Age does not always bring wisdom

[TexPatriot]

Some 71 yr. thought Death Valley during one of the hottest heat waves in history was a good place to go hiking.

Yup, he was from California.

Los Angeles man, 71, dies at Death Valley National Park trailhead amid extreme heat

A 71-year-old man from the Los Angeles area died at a trailhead in Death Valley National Park as temperatures reached 121 degrees, according to officials.

abc7.com

 

[HPIguy]

Apparently it was a whole internet trend to go and "experience" the extreme heat. I saw posts about it. We are doomed due to stupidity.

 

[Maser]

Death Valley tours aren't as extreme as they sound. Nowhere near as dangerous as climbing Mt. Everest.

 

[Maser]

Yup, he was from California.

Well, no shit he was from CA because that's where Death Valley is located. Pick up a map once in awhile.

 

[supercorndogs]

Lots of people that aren't from California go to death valley.

The people who went there that day and survived probably out number him 1000 to 1.

Was he vaccinated?

Dry 121, LOL. Go to Dallas Ft Worth when its 110 and 99% humidity.

 

[Lapuapalooza]

Apparently it was a whole internet trend to go and "experience" the extreme heat. I saw posts about it. We are doomed due to stupidity.

“We” are not. The trick is to encourage “them” to go for it, while not dragging the rest of us down with them.

 

[supercorndogs]

 

[TexPatriot]

Well, no shit he was from CA because that's where Death Valley is located. Pick up a map once in awhile.

They estimate 80% of the people that rent party boats here on Lake Travis aren't from Texas and most of the drownings are foreigners.

Other people leave their mother's basement and travel once and a while.

People in Californian should know better than anyone the perils of Death Valley.

 

[Sirshredalot]

Apparently it was a whole internet trend to go and "experience" the extreme heat. I saw posts about it. We are doomed due to stupidity.

No... this is darwin working in humanity's favor.

 

[MadDuner]

My shop is a constant 120+ every day… but they pay us to be there. If I had my druthers… I’d be snow skiing somewhere else!

 

[TexPatriot]

My shop is a constant 120+ every day… but they pay us to be there. If I had my druthers… I’d be snow skiing somewhere else!

There's no A/C in TDC. Inmates are passing out from the heat. I'm no bleeding heart but thats bullshit.

 

[TexPatriot]

No... this is darwin working in humanity's favor.

A few years ago, a whole family of Japs wandered out in Death Valley on a hike during a heat wave and all died.

They took too little water, got heat exhaustion, disoriented and Fff... *farting noise

You'd think people would catch a clue from the name.

 

[Maser]

A few years ago, a whole family of Japs wandered out in Death Valley or some other desert hellhole on a hike during a heat wave and all died.

They took too little water, got heat exhaustion, disoriented and Fff... *farting noise

Probably my favorite example of people who died from being in a place they shouldn't have been was when this Leftist couple who were major Muslim sympathizers and ISIS/ISIL apologists and they thought it was a great idea to ride their bicycles through ISIS controlled territory to prove how peaceful Muslim extremists are and got run over and beheaded by ISIS.

 

[TexPatriot]

Probably my favorite example of people who died from being in a place they shouldn't have been was when this Leftist couple who were major Muslim sympathizers and ISIS/ISIL apologists and they thought it was a great idea to ride their bicycles through ISIS controlled territory to prove how peaceful Muslim extremists are and got run over and beheaded by ISIS.

I remember that. When 'Just tell them your name and where you're from' worked against them.

 

[Mwalex]

That has to be one of the dumbest fucking "vacations" I have ever heard of in my life. You can experience that in north TX - park you car in the sun, roll up the windows and climb in anytime after 3pm.

 

[Maser]

That has to be one of the dumbest fucking "vacations" I have ever heard of in my life. You can experience that in north TX - park you car in the sun, roll up the windows and climb in anytime after 3pm.

Well, it is a historical landmark being the hottest place on the planet and all. Furnace Creek isn't a bad resort to stay at either. Definitely not a fun vacation spot if you've got friends or family with you who complain about hot weather. I'm the type who complains about cold weather.

 

[TexPatriot]

FA and FO apparently hasn't reached California yet.

 

[Blue Sky Country]

That has to be one of the dumbest fucking "vacations" I have ever heard of in my life. You can experience that in north TX - park you car in the sun, roll up the windows and climb in anytime after 3pm.

Or just work in oven and industrial kitchen maintenance. Instant 150°+ experience with multiple forced air ovens blasting at you as they are undergoing cooling/shutdown cycle and you gotta still be able to concentrate while working with a million small parts and tools next to them.

 

[W54/XM-388]

There's no A/C in TDC. Inmates are passing out from the heat. I'm no bleeding heart but thats bullshit.

Funny that they treat the inmates worse than pigs and dogs despite making huge money for the prison industrial complex.
I think the "good folks" just really like their puritanical ways and get their jollies off when they can see someone "worse than them" suffer extra hard.

