Take a shower in the morning and as soon as
you towel off you are wet again. It remained in the mid to high 90s all
night long. Riding in a non-air conditioned car with the windows down the
air rushing into the car was like a blast furnace.

After 6 days it rained. The temp went down to 94 and the sky opened up. The
dry washes filled to overflowing and after the rain it took less than an
hour to dry up the streets that were 4" deep in water and virtually
all signs of the rain to disappear. The humidity at that point was 100%.
The next few days it was back over 100 degrees.

Back in 1993-94 I visited SLC twice and both times it was in the summer.
The temps were around 100+ both times. I took a tour of the Great Salt Lake
and its environs and it was indeed hot. You had to be careful when touching
any part of the car body or you would burn your hands. The humidity around
the lake was close to 100% because of the many salt basins for the purpose
of evaporating the water off the salt.

Judith doesn't know what she is talking about when she claims SC's climate
is more extreme than Utah's.

Ed

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