Deadly heat wave hits West Coast

Firefighters out West are trying to contain dozens of wildfires amid a dangerous and deadly heat wave. A motorcyclist died over the weekend after enduring scorching temperatures in Death Valley National Park. Carter Evans reports on the record-breaking and deadly heat.
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[@CrabbyOldLady]

And that's why Las Vegas locals keep oven mitts in our cars. So we don't burn our hands on the steering wheel.

[@___beyondhorizon4664]

When I lived in Tucson, Az in 2008, I covered my stiring wheel with a towel and hope for the best!

[@okwatever3582]

Death Valley really live up to its name

[@KageNoTora74]

They didn't call it Pleasant Valley.

[@cygnevara8400]

please dont leave your babies, children and pets in the cars!!! have mercy! stay hydrated~

[@chumbels]

Poor dogs. Their paws. The asphault.

[@KageNoTora74]

There are boots you can put on your dog's paws to protect them from extremes of temperature. They may walk funny with them on for a while, but they'll get used to them and it's better than having burned paw pads treated.

[@chrismanshack3262]

I wonder how those ev,s are doing in this heat ? I can't imagine sitting at a charging station for who knows how long in the sun .

[@cathyshappyr]

Get your animals

[@yixnorb5971]

When I was in Vegas I overheared one man who was starting a casino job say to another "I guess you get used to the heat". His new boss said "You never get used to the heat."

[@KageNoTora74]

When it gets to 115°F, you can say what you want about a dry heat all you want. At that point, hot is hot regardless of if it's humid or dry.

[@NegronJames-yr4lb]

i lived in flirida 20 years i cant handle the heat

[@theshadedshadow5993]

Thank you Fire Fighters!!!

[@evemae6819]

Too much cement.

[@judas7585]

Too much burning fossil fuels you mean

[@imtheeastgermanguy5431]

No

[@JaylenPotts-zs2qw]

The heat nowadays is very serious and deadly. I pray for cooler temperatures.

[@torreyintahoe]

Same as it always was.

[@nothanksbro69]

@@torreyintahoeit's only getting worse. Same with extreme cold. Many European countries are having high heat and even some Asian countries in higher altitude are having abnormal temperatures.

[@michaelellringer5600]

But the humidity level is only 5%

[@quester09]

Vegas is on the Coast? uh oh.

[@KageNoTora74]

Western United States. Due to a geographical quirk, namely the shapes of California and Nevada, Las Vegas is further west than San Diego or Los Angeles.

[@turner02]

@@KageNoTora74 yeah, so is new york and miami. you a foo

[@Soulfulvision1111]

Fires surrounding us in Southern Oregon

[@paulchezkari6952]

Almost 130?????

[@paulzuniga24]

I work outside it was 118 over the weekend all I did was stay hydrated if I started to feel a little too hot threw some ice in my hard hat, keep drinking water you’ll survive

[@jayvelasco3344]

They should start telling people the pavement temperature now!

[@tjts1]

Every year for the last 10 years has been hotter than the year prior. Next year will be hotter than this year. Enjoy 😊

[@vJackaRoo]

Just stop. Vegas semi regularly gets gruesomely hot summers. It’s low desert.

[@track1949]

​@@vJackaRooFeel free to think Climate Change isn't free. 😮

[@moedark4390]

go figure, the planet has been warming since the ice age Mr Science guy lol

[@tjts1]

@@moedark4390 that's actually not true Mr hurr durr

[@nothanksbro69]

@@moedark4390no because we're seeing extreme cold as well. Not normal.

[@SafdarAli-ow4ij]

One side of USA is lashed by fire, The other by water. Two opposite forces acting on the opposite poles.

[@lanabyk8012]

We're hot!

[@Youcomeasuare]

Here in CA. we have 3 seasons, fall, spring, and fire.

[@2112CO]

It's our own fault...

[@torreyintahoe]

It's your fault.

[@heilaw7002]

And your ancestors fault......

[@vajona2495]

Imagine if summer happens every year...

[@BobbySanders-bf2fr]

Thank you Norah. God bless you.

[@user-bm4ic4kx2w]

Across the country? We haven't seen any heatwave, in fact we haven't had 80 degree

[@lynnkayee1015]

Where are you? Lucky.

[@user-bm4ic4kx2w]

Wisconsin

[@peteshallcross787]

@@lynnkayee1015 Don't come, it's terrible here! There's nothing but Great Lakes, clear streams, endless freshwater, quality fishing, green rolling hills, endless upnorth forests, festivals, micro-breweries, whitewater kayaking, abundant wildlife, escarpment views, live music everywhere, Friday fish fries...Then there's winter! Hahaha!

[@dbzfan4evermj233]

This really sucks because I am going to San Francisco tomorrow and then Las Vegas on Saturday

[@freeheeler09]

San Francisco is very nice right now. Stay there and skip Vegas till October

[@aaap3875]

@@freeheeler09 SF is a hell hole of thievery, poop, closed stores, homeless, and fentanyl

[@JohnIrwin-rf3di]

News flash. It is always hot in Vegas in the summer.

