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1. #1
   On August 2nd, 2011 at 1:46 pm, peteee said:

   wow, and i thought it was hot here, ocean full of lobster, i am driving to maine today, with a trunk full of butter.

2. #2
   On August 2nd, 2011 at 1:49 pm, et said:

   Too funny.

3. #3
   On August 2nd, 2011 at 1:51 pm, Hangfire said:

   Political Science and Journalism majors do not need any General Sciences credits?

4. #4
   On August 2nd, 2011 at 1:52 pm, kentroyals5 said:

   Wow. I understand some do push an agenda. However, I’m going with the ol’ fashion ‘stupidity’ on this one. A Celsius/Fahrenheit mix up without thinking about how ridiculous it sounds.

5. #5
   On August 2nd, 2011 at 1:52 pm, stillontheroad said:

   Awaiting a envirotroll comment about Man Made Global Warming has caused temps to reach boiling point and all of us that do not believe a word if it have our heads in the sand and are deniers.

6. #6
   On August 2nd, 2011 at 1:59 pm, Truesoldier said:

   Well considering that so many of the public school educated would not even understand that there is a difference between F and C I am not surprised that the AP tried this.

7. #7
   On August 2nd, 2011 at 1:59 pm, Hiraghm said:

   Meanwhile, Sheriff Joe Arpaio says that it will be 111 degrees at his tent city… the same temperature it was when the tent city opened in 1993

8. #8
   On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:02 pm, Truesoldier said:

   On August 2nd, 2011 at 1:52 pm, kentroyals5 said:
   Wow. I understand some do push an agenda. However, I’m going with the ol’ fashion ‘stupidity’ on this one. A Celsius/Fahrenheit mix up without thinking about how ridiculous it sounds.

   Ok then explain exactly what an editor’s job is…last time I checked it is to enusre that mistakes like that do not get through the cracks. Now let’s say it was an honest mistake has there been any correction posted with an apology for the mistake? Oh wait, nope the story is still up remained unchanged….

9. #9
   On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:06 pm, kentroyals5 said:

   On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:02 pm, Truesoldier said:

   Ok then explain exactly what an editor’s job is…last time I checked it is to enusre that mistakes like that do not get through the cracks. Now let’s say it was an honest mistake has there been any correction posted with an apology for the mistake? Oh wait, nope the story is still up remained unchanged….

   I’m going to go out on a limb and believe that article wasn’t ‘edited’. It’s incredibly small and resembles more of a blurb than ‘news story’.

   Seriously, that article is not going to sway any public opinion on the issue.

   It just makes Yahoo/AP look incredibly stupid.

10. #10
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:12 pm, Truesoldier said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:06 pm, kentroyals5 said:

    Seriously, that article is not going to sway any public opinion on the issue.

    It just makes Yahoo/AP look incredibly stupid.

    I can agree with you on that and that you are probably right in that it wasn’t edited. There are three points that could be made though. First it shows that this author of this piece of work was lazy in that they did not fact check prior to publishing. Second, what does it say about AP that it is allowing this to stay up on it’s site as is when it is factually incorrect. Thirdly, imagine the outcry from the MSM if this type of thing had happened on a Conservative blog or even the Foxnews website.

11. #11
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:13 pm, happyscrapper said:

    All I can say is, if you lay out to get a tan, use sun screen. Oh, and only stay out there for 1 second or you will be dead meat (and cooked for dinner). Soylent Green anyone?

12. #12
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:18 pm, J.J. Sefton said:

    Water boils at 212 degrees F, 100 degrees C. I assume they mean the latter?

13. #13
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:18 pm, corkie said:

    I read a story over the weekend about a newspaper that claimed that a record high had been set, but the reporter compared the heat-index number to the actual temperature record.

    Does anyone really wonder why reporters are completely unequipped to scrutinize questionable claims made by scientists?

