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featherman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:11 AM Original message |
It's not 130 degrees in Baghdad... why can't the WH Press |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. It can get really hot there during the day. The local time quoted there is, 9am |
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Captain Angry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
2. Actually, it is. |
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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. 111 vs. 130 |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. I've been to both places: Bullhead City AND Baker, CA |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 02:05 AM Response to Reply #11 |
28. Ahhh...Needles, California...where you are required to carry extra water in your car. n/t |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 09:04 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Ha. When I was a kid, pops had a black car with NO a/c. eom |
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Captain Angry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
23. I realize that there is a difference... |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. Is that Farenheit or Celcius. |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:09 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. First one, then the other, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
5. If the entire force of the American government were trying to rip me off |
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featherman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
6. No reason for DUer's to play fast and loose with measureable facts |
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Bobbieo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. It got to 124 degrees F ,in the shade, in my backyard in Yuma |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
8. read the latest post by Major Patrick Burns (yup) on anysoldier.com |
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peacebaby3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
9. When my husband was there, it got up to around 140-41 a couple of days |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
10. July and August temperatures in Baghdad are virtually identical |
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Bobbieo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:51 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Snow may not be a liar if those temps were taken in the sun.BUT |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:01 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. He's a liar ... for two reasons. |
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featherman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
13. Not sure when anecdotal evidence began replacing measureable scientific |
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peacebaby3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:08 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Sorry, but I will go with what my husband said because he was actually |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:26 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I'm not discounting what your husband told you |
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peacebaby3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 02:02 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Well, there must have been several of them in several different places, |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 03:56 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Probably some thermometers are in "hot spots" |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #17 |
42. Peacebaby, the hottest day ever recorded on earth... |
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peacebaby3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Oh ok, then my husband and all of the people we know that have lived in the |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Really Scientific |
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peacebaby3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. It's called reality, You should try it some time. n/t |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. It's Called Science. You Should Look It Up Sometime (eom) |
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peacebaby3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Sure, next time the meterologist tells me it's not going to rain, if it starts, I'll |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:42 PM Response to Reply #43 |
56. Hey, what a concept. I'll just add a few bucks to my actual bank balance and. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #43 |
57. Well, they're wrong. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
44. Now, Even On DU, Science Is Being Disregarded |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. You mean I can't claim a temperature of 140ºF in Michigan ... |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Sure you can! |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
14. I have a question for anyone who has experienced the heat in Iraq. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:07 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. The daily low temperatures average around 75ºF |
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peacebaby3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:25 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. The hubby drank tons of water. He thinks it may have contributed to |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
18. I lived in Bahrain for a year a long time ago when I was 12 |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:29 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. I spent 8 years in Panama..NO a/c.. ricght smack in the jungle |
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peacebaby3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 02:15 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. My husband spent two long periods down in Panama with the Army back in the late |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 02:52 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. We LOVED the Cheevas.. As kids we would climb trees and lob mangos & avocados at the buses. |
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peacebaby3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. Yep, he was at Clayton. Albrook was AF? I think it may have been closed |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. I have always longed to go back, but it would probably break my heart |
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peacebaby3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Yep, that's exactly what they were! |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. My little coati that I had was called Pogo and he was a darling |
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peacebaby3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 03:37 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. It sounds amazing. I do hope to see it one day! Maybe it won't all be destroyed |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
20. I suppose one of the scorps could've pulled out an iPhone |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
25. Right now at 11:30pm it is 91 in Scottsdale. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 02:10 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I have a good friend in Goodyear AZ. I think I remember that to be |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 06:01 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. my response to the dry heat nonsense |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
26. Things Also Get Hotter With Little/No Electricity |
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deacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
34. Why will Bush and congress goe on vacation? Isn't Iraq |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
36. It is difficult to put the sunny face with the forecast |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
37. the need to stay in the Beltway cocktail circuit trumps the factual record--everytime for these |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
38. Why couldn't they make the point that our Military is facing the same |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 09:38 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. They did make that exact point. Here's a link |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 06:02 PM Response to Reply #41 |
60. My apologies for misspeaking. Thanks for the link.. :) |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
39. 13% Humidity for whatever that's worth |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
40. It does reach 130 degrees in Baghdad on a regular basis. See below. |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
45. Golden opportunity to say, "But it's okay for Americans to be targets in 130 degree heat" |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
54. This is one of the sillier debates I have seen in DU in a while |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
61. Try wearing all that gear in 111 degrees heat! |
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