[@lorettanericcio-bohlman567]

Coast is lovely and SF is too. Stay

[@deedle6073]

@@freeheeler09 He might have to stay after he gets robbed.

[@davidtran2026]

Regarding that SB fire, I was driving around the area coming out of the sand dunes in Guadalupe that Friday afternoon when I saw the smoke emitting out from the Zaca Lake area. Really feel for the residents out in that rural area, driving around there in particular by the SR 154 has always been very scenic.

[@SteveRooster-km5rg]

163 Fahrenheit. Thats 72 Celcius for anyone not in America.

[@MahoganyBlack]

Flights got delayed leaving LV today too since they couldn’t build up any lift due to the heat. Crazy!

[@roderickcortez138]

OMG! Hot in summer??? What's going on? It's almost like we have season or something.

[@whatamess2358]

Las vegas is not the coast

[@user-jc7jb3bu5s]

Feels like summer...

[@citlalie9791]

Be careful in pools dont leave your kids alone

[@Spacebanana-im5qt]

"it's definitely shocking. I don't know how anything can survive out here" she says while standing out here. 🥴

[@citlalie9791]

Be ready for summer and winter they are getting extrem

[@allengreg5447]

Embrace the searing heat, for it's in the relentless waves of unbearable discomfort that you'll truly understand the depth of your powerlessness. Endure the sweat and exhaustion, knowing that the sweltering days are a stark reminder that sometimes, all you can do is survive the suffocating oppression.

[@navy4735]

PGE loves to shut down power during heat waves lol

[@pinetree909]

It "beared down" ??? You guys need a proofreader

[@user-ls9oz6ch8x]

If you grew up in hotter than a mf and leaded gas smoggy inland Southern California, you checked the temperature at the Santa Monica pier in your local newspaper every day; always around 66 in the summer.

[@sheepking5340]

The whole U.S is absurdly warm as of now. The West is very hot and dry and also in the Northeast. Occasionally we’ve seen days in the East 90+ degrees on a daily basis. Some even in the 100s with high humidity yet sparse amounts of rain, everywhere! In the West this is also the case.

[@Hippitidippity]

It's crazy why in these places like this they don't change the color of the pavement of the roads because those just suck up heat..

[@randallnapier8055]

So how does this end…they say it’s hotter every year

[@shirleyupvall9360]

The asphalt should be WHITE

[@itwasaliens]

That wouldn't help much .

[@MF99K]

if asphalt was white everyone would get photokeratitis and even more sunburns

[@bargdaffy1535]

That really doesn't do anything but reflect the infrared rays back into the atmosphere making the ambient temperature higher. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣plus it only reduces the temp of the surface like 10F

[@Hippitidippity]

That's what I was thinking you were thinking places like this they would not use material that sucks up the heat and at the same time not putting metal things out that people come in contact with while walking through the city...

[@BlownMacTruck]

Or you know… less asphalt and more shade trees. But god forbid there be fewer roads for vehicles 🙄

[@user-vd1uz3dj8l]

What if temps don't go down for entire summer?

[@MH_6160]

DOOOOOOOOOOOOM

[@michael85225]

It happened last year in the Phoenix area where that heat dome lasted the entire summer. It was horrible but we managed somehow.

[@coastalhillbilly3419]

We lock down until November 7th and send all our money to Al Gore

[@askew9976]

It’ll be hot all summer?

Does it EVER rain on the West Coast???

[@PopcornCornbread-l9w]

I'm in Arizona what's rain 😂😂😂

[@katwashere194]

A lot…north of SF

[@PopcornCornbread-l9w]

@@katwashere194 oh yeah firefighters in San Francisco and North of San Francisco also got matches

[@katwashere194]

@@PopcornCornbread-l9w seek help

[@dsnowman2675]

We get a crap ton of rain. All depends. Some years are more than others

[@lorenzomartinez9737]

It's called summer ⛱️🌞 you. DOPES!!😂

[@CloneShockTrooper]

so thats where the heat goes.. Nothing but rain and gloomy weather here ... but after this... I will rethink my complaints about our local weather. Be safe...

[@morrisparrish76]

To the rest of America: how long before NIMBY won’t help you anymore?

[@PURASANTE]

Cooked some egg in the pavement this morning, took about 10 minutes but it got the job done.

[@fastesteddiealive]

I’m in la… the last ten summers have been way hotter. I work outdoors every day hard labor. It’s been hot but nothing special actually not too bad

[@uberlpn]

smh

[@___beyondhorizon4664]

It's 78F in San Diego for for weeks, its already too hot ehen running errands! The hottest I ever experience was when I was visiting Egypt in September 2021, no trees, 99F! 🥵 Around the pyramid, temples! I was walking around with a melted ice water bottle, which I put in the freezer the night before! I had a USB charging neck fan, it was still hot 🥵🔥 i can hardly eat, i passed out soon as I got back to my room.

