[meteorite-list] Be Careful - It is hot!

From: Alexander Seidel <gsac_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:15:43 +0200
Message-ID: <20100715161543.120080_at_gmx.net>

Hello list,

here in Berlin we had and actually still have temps in the 33-37 deg C ranges, which roughly translates to the mid-90s degrees on the Fahrenheit scale. This is already felt to be "unusually hot" summer weather for a typical Central European, and, even more, felt to be quite uncomfortable if it is sticky and muggy in addition. Air Conditioners in locations like hotels etc. are by far not a matter of course like in the U.S., where you will find them everywhere, except perhaps for the Southern European countries like Italy and Spain, where it gets hotter than in the Central parts of the good ole continent.

Americans are sometimes surprised, when they come to visit us. If you intend to do so for the first time, and are well accustomed to A/C, then better ask the hotel staff before booking whether the location offers air conditioning or not. The more expensive hotels will almost certainly do, but you can never be sure in the medium price ranges, where in the worst case, you will have to suffer hard like e. g. at the old La Couronne hotel in Ensisheim/France in the past years (which btw. is now closed)...

Alex
Berlin/Germany
  

  
-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:36:42 -0700 (PDT)
> Von: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>
> An: Adam <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Betreff: [meteorite-list] Be Careful - It is hot!

> Dear List Members,
>
> For those who are thinking about hunting the Mojave this time of year, be
> prepared to hunt at night when it cools down to around 100 degrees. They
> never
> report accurate temperatures on the news here in the Summer because it is
> bad
> for tourism. There is only one temperature gauge that is not buried
> underground
> in the Laughlin/Bullhead City area and it read an astonishing 130 degrees
> yesterday at 1:30 pm, not even the hottest part of the day which is around
> 4:00
> pm. The sign was in the shade so I can only imagine how hot it would be
> in the
> sun. My engine temperature gauge was registering 140 degrees before I
> even
> started the "cold" engine that had not been run since the day before!
>
> Image of sign I passed yesterday at 1:30 pm:
> http://themeteoritesite.com/130Degrees.jpg
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Adam
Received on Thu 15 Jul 2010 12:15:43 PM PDT