14. #14
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:20 pm, kentroyals5 said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:12 pm, Truesoldier said:

    I can agree with you on that and that you are probably right in that it wasn’t edited. There are three points that could be made though. First it shows that this author of this piece of work was lazy in that they did not fact check prior to publishing. Second, what does it say about AP that it is allowing this to stay up on it’s site as is when it is factually incorrect. Thirdly, imagine the outcry from the MSM if this type of thing had happened on a Conservative blog or even the Foxnews website.

    These are probably written by some interns that look at a weather forecast and consolidate a location into a story (this instance the northeast). Their not primary weather stories. They aren’t seen by the masses.

    I get that it jives with the opinion that global warming is pushed by the media.

    You could have a point. I just think this is stupidity. Could have even been someone in Europe/Australia, etc that wasn’t fully educated on that we use Fahrenheit over here. I dunno. Sounds more likely since the claims of ‘boiling point’ weather are pretty outrageous to any rational sole.

15. #15
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:23 pm, kentroyals5 said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:18 pm, corkie said:
    I read a story over the weekend about a newspaper that claimed that a record high had been set, but the reporter compared the heat-index number to the actual temperature record.

    I think I’ve seen the heat index used so much more widely now than before. I like that they use it because it indicates the true danger to elderly, children, etc. It’s just not scientifically correct to compare the two as some use it interchangeably it seems.

16. #16
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:26 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Hey is it hot in here or just Spacey? (bodice ripping rhetoric alert!)

17. #17
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:28 pm, passingruffian said:

    I took a speech class this summer. I made a speech on globull warming. Not one of the people in the class had ever heard of Climategate. Not even the teacher. Not one had wondered why there are boulders deposited by glaciers in Central Park, even though the teacher himself is from NYC. Not one had ever heard of the Medieval Warming Period. Not one of them knew that parts of The Sahara weren’t always a desert. Not one of them knew that the earth’s orbit and axis tilt weren’t constant. After my speech, the teacher said, “Wow…it’s all a bunch of propaganda, isn’t it?” Many in the class had shocked looks on their faces as I exposed them to the truth for the very first time in their indoctrinated lives.

    As I have said here many times before, Enemy Number One in this country is the media and this article is just more evidence of that.

18. #18
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:33 pm, kentroyals5 said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:28 pm, passingruffian said:

    After my speech, the teacher said, “Wow…it’s all a bunch of propaganda, isn’t it?”

    Hearsy! I need proof the teacher said this. Otherwise I’ll provide evidence from a scientist I once knew who said, “Global warming is a fact!” I heard it..he said it. I wrote it on the internet. It’s now true! Hah.

19. #19
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:34 pm, kentroyals5 said:

    HearsAy!

20. #20
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:39 pm, EROWMER said:

    The enviro/commie movement has nothing to lose. They are going for the whole enchilada before Ubama leaves office. Imagine what the anti-Second Amdendment crowd will do.

21. #21
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:44 pm, Bogtrotter said:

    “Northeast braces for temps near boiling point”

    Wow! That’s a tad on the warm side. So exactly how “near” to 212 degrees farenheit will it be? LOL

22. #22
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:53 pm, doriangrey said:

    Financial Markets respond to Boehnor/Reid super deal, freefall 180 point within minuets.

23. #23
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:54 pm, passingruffian said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:33 pm, kentroyals5 said:

    Hearsy! I need proof the teacher said this.

    I don’t make things up. I’m not a politician or a member of the media. And I don’t much care if you believe it or not. It’s true and I’ll never forget it. I put countless hours into that speech because I wasn’t doing it just to make a grade in a class. I saw it as an opportunity to un-indocrinate at least a few people and it worked. Funny how things like that happen when people hear things and actually have them proven factual.

24. #24
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:56 pm, John Deaux said:

    ruffian,

    I’m pretty sure he was being sarcastic.

