The true definition of the word "HOT" is:
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning.
My definition of "HOT" is:
Phoenix, Arizona.
The story that you always hear "But it's dry heat!" is false. Today we spent the entire day outside and around Road Hazard. Getting estimates, washing and waxing and doing small repairs. IT WAS HOT. Not a dry hot either. If you are unfortunate and have to be in direct sunlight than it's like you're some fries at a local McDonalds sitting under the heat lamps. I have asked Reta numerous times today: Why would anyone want to live in this heat? Our friend, Shari, lives here and hopefully we'll see her soon but I will ask her the same thing. WHY?
We decided to postpone getting Road Hazard's cosmetic repairs done here. Two reasons. Price and length of time to perform repairs. We will address this at some other time in the future.
Tomorrow will be our day to explore this area which encompasses Phoenix, Mesa and Scottsdale. I'll have pictures of us melting like a cheap candle in our travels.
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This is the time of year (monsoon) when many of us here in Phoenix want tourists to visit---then they'll wonder what the attraction is and won't want to move here! :) Less traffic and less trouble parking when we go to hike Camelback Mountain or Piestawa Peak! Seriously, except for the summer, this is an awesome place to live if you like outdoor activities. It might be hot & humid in Phoenix now, but it's only a 2-hour drive to the cool pines of Flagstaff. There was still snow on Mt Humphrey just a couple of weeks ago! That "it's a dry heat" saying makes those of us who have been here awhile laugh. An OVEN is a dry heat, too! But guess what, you don't have to dig your car out of the sunshine (of course, you can't touch your steering wheel if it's been parked outside for even a few minutes). Welcome to the Valley of the Sun!
I hear you about the heat. I lived in Tucson for one year, and Phoenix is hotter, but I simply couldn't stand it. Nothing green, unless brown at the same time. Not that the recent mid-90's with high humidity in the DC area are much better, but it was so hot in AZ at times you simply could not leave anything out of the shade. Materials would either melt, sublimate, or get so hot (metals) that you had to wait until well after sunset to even touch them. Burns would result!
I remember the monsoon season, 110 degree days with the change of afternoon storms that would last about two hours at most and then jump right back up to intense heat.
Sauna hits it right for me as a description of the air when you go outside. Breathing in that air hurts.
Flagstaff is very cool, and further north even more so, not just in temps, but just in a cool place to see. Enjoy...
Marc
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