Your breeding dogs, well you have to have climate controlled conditions according to Texas law.
Hell even the pigs usually get some cooling and heating.

 

[fpgt72]

I remember that. When 'Just tell them your name and where you're from' worked against them.

It does not change their minds however.

I remember reading a story about a german woman that got gang raped by a bunch of......asylum seekers..... she lied to the police and said a bunch of germans did it. After the police found video the confronted her about it. she did not want to give the immigrants a bad name.

Reading stories like that make me think there is no changing some of their minds. They are too deep to be saved.

 

[Maser]

It does not change their minds however.

I remember reading a story about a german woman that got gang raped by a bunch of......asylum seekers..... she lied to the police and said a bunch of germans did it. After the police found video the confronted her about it. she did not want to give the immigrants a bad name.

Reading stories like that make me think there is no changing some of their minds. They are too deep to be saved.

Or how about that recent video of the white guy at a park who was threatened by a black guy with a knife and he called the police and then got all upset and crying at the police for arresting the black guy because he didn't want the black guy to think he was racist.

 

[acudaowner]

yes , getting out of the car was a smart move he won't be repeating ever again .hope the life insurance was paid up .


even if the story is real or not it's funny .

 

[TexPatriot]

Or how about that recent video of the white guy at a park who was threatened by a black guy with a knife and he called the police and then got all upset and crying at the police for arresting the black guy because he didn't want the black guy to think he was racist.

"...I didn't want him arrested!"

 

[TexPatriot]

yes , getting out of the car was a smart move he won't be repeating ever again .hope the life insurance was paid up .

Haha, a lioness even stole his camera. What was she going to do, take it to E-Z PAWN?

I see a Far Side cartoon here, a Zimbabwe pawn shop full of cameras, binoculars and pith helmets.

 

[Maser]

yes , getting out of the car was a smart move he won't be repeating ever again .hope the life insurance was paid up .

Looks like a clip from a Faces Of Death movie.

 

[MadDuner]

Darwin needs to win way more often…

 

[EddieNFL]

Was he vaccinated?

Pretty sure mazer is.

 

[jrhtx]

There's no A/C in TDC. Inmates are passing out from the heat. I'm no bleeding heart but thats bullshit.

10 Fire Houses in Houston don't have AC. The city won't let 3rd party contractors repair them (that have offered) because they have a "contract" with a nameless and I assume one that pays kickbacks to city hall. They were informed it would be the end of August before parts were available.

 

[Seed tick]

Fuck the prisoners. Fuck the dumb ass tourist

 

[HPIguy]

“We” are not. The trick is to encourage “them” to go for it, while not dragging the rest of us down with them.

No... this is darwin working in humanity's favor.

The problem I see, working with the general public every day, is that "they" vastly outnumber the "we". And I wish that wasn't the case.

 

[Shooter McGavin]

Apparently it was a whole internet trend to go and "experience" the extreme heat. I saw posts about it. We are doomed due to stupidity.

Uncle Sam had me do that shit at Ft Irwin in 1990. I was younger and in way better shape. I'll take the heat over the cold any day.

 

[TexPatriot]

We didn't have A/C growing up. Work, play outside and sleep at night, I don't know how TF we did it. We didn't know any better, I guess.

Now, I know better. The heat can fuck off.

I love Texas Falls and can deal with Texas winters but the summers can FO. Trying to sleep in ninety degrees in your own sweat, no.

 

[Snipe260]

Apparently it was a whole internet trend to go and "experience" the extreme heat. I saw posts about it. They are doomed due to stupidity.

Fixed. Your welcome

 

[EddieNFL]

We didn't have A/C growing up. Work, play outside and sleep at night, I don't know how TF we did it. We didn't know any better, I guess.

Now, I know better. The heat can fuck off.

I love Texas Falls and can deal with Texas winters but the summers can FO. Trying to sleep in ninety degrees in your own sweat, no.

My parents installed A/C after I moved out...and bought their first color TV.

 

[hlee]

We didn't have A/C growing up. Work, play outside and sleep at night, I don't know how TF we did it. We didn't know any better, I guess.

Now, I know better. The heat can fuck off.

I love Texas Falls and can deal with Texas winters but the summers can FO. Trying to sleep in ninety degrees in your own sweat, no.

My dad said they slept on the porch in the summers.

 

[Maser]

We didn't have A/C growing up. Work, play outside and sleep at night, I don't know how TF we did it. We didn't know any better, I guess.

Now, I know better. The heat can fuck off.

I love Texas Falls and can deal with Texas winters but the summers can FO. Trying to sleep in ninety degrees in your own sweat, no.

The town I grew up in used to hit 110 degree weather on average during the Summer. If you were a kid and didn't wanna stay inside with the A/C you either had to stay in a wet t-shirt and keep re-wetting it all day or just swim at the river or public pool. My house had a pool so it was all good.