25. #25
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:56 pm, letget said:

    Here in S TX, where we live, it seems about the same heat we have had since I have lived here since 1980. The problem we have here, the lack of rain is about the worse for decades. The non-storm that came in last week did not drop one single drop of rain at our home. I love the heat, can NOT stand to be cold! I haven’t seen the bay near where we live having fish, crabs, or whatever floating to the beach ready to eat yet!
    L

26. #26
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:01 pm, passingruffian said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:56 pm, John Deaux said:

    ruffian,

    I’m pretty sure he was being sarcastic.

    I did consider that as a possibility but after reading it a few times, I determined it wasn’t. My apologies to Kent if I was wrong.

27. #27
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:06 pm, kentroyals5 said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:01 pm, passingruffian said:
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:56 pm, John Deaux said:

    ruffian,

    I’m pretty sure he was being sarcastic.
    I did consider that as a possibility but after reading it a few times, I determined it wasn’t. My apologies to Kent if I was wrong.

    Indeed, I was kidding.

28. #28
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:09 pm, tomg51 said:

    My kettle of n-pentane just boiled away! (97°F)

29. #29
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:10 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Those AP fact-checkers must be preoccupied with digging into Sarah Palin’s next book or something.

    They’re not busy, just ivy-league interns.

30. #30
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:11 pm, Truesoldier said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:20 pm, kentroyals5 said:
    These are probably written by some interns that look at a weather forecast and consolidate a location into a story (this instance the northeast). Their not primary weather stories. They aren’t seen by the masses.

    Even more reason that these types of stories should be verified before publishing. The AP wants to be considered credible, but then it allows garbage like this to be printed using their name and then does not correct the mistake. Sure it may not be seen by everyone, but does that make the crediblilty issue any better for them?

31. #31
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:12 pm, passingruffian said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:06 pm, kentroyals5 said:

    Indeed, I was kidding.

    My bad. Sorry. I’m usually pretty good at sarc detection but I missed on that one.

32. #32
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:16 pm, kentroyals5 said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:11 pm, Truesoldier said:

    Even more reason that these types of stories should be verified before publishing. The AP wants to be considered credible, but then it allows garbage like this to be printed using their name and then does not correct the mistake. Sure it may not be seen by everyone, but does that make the crediblilty issue any better for them?

    Can’t disagree with that last statement. They look bad. It’s lazy and unprofessional. Do I think they’re trying to pull one over on the readers to make them think it’s actually 212 degrees? No.

33. #33
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:17 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:54 pm, passingruffian said:
    I don’t make things up. I’m not a politician or a member of the media. And I don’t much care if you believe it or not. It’s true and I’ll never forget it. I put countless hours into that speech because I wasn’t doing it just to make a grade in a class. I saw it as an opportunity to un-indocrinate at least a few people and it worked. Funny how things like that happen when people hear things and actually have them proven factual.

    Yup…funny how hearing the truth sometimes hits these robots right between the eyes and wakes them up. Sometimes it doesn’t because they are too far gone. All we can do is keep at them, and pray.

34. #34
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:18 pm, sidewinder said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:56 pm, letget said:

    Let me know a couple of hours ahead of when you think the seafood will be ready and we’ll head down there.

    It is so hot and dry here that if we don’t get rain soon we may not have to worry about buying firewood for our fireplace.

35. #35
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:18 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    NEW YORK (AP) — The extreme heat that’s been roasting the eastern U.S. is only expected to get worse, and residents are bracing themselves for temperatures near and above boiling point. Geraldo claims Spanish Harlem to boil first due to racist Conservatives holding the weather hostage.

36. #36
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:19 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    NEW YORK (AP) — Northeast braces for temps near boiling point. Tea Kettle Terrorists hold Northeast Hostage!

37. #37
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:22 pm, happyscrapper said:

    My bad. Sorry. I’m usually pretty good at sarc detection but I missed on that one.

