Discussion»Statements»Rosie's Corner» The hottest I've ever experienced was 115. On Monday, June 28 it got up to 118 in a few places! Is there a cap on hot it CAN get?
2,556,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 degrees F, or "absolute hot". So far it's only rached 139 F, so we have a little more way to go.
Earth has a lot of mechanisms "built into it" to keep it from getting too hot (oceans, trees, rainforests, etc.). Oh but wait.. we're cutting down all the trees (lest they catch fire) and we've slashed and clear cut the rainforests (money, money), we've filled the oceans with plastic and oil. Our greed is destroying our planet... and we really don't seem to care.
I don't grasp the magnitude of all those zeroes m'dear. Can you tell me in WORDS how big a number that is? Bazillion? Let's see million trillion quadrillion cintillion sextillion septillion octillion nonillion? What lies beyond that? Only reached 139 F? How long can a homo sap survive in that temperature?
The bottom line is where it's at as you very well know Shuhak. The more money "they" can make the happier they are and so they will do anything everything or nothing at all depending upon which is more lucrative for them. Meanwhile they are using up everything we need to survive. How is it that the stupid dumbs are in charge? Why? Sigh. Thank you for your reply! :) What comes next is not aimed at you. :(:(:(
This post was edited by RosieG at July 1, 2021 10:59 AM MDT
Oh my goodness Nanoose! So is it over for now or is there more hot heat ahead for you? I mean it's just JULY 1 for heaven's sakes! Summer has barely begun in the northern hemisphere. What is ahead of us? GADZOOKS! Thank you for your reply! :)
Ships crossing the equator are having to take precautions because at the point of crossing it can get so hot that the ship's superstructure can begin to melt.
(Lol)
This post was edited by Kittigate at July 1, 2021 3:45 AM MDT
WHAT? How can a superstructure melt m'dear? Isn't it made of steel? I know nothing about shipbuilding but at what temperature does steel melt or is the superstructure made of something else? Scary. Thank you for your reply Kg and Happy July 1 Thursday to thee and thine! :)
Steel melts at somewhere over 5000°F. Ships having a meltdown at point of crossing the equator is an oldie that salty sailors like to talk about with unsuspecting landlubbers.
Oh so you were teasing me then m'dear? OK. That's fine. Does anything get up to 5000 degrees F? What do we measure it with that would not melt? Do we just extrapolate? So much about so much boggles my mind I get dizzy sometimes just trying to grasp things. Thank you for your reply Kg! How hot is it going to be today in your town? I read or heard that somewhere in Canada it got up to 121F which was the same exact high in our Death Valley. Which is beyond my ken! :)
This post was edited by RosieG at July 1, 2021 4:55 AM MDT
Thank you for telling us exactly where it happened Kg. Unbelievable. I wonder what other "unbelievables" await us? Sigh. I guess we're going to find that out! :( Double sigh.
This post was edited by RosieG at July 1, 2021 5:13 AM MDT
Shuhak 