 

[10ring'r]

Yeah. Death Valley. Back in my days living in C.A.. Took a couple of m/c trips thru Furnace Creek/ Scotty's Castle. The only place in my worldly travels, you can cook yourself during the day, freeze yourself solid at night. Always, and I mean...always, be prepared in that God forsaken land. Mac

 

[jrhtx]

There was a news report about the “Lonesome Dove” ranch house. They had a 2 story on the plains with a sleeping porch on the 2nd floor for summers. Open on 3 sides for the breeze and covered.

 

[GUN NUT in IA]

My parents installed A/C after I moved out...and bought their first color TV.

TV with remote control?

New shag carpet?

Mom even received a "Radar Range" from Dad at Christmas.

. . . and yes, the stove and refrigerator were avocado.

I remember those days.

 

[TexPatriot]

TV with remote control?

New shag carpet?

Mom even received a "Radar Range" from Dad at Christmas.

. . . and yes, the stove and refrigerator were avocado.

I remember those days.

I remember my mom taking me to get her first 'scientific oven' aka microwave. The salesman was explaining to her all it's features. I had no clue what it was capable of doing and figured it did everything an oven did, only in a fraction of the time.

I didn't know if you could do hamburgers or a whole roast in one. I finally asked him if it did chicken. He didn't answer me, in fact, he ignored me, so I asked him again if it did chicken.

He finally said "I don't care for microwave chicken."

 

[Lug Nut]

Yeah, let’s go to a place where an auto breakdown can kill you. Better drive a Toyota.

The last week of December has the best light and is the best time to visit.

 

[fdkay]

yes , getting out of the car was a smart move he won't be repeating ever again .hope the life insurance was paid up .


even if the story is real or not it's funny .

Doubt it's real, lions kill through strangulation. Not enough blood either.

 

[Stevo86]

Lots of people that aren't from California go to death valley.

The people who went there that day and survived probably out number him 1000 to 1.

Was he vaccinated?

Dry 121, LOL. Go to Dallas Ft Worth when its 110 and 99% humidity.

The last week has been brutal here

 

[Thumper580]

Yep, death valley is hot... Try Needles, NV in August. They fried eggs on the pavement....

 

[n2ishun]

As (relatively) kids we used to camp and shoot there.
Arrive Fri eve, leave Sun afternoon.
General rules, case of ammo per weapon, case of beer per person per day.
Only time someone had a issue with the heat was when a buddy from Florida was visiting and went out with us.
Had to sit him in the shade from a vehicle and pour water over him....he 'bout died.
The thing about humidity and dry, if you're used to one, you're not going to be OK in the other.
I've lived in very humid areas....and it sucks, yea. I've lived in very dry areas....and it sucks just as bad.
If you think you're all manly because it's 110 and 80+% humid......go out to where it's 125 and dry, you WILL have more problems with that kind of heat than you think, many more problems.
Just ask the kids that recently came back from the sand box over in Iraq/Afghanistan, they know.

BTW, in that heat you can most certainly drink a case of beer in a day.....and never get a buzz.
It gets sweated out so fast it never has enough time to affect you....and you probably won't have to piss more than once.

 

[supercorndogs]

Only 10% of alcohol consumed is eliminated via urine, sweat, and breath. You aren't sweating out enough booze to stay sober.

 

[TexPatriot]

As (relatively) kids we used to camp and shoot there.
Arrive Fri eve, leave Sun afternoon.
General rules, case of ammo per weapon, case of beer per person per day.
Only time someone had a issue with the heat was when a buddy from Florida was visiting and went out with us.
Had to sit him in the shade from a vehicle and pour water over him....he 'bout died.
The thing about humidity and dry, if you're used to one, you're not going to be OK in the other.
I've lived in very humid areas....and it sucks, yea. I've lived in very dry areas....and it sucks just as bad.
If you think you're all manly because it's 110 and 80+% humid......go out to where it's 125 and dry, you WILL have more problems with that kind of heat than you think, many more problems.
Just ask the kids that recently came back from the sand box over in Iraq/Afghanistan, they know.

BTW, in that heat you can most certainly drink a case of beer in a day.....and never get a buzz.
It gets sweated out so fast it never has enough time to affect you....and you probably won't have to piss more than once.

'Yes, but it's a dry heat' can fool, stress you and kill you faster than humid heat.

All heat sucks though. If the country ever went into a domestic war and the power grid taken out, I think the heat and lack of A/C would be a bigger threat than the enemy. It would shock the current generations system and make people unable to function.

 

[cas6969]

You'd think there would be some kind of warning. Like putting "death" in the name or something.

 

[n2ishun]

Only 10% of alcohol consumed is eliminated via urine, sweat, and breath. You aren't sweating out enough booze to stay sober.

How to tell you've never been in that kind of heat without you saying you've never been in that kind of heat.

 

[TexPatriot]

My dad said they slept on the porch in the summers.

I had a crazy aunt that inherited my great uncle's historical three story victorian house and slept year round on a screened in upstairs sleeping porch. Her skin looked like it too.

Like all central Texas homes built before A/C, it had a porch exposed to the south to take advantage of the predominant southern breeze from the coast.

I have a bunk on my back deck that does the same and sleep out there in the fall.