    Don’t feel bad. It was an honest mistake, considering that Kent is a troll. Fortunately, he is in a different category from ILoveWatchingMommyTakeAShower. At least he posts mostly intelligent things that have some merit, even though he is usually wrong.

38. #38
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:27 pm, spaceycakes said:

    @Rogue

    my bodice didn’t rip–it melted!

39. #39
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:27 pm, kentroyals5 said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:22 pm, happyscrapper said:

    Don’t feel bad. It was an honest mistake, considering that Kent is a troll. Fortunately, he is in a different category from ILoveWatchingMommyTakeAShower. At least he posts mostly intelligent things that have some merit, even though he is usually wrong.

    That’s the nicest back-handed (skillet at maximum torque) I’ve ever received.

40. #40
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:29 pm, spaceycakes said:

    from another Missouri-un:

    it’s gettin’ hot in hurrr
    so take off all yur clothes

    I am gettin’ so hot
    I wanna take my clothes off
    (Nelly)

41. #41
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:29 pm, Hangfire said:

    I just got a text message from my brother.

    He says that the camels at the Oklahoma City Zoo are under suicide watch.

    It must be really hot there.

42. #42
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:31 pm, SignPainterGuy said:

    passingruffian #17,

    I`ll give you an A+, golf claps and both thumbs and big toes up for you speech ! Oh, and atta boy !

    I was thinking about the idea that the AP and the reporter(?) were thinking in terms of “emotional-temper boiling point”. But that would be givin` the Lamestream Media a pass, so never mind !

43. #43
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:32 pm, passingruffian said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:22 pm, happyscrapper said:

    ILoveWatchingMommyTakeAShower

    He has to learn how to shower somehow so his mommy can stop giving him his monthly sponge bath.

    And thanks for the kind words. I was about to ban myself for blatant stupidity. In fact, I was about to register as a Democrat over it.

44. #44
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:32 pm, happyscrapper said:

    That’s the nicest back-handed (skillet at maximum torque) I’ve ever received.

    Oh dear, I sure didn’t mean to do that!!

45. #45
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:33 pm, letget said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:29 pm, Hangfire said:

    I have a brother that lives in OK and he sent me a picture of a OK rain gage the other day, it was a bottle cap.
    L

46. #46
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:35 pm, spaceycakes said:

    Hangfire said:

    I got an email from a cuz down in Arkansas, and he said they caught a catfish that had ticks.

47. #47
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:35 pm, SignPainterGuy said:

    I hang my rain gauge under a drippy faucet. Is that wrong ?

48. #48
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:37 pm, Hangfire said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:35 pm, spaceycakes said:

    If I had a relative in Arkansas, I wouldn’t tell anyone about it.

49. #49
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:39 pm, swede said:

    kentroyals5 said:

    Heatophobe.

    The extreme heat that’s been roasting the eastern U.S. is only expected to get worse, and residents are bracing themselves for temperatures near and above boiling point.

    When the ocean boils it’ll keep it from rising up over our heads thus solving that catastrophe. It’s all good.

    You may need to drink some coolant (ethylene glycol I believe) to keep your blood from boiling over. Try some on ice with a lemon twist.

50. #50
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:43 pm, John Deaux said:

    I have a friend in Texas who says it’s so dry his dog writes “mine” in chalk on every tree.

51. #51
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:44 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:35 pm, spaceycakes said:
    Hangfire said:
    I got an email from a cuz down in Arkansas, and he said they caught a catfish that had ticks.

    I just heard from a aunt in Dallas. One of the lakes is dried up and they found Amelia Earhart’s plane. She wasn’t in it. The mystery deepens.

52. #52
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:44 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:29 pm, Hangfire said:
    I just got a text message from my brother.

    He says that the camels at the Oklahoma City Zoo are under suicide watch.

    It must be really hot there.

    Is it from the heat or from all the skeevy looks from passing mooslim bruvahs? (oh yeah I went there)

53. #53
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:44 pm, happyscrapper said:

    Hey Texas…HOW DRY IS IT???

