It is always 110°, Tucson, AZ

[Ptah]

110° W, that is.

It was only 104° F / 39° C today


Tucson was probably first visited by Paleo-Indians, known to have been in
southern Arizona by about 12,000 years ago.
Recent archaeological excavations near the Santa Cruz River
have located a village site dating from 4,000 years ago.

The floodplain of the Santa Cruz River was extensively farmed during the
Early Agricultural period, circa 1200 BC to AD 150. These people constructed
irrigation canals and grew corn, beans, and other crops while gathering
wild plants and hunting animals. The Early Ceramic period occupation of
Tucson saw the first extensive use of pottery vessels for cooking and storage.
The groups designated by archaeologists as the Hohokam lived in the area
from AD 600-1450 and are known for their red-on-brown pottery.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucson%2C_AZ

:hi:

[Hawkeye-X]

1. Lived in Tucson in '01-'02

Had to move out when I lost my job and we were barely hanging on - moved back to Colorado, five years later, and I'm still living at my grandfather's old place, and it's just about to fall apart, and we're already looking into moving to a new house a mile or so east of here (where new houses are being built)

If given the opportunity, I'd move back in a heartbeat. I loved Tucson.

Phoenix's hotter than heck though.

[Ptah]

3. Tucson misses you.

And the desert awaits your return

[havocmom]

2. When I used Sun-Tran to get around, I KNEW the weather report was a lie all summer

Carried a thermometer with me for a few days to get the REAL temp, knowing the city creates more heat than the official station reported (after they moved it out to open space at the airport).

July day, about 4 PM, corner of Craycroft and Grant ...130 degrees

[Ptah]

5. I love SunTran.

I've measured 118 F

[havocmom]

25. UMC at Campbell & Allen? They buy the old Tucson General Hosptial?

Ag station is still around, isn't it?

[Ptah]

27. It's still there.

The building you see was Tucson General Hospital.

It's been refurbished and is now a thriving clinic.

:hi:

[havocmom]

29. Cool! Saves sick people all that hiking around at the main UMC!

Thanks for some good news from the ol 'hood.

[Lyric]

6. *shudder*

102 degrees is the hottest I have ever felt, and we huddled inside with the air conditioning on the whole day. Most of the time it doesn't get above 95 here, and THAT is unbearable enough for me. I could never ever live in a place like that. How do people stand it?!

[Ptah]

8. I hibernate in the summer

It's brutal, I tell you, brutal.

[Hawkeye-X]

21. Heh. I lived at Craycroft and Broadway

On Williams Blvd - Sonterra, I think it was called.

Ripoff city, if you ask me.

[Redstone]

4. Possibly the most misspelled city name in America. How many times have you seen

it spelled "Tuscon?"

Redstone

[Ptah]

7. II remember in the late 1990s, searching for the mispelling

and finding it everywhere.

It's one of our little points of newbie ridicule.



Ha ha, he spelled it Tuscon.

Ha ha, he found a jumping cholla

That kind of stuff

[Redstone]

10. Oh, I remember when I found a jumping cholla. I was perforated for weeks.

Redstone

[Ptah]

11. That's not something easy to forget.

If you know where to look, you can find awordIdontknowtodescribethis

[Redstone]

13. Send me a PM, would you, and I'll send you a great picture I have of cactus flowers

if you want me to. They're on the other computer, so I'll need a reminder.

Remembering the desert in bloom makes me miss the West terribly; I haven't been there for almost 20 years now.

Redstone

[Ptah]

15. You've got mail

[jpgray]

9. Arizona is a beautiful state. I wish I had more chances to visit

[Ptah]

12. Please come and enjoy, but leave your all terrain vehicles behind.

We have plenty.

[Redstone]

14. Well-said!

Redstone

[Ptah]

16. Hayduke, is that you?

:shrug:

[Redstone]

17. I've actually done some monkeywrenching, how did you know?

Redstone

[Ptah]

18. Just a guess.

[havocmom]

22. LOL if you boys are goin monkey-wrenching,

you're gonna need a female side-kick. Got a chainsaw for sign posts and know a bit about the desert.

Don't know where ol Ed's remains are stashed, but I know where there are some water holes to keep ya goin ;)

[Ptah]

24. It could'nt be done without you, Montana

[havocmom]

26. You and I have been chasing the same rainbows and sunflowers, my friend

And we need monkey wrenchers up here these days. Place going to hell in a developer's handbag!

[hedgehog]

19. But it's a dry heat.

We've been running 70 -80 during the day, 50-60 at night here in Upstate New York. Don't tell anyone though. We like to talk about the 30' of snow we got last winter to keep the area uncrowded!

[Ptah]

20. Where I was raised, they talk of a dry cold.

The prairie of north central Montana.

The Going To The Sun Road is still not open all the way.

More snow removal in Glacier National Park.

http://www.nps.gov/glac/photosmultimedia/plowingphotos%2Ehtm?eid=164687&aid=296&root_aid=278#e_164687

[barb162]

23. Too damned hot for me.

[Ptah]

28. more room for me

[barb162]

30. hahaha

:hi:

[Ptah]

31. Yes, You are always welcome, my friend

[barb162]

32. Does that river flow all year round?

AZ seems so dry, so incredibly dry.

[Ptah]

33. I'm in southern Arizona, Pima Coulty.

It's been many moons since I've seen flowing water.

I expect it will happen in two weeks or less.

[Der Blaue Engel]

34. I miss Tucson

And I miss monsoons like crazy. :cry:

I keep thinking of buying a house there and renting it out until I decide I can't stand being away any longer.

[Ptah]

35. Only two weeks until the rain.

Here's a blossom to tide you over

[Der Blaue Engel]

36. Thanks, Ptah

:hi:

It's been nice and "hot" here in San Francisco this week (mid-80s), so I almost feel like I'm home. :rofl: