Today was the hottest day ever recorded in Los Angeles

[Mefistofeles]

113 degrees.

Anyone in LA?

[gateley]

1. Lots of DUers in that area. They're probably in the Pacific right now. My best

friend called and he said you just. do. nothing. He couldn't take his friend's dog for a walk because he was afraid the sidewalk would burn her feet. My heart really goes out to those people - I can't even imagine what that would feel like.

[Renew Deal]

2. Think about the hottest weather you have ever been in and add 20 degrees

It feels like being in a convection oven. There is nowhere to hide from the heat and there is a hot breeze. That's what it feels like.

[gateley]

7. I was in SC once and I don't know how hot it was, but walking from my hotel

down the street it felt like my face was right next to a fire. I got down to the market, said fuck it, and dragged my butt back to the air conditioned hotel. So much for my visit to SC! I just about collapsed in 20 minutes, again, can't imagine what it would be like sustained!

[silverojo]

29. You're kidding, right?

A high temperature isn't a natural disaster. In places like Arizona and Nevada, that's just an average summer day. It's not really hot till it's near 120. :)

People there would laugh if you suggested that you can't do anything when it's hot, because cities don't exactly shut down during three-digit temperatures. In some other countries' urban areas, 120 is common. It's fascinating how some Middle Eastern architects design homes that are so efficient, they can be kept cool with FANS at those temperatures. Now that's green energy! :D

113 degrees is inconvenient, but common sense measures will keep you comfortable. Now, if there were a power outage at the same time, THAT would be a disaster. :(

[Violet_Crumble]

32. 113 isn't inconvenient. People will get heatstroke if they don't take precautions...

When it gets that hot, it's not a matter of merely being inconvenient - it can become life-threatening for the elderly, ill and babies. It's really important to take precautions when there's a heatwave, especially when people aren't used to that sort of heat. Staying out of the heat and drinking lots of water are really important if people don't want to get heatstroke. Common sense should tell people that it's not that great an idea to go out for a long walk or a quick jog during the hottest part of the day and that being inside out of the heat is a wise move. Living in a country with areas that experience extremely hot weather and being lucky enough to live in a part of it where the weather's a bit milder, I really couldn't care less that while I'm suffering at 40 degrees (sorry, I'm too lazy to convert from celcius to fahrenheit) someone out at Broken Hill thinks I'm being a complete wuss coz out there it hits the mid-40's every day. They're used to it - I'm not...

[KingFlorez]

3. I'm outside LA in Thousand Oaks in Ventura County and it was 110 here

It felt like a furnace, I've never felt that sort of heat before. A brush fire broke out and I could see it from my window.

[FreeState]

5. The last time it was this hot here, JFK was president

its 85 right now...

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/sep/27/coastal-san-diego-bakes-record-heat/

The coast of San Diego County was hotter today than it has been at anytime since September 1963, when John F. Kennedy was president. Temperatures spiked to 109 at Camp Pendleton , 107 degrees at Torrey Pines, 106 at Cabrillo National Monument on Point Loma and 104 in Del Mar, the National Weather Service says.

"It was like the Anza Borrego desert moved to the coast," said Rob Balfour, a forecaster at the National Weather Service.

A chain reaction of atmospheric events (explained below) also sent temperatures soaring across inland valleys, foothills, mountains, and in the low desert. The 112 reading at Rancho Bernardo was only one degree cooler than the 113 in Los Angeles, which reported the highest temperature in the city's history.

Forecasters say the temperature didn’t come close to breaking a record at Lindbergh Field, which is the official reporting station for San Diego. Lindbergh reported a high of 95, which is nine degrees below the record for Sept. 27th.

[CreekDog]

9. 84 in SF right now, 930 pm and was 96 today

so i guess this is statewide. :D

[FreeState]

11. I just took a cold wet cloth to my dogs head

poor thing is trying to sleep and pant at the same time! Seems to have worked:) He usually loves the heat... guys its even too much for him today.

[rufus dog]

20. that was the weird part

The locations FreeState posted are on the ocean. You get the hit about 20 miles in occasionally but on the ocean is really strange.

[Ramulux]

22. Same here

I had to help my mom who lives in Newbury park move today and it fucking sucked. I dont understand how people who have manual labor jobs survive in this kind of heat.

[krispos42]

4. Sure glad Global Warming is just a myth perpetuated by the wind-energy transnationals...

:rofl:

[KeepItReal]

6. Hit 100 even near Venice beach

I had to turn on the A/C today.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Nah it is fall, you imagined that hot weather

for the record I went to the store today in San Diego at ten in the morning... and it was in the 90s.

[JI7]

17. LA had a mostly Cool Summer, was SD the same this year ?

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. Yep, especially in the coast

We were jocking at the market yesterday that this was our week of summer.

[FreeState]

24. San Diego had the coldest summer since 1934

Or so said the weatherman;)

[glinda]

10. You need more trees....

[pinboy3niner]

13. Look, guys--somebody just volunteered to provide all our water!

Now we can all have more trees! :)

[Ghost in the Machine]

19. Your whole state is bordered by water on one side, and you need someone

... to supply you with water?? Get to building some desalination plants along your coast!... :evilgrin:

[Iwillnevergiveup]

12. Between 11 a.m. and noon

the temperature went from 90 to 100 in Pasadena. And kept going up from there. Hope this lets up soon because of fire danger. But I can vividly recall a Halloween in 2005 I believe when it was 90.

[Initech]

14. The heat was fucking unbearable.

[msongs]

15. 113 in riverside....after a much cooler than usual summer lol nt

[JI7]

16. So we had a Cool Summer to end up with this Heat during Fall

you know how you step out of the shower and you usually feel cool the first moments you turn off the shower, even if it's hot.

but i didn't feel that today.

[kickysnana]

21. Almost hot enough to kill bedbugs. n/t

[Starry Messenger]

23. It's still fucking hot here in the Bay Area.

I wanted this weather all summer and now that I'm in a hot dusty classroom we're finally getting it.

[FreeState]

26. Atleast it was nice for Folsom :)

One can get cold in chaps;)

[Starry Messenger]

27. You're right!

They had awesome weather for the celebration. ;) I'm just whiny with a sinus headache. We've had COLD weather on the weekends usually!

[j420norcal]

28. As far back as I can remember

the end of August through mid October is the hottest part of the year in the Bay Area and then BAM! - cold until July.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

25. 10:30 p.m. on the left coast

and a frigid 88 degrees in northeast L.A.

Just gave my chihuahua a tepid bath, but no hair dryer this time. She's almost dry and sound asleep.

[RB TexLa]

30. Nice cool Canadian air in Dallas yesterday

[Le Taz Hot]

31. I know!

I live in Fresno and it was only 100 so L.A. was actually hotter. That, like, NEVER happens! L.A.ites, you have my sympathy.