54. #54
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:44 pm, Truesoldier said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:43 pm, John Deaux said:
    I have a friend in Texas who says it’s so dry his dog writes “mine” in chalk on every tree.

    LOL…Here in WA ST we are finally seeing summer. I think we may actually reach 80 degrees(that’s Fahrenheit btw) today.

55. #55
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:45 pm, ConservativeR said:

    “…bracing themselves for temperatures near and above boiling point”

    Hilarious! Another example of the global warming frenzy taking over common sense.

56. #56
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:45 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Frost: Hot as hell in here.
    Hudson: Yeah man, but it’s a dry heat!

57. #57
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:46 pm, Truesoldier said:

    I heard it was so hot in Texas that the steaks are leaping onto the BBQ grills to cool off.

58. #58
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:47 pm, Hangfire said:

    The lake in Texas did NOT dry up. Someone spilled a beer in the lake and it’s in a dry county. The Baptists sold the lake to some Okies, who moved it up to Oklahoma.

59. #59
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:48 pm, cbmi said:

    Only an idiot could write that the temperatures were NEAR and ABOVE the boiling point.

    He/she wrote it, and apparently didn’t wonder why there weren’t accompanying stories of mass death.

    Humans just feel hot and need community cooling centers when the temps are NEAR and ABOVE boiling? SURE!!

    No wonder there are never names on these “stories”.

60. #60
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:48 pm, Hangfire said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:44 pm, happyscrapper said:
    Hey Texas…HOW DRY IS IT???

    Drier than a popcorn fart.

61. #61
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:49 pm, happyscrapper said:

    I hear it is so dry and hot in Texas that potheads no longer need to inhale. They can just fry their brains on the sidewalk!

62. #62
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:51 pm, happyscrapper said:

    We got married in a fever
    Hotter than a pepper sprout!

    Anyone recognize those lyrics?

63. #63
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:52 pm, Truesoldier said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:51 pm, happyscrapper said:
    We got married in a fever
    Hotter than a pepper sprout!

    Anyone recognize those lyrics?

    Johnny Cash?

64. #64
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:53 pm, spaceycakes said:

    Rogue Cheddar said:
    Frost: Hot as hell in here.
    Hudson: Yeah man, but it’s a dry heat!

    Hey, maybe you haven’t been keeping up on current events, but we just got our asses kicked, pal!

65. #65
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:53 pm, spaceycakes said:

    I killed a mosquito that was carrying a canteen.

66. #66
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:56 pm, FilAmWIguy said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:22 pm, happyscrapper said:

    Fortunately, he is in a different category from ILoveWatchingMommyTakeAShower

    With that image in mind, I will take a break from posting.

    I think I’ll install handles on the kitchen cabinets. Maybe that little task can flush my brain.

67. #67
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:56 pm, Marshall_Will said:

    Yes, but were those near boiling point temps Republican..?

    In light of passingruffian’s speech class, how much of an (unedited) misdirect would it take to send even the ‘teacher’ in to a tizzy?

68. #68
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:57 pm, ConservativeR said:

    3:18 pm, AlohaGuy said: Geraldo claims Spanish Harlem to boil first due to racist Conservatives holding the weather hostage.

    Love it! Don’t forget that the Republican terrorists are likely in on this too.

69. #69
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:57 pm, Hangfire said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:44 pm, happyscrapper said:
    Hey Texas…HOW DRY IS IT???

    It’s drier than Zsa Zsa’s mini-pad.

70. #70
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 4:01 pm, Truesoldier said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:57 pm, ConservativeR said:
    3:18 pm, AlohaGuy said: Geraldo claims Spanish Harlem to boil first due to racist Conservatives holding the weather hostage.
    Love it! Don’t forget that the Republican terrorists are likely in on this too.

    I thought it was that evil Booosh and his evil weather machine!

71. #71
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 4:05 pm, max said:

    Sorry Doug the AP story is 100% correct….. the temp will approach the boiling point … of propane liquid!

72. #72
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 4:05 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:52 pm, Truesoldier said:
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:51 pm, happyscrapper said:
    We got married in a fever
    Hotter than a pepper sprout!

    Anyone recognize those lyrics?
    Johnny Cash?

    Bingo!!

73. #73
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 4:07 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:57 pm, Hangfire said:
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:44 pm, happyscrapper said:
    Hey Texas…HOW DRY IS IT???
    It’s drier than Zsa Zsa’s mini-pad.

    Ding Ding Ding!! The winner!!

    With that, I must leave for a while.

    Carry on. I know you will.

74. #74
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 4:08 pm, ConservativeR said:

    I thought it was that evil Booosh and his evil weather machine!

    Could be…

75. #75
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 4:09 pm, Cad Driver said:

    when I was younger 86 degrees felt like 86 degrees, now it feels like 102. Who knew?

76. #76
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 4:14 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    when I was younger 86 degrees felt like 86 degrees, now it feels like 102. Who knew?

    Yup. When I was in my 20′s and 30′s, I would think nothing of going out for a run in 86 degree, or higher, weather. Now, if the temperature is higher that 82, I don’t even want to go out for a walk!

77. #77
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 4:18 pm, swede said:

    Here in Atlanta, we hit the boiling point about 1:25 p.m. I took a quick video with the cell phone. Dang, that’s hot!

78. #78
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 4:21 pm, txvet2 said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 3:44 pm, happyscrapper said:

    Hey Texas…HOW DRY IS IT???

    It’s so dry they found a piece of the space shuttle at the bottom of Lake Nacagdoches. And this isn’t a joke.

79. #79
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 4:26 pm, txvet2 said:

    Nacogdoches. I’m can’t spell today, either.

80. #80
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 4:29 pm, Hangfire said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 4:26 pm, txvet2 said:
    Nacogdoches. I’m can’t spell today, either.

    Man, I can’t believe a Texan misspelled Naca…….Nacog……..aw, forget it.

81. #81
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 4:33 pm, izoneguy said:

    Most of the people working in the media are idiots.
    If they really thought 100 degrees Fahrenheit is the boiling point then our schools have failed. We should shutter the Dept. of Education and save some money.
    212 degrees Fahrenheit is the boiling point of water.
    Anyway, a human would be dead long before the boiling point was reached.

82. #82
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 4:34 pm, Marshall_Will said:

    hawkeye54 said:
    when I was younger 86 degrees felt like 86 degrees, now it feels like 102. Who knew?
    Yup. When I was in my 20′s and 30′s, I would think nothing of going out for a run in 86 degree, or higher, weather. Now, if the temperature is higher that 82, I don’t even want to go out for a walk!

    Controversely, here in Oregon ( we’re still waiting for summer! ) In fact KGW in Portland reported that as bad as it’s sucked here, Seattle had only 70 MINUTES of 80+ deg. weather year to date.

    This has been a total write off for the PNW. I’m only yoo happy to add all that heat to the Bammie Misery Index though?

83. #83
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 4:43 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    If they really thought 100 degrees Fahrenheit is the boiling point then our schools have failed. We should shutter the Dept. of Education and save some money.

    From the leftist POV, the schools have exceeded all expectations in indoctrinating students to the level of thought and logic we see in students today and as well in many graduates of public indoctrination centers of the past few decades.

    You are correct, though, the Dept of Ed must go. The fed has no business having that Dept and wasting taxpayer dollars in its operation.

84. #84
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 4:44 pm, CO2 Producer said:

    This is what happens when the AP gets its New York weather updates from the University of East Anglia.

85. #85
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 4:44 pm, txvet2 said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 4:33 pm, izoneguy said:

    Most of the people working in the media are idiots.
    If they really thought 100 degrees Fahrenheit is the boiling point then our schools have failed.

    The purpose of our schools isn’t to educate, it’s to indoctrinate – and they’ve been very successful.

86. #86
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 4:45 pm, WrshpMzshn said:

    It’s so hot the trees are chasing the dogs.

87. #87
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 5:05 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    Those AP fact-checkers must be preoccupied with digging into Sarah Palin’s next book or something.

    You mean fact-checker. Obviously there is only one and he is part-time…

88. #88
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 5:10 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Those AP fact-checkers must be preoccupied with digging into Sarah Palin’s next book or something.

    Something. Many of the AP fact-checkers have been temporarily redeployed to Michelle Bachmann’s campaign.

89. #89
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 5:12 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Obviously there is only one and he is part-time…

    He works at the sports desk. Weekends only.

90. #90
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 5:21 pm, Marshall_Will said:

    Yeah, the Part-Time ‘pool’ shared fact checker. Incredibly the person that took up the role of water carrier on that was the same person that leaps out of their chair the minute they think they’ve got MM in the hotseat for some imagined inaccuracy.

    So… AP/Yahoo and everyone else gets the benefit of every doubt and MM ( Independent Conservative Blogger ) feet-to-the-fire. Got it.

91. #91
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 5:46 pm, sidewinder said:

    Son-in-law, former journalist many moons ago, says reporters now do not do their own investigative reporting. Have become lazy and just parrot what someone else writes. I see that all the time in my newspaper. Not many original articles. Mainly copied from another sources.

92. #92
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 5:50 pm, sidewinder said:

    Should be another source or other sources. Well, you can tell I’m not a journalist or maybe you can….

93. #93
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 6:24 pm, SignPainterGuy said:

    sidewinder,

    I`d guess that you give more than a passing thought about telling the truth ! You`d likely print a retraction where we`d see it if you discovered you were wrong ! I did last night at Doug`s place !

94. #94
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 6:48 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 4:18 pm, swede said:
    Here in Atlanta, we hit the boiling point about 1:25 p.m. I took a quick video with the cell phone. Dang, that’s hot!

    Nancy Pelosi must have been in your neighborhood. Great video of her!!

95. #95
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 6:52 pm, Blackstone said:

    On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:06 pm, kentroyals5 said:

    Seriously, that article is not going to sway any public opinion on the issue.

    Yup, and every snowflake in an avalanche pleads innocent.

96. #96
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 7:31 pm, OK_Loyalist said:

    Well, we are way past the boiling point here in Oklahoma. Today was 111°F and tomorrow is supposed to be 117°F. Most of July has been over 100°F. The saving grace is the humidity is below 20%, but now we are getting fires. A burn ban in effect in most areas, and I thank God they haven’t included grilling in the burn ban so my Hasty-Bake lives.

    BTW, 117°F is hotter than an billy goat in a pepper patch

97. #97
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 9:51 pm, Flyoverman said:

    These are the same people that took the temperatures that confirmed Global Warming.

98. #98
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 10:29 pm, MikeM said:

    Maybe they meant the boiling point of Ethyl Bromide (C2H3Br) which has a boiling point of 101 F.

    Nah, probably not.

99. #99
    On August 2nd, 2011 at 10:55 pm, sport02 said:

    Here in NE Texas this is normal weather. It is always hot and dry in the summer except the temp is usually 103 or 104 degrees instead of 107 or 109 degrees we are having now.

100. #100
     On August 2nd, 2011 at 11:09 pm, corkie said:

     On August 2nd, 2011 at 2:23 pm, kentroyals5 said:

     I think I’ve seen the heat index used so much more widely now than before. I like that they use it because it indicates the true danger to elderly, children, etc. It’s just not scientifically correct to compare the two as some use it interchangeably it seems.

     Correct. It’s not scientifically correct to compare the two.

     Unfortunately, many reporters are truly ignorant about anything the least bit scientific.