[@muhammad-bin-american]

"Nothing to see here"

[@JohnIrwin-rf3di]

Its actually beautiful by the beaches, hot in the desert, in the middle of summer. Imagine that.

[@Gabriel-ll2iv]

The crickets sound just fine.

[@Breaking88394]

I don’t hear those crickets anymore 😂😂😂😂

[@barbaravyse660]

@@Breaking88394lol I just turned this and the tv down because I thought they were in my bedroom

[@michaelb7718]

Stop fear mongering, it’s 77 degrees here in San Diego today.

[@blakekaveny]

It’s 90 in Seattle

[@hemiplow1297]

Because that's the coast it's like San Francisco it's always under 80

[@torreyintahoe]

Hottest temperature ever recorded in CA was in 1913.

[@nothanksbro69]

From 1910s to now, the averages have grown steadily. Now its yearly where cities are seeing record heat, and other days being right close to the record. Not good at all.

[@torreyintahoe]

@@nothanksbro69 Then why was the hottest temperature ever over one hundred years ago?

[@AA-vi1cc]

@@torreyintahoebecause a record in one place doesn’t negate decades of increasing average trends globally

[@torreyintahoe]

@@AA-vi1cc In the US only two states have all time heat records set within the last twenty years, CO and RI. Thirty four states have heat records that were set in the 1930’s or earlier.

[@AA-vi1cc]

@@torreyintahoe that’s not entirely accurate and doesn’t negate anything I said. You’re missing WA, UT, SD, SC, and OR which also had all time heat records in the past 20 years. But this metric isn’t that useful for assessing global changes, monthly averages and consecutive heat records are better indicators. Monthly average temps have been increasing in all states for over a century and consecutive heat records are being set very frequently, including right now

[@martinhumble]

Thats why we love capitalism. More heat.

[@maddielee4eva123]

Revelation 16 8: The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and the sun was allowed to scorch people with fire.

[@longjohndelaney6183]

This has nothing to do with global warming! It’s just a normal summer.

[@socalsp3]

Do you understand what a thermometer is?

[@meatpopsicle1567]

Summer gets hot? Whoodathunkit!

[@mrsentinel4911]

What a bunch of wimps.

[@nickyc829]

We know the american so hot😅but The temperature higher then M.D horrible ?

[@hectorcamacho4535]

Mr. Biden is the greatest president ever! We came to the US 2 years ago, and now we have free housing and meals. we don't work, just take our kids to school. Hope he can help us forever! Thank you again for your supremacy

[@jeffreystpierre6898]

sin city is burning,how about that.

[@Liberalcali]

Oh you mean summer

[@TheKrazy987]

Blah blah blah every year has a heat wave

[@marryellenmonahan5585]

Climate emergency 😢

[@originalcallkayshin4474]

Vegas sucks anyway

[@jabreck1934]

The West Coast has been 10° colder for the past two years! (Key term is ” Coast“) Ventura,CA it’s 60° here!!! For the middle of summer that’s cold!

[@yemisrachfeseha9995]

Jesus Coming Soon

[@stevewolff880]

More to come, but hope. End of the age weather events foretold in scripture. More information on my profile and how to be prepared. "Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire. 9 And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.” Revelation 16:8-9.

[@jacqueslee2592]

Scripture just prophesized any doomsday event so that in the future anything with a semblance to the prophecy can prove whatever scripture said. Today, it is human greed and selfishness that are bringing destruction. If the evangelical republican conservatives had not obstructed any eco-friendly policies and measures to prevent climate change, then none of these events would happened. People who believe in scripture are death cultists who are striving to leave this earth while leaving this earth to be hell for the next generation.

[@Peter_Tissot]

Soon the democrates will enforce a summer tax on us, because it is summer again.

[@Owl-of-Minerva]

Not to ants.

[@lovewillwinnn]

First

[@danielavila5081]

First Loser ... Way to go 👏

[@mollari2261]

It's all over. We're doomed. Cash out your retirement because you won't live long enough to need it.

[@quester09]

c'mon, it's only fire

[@askew9976]

Relax chicken little.

[@serenitygilles7064]

sure in heck feels that way

[@dougg1075]

More people die from cold than heat, but I’ll pray for these folks to be safe.

[@davidcarruthers5850]

hu ???

[@PopcornCornbread-l9w]

I wonder which firefighter lit that😂😂😂

[@freeheeler09]

Firefighters from all over California just saved our home and our town. from our wildfire. The save was the equivalent of a half court basket, an incredible mix of effort, skill and luck. Most fires are started by accident or negligence. Only a tiny fraction of arson fires are started by firefighters. Don’t dis firefighters, cops or soldiers when you are out in public

[@c.a.t.732]

It's creepy you think that's funny.

[@PopcornCornbread-l9w]

@@c.a.t.732 it's creepy to call people creepy 😂😂😂😂

[@c.a.t.732]

@@PopcornCornbread-l9w People who use multiple emojis to laugh at their own supposed humor are not just creepy but pathetic as well.

[@PopcornCornbread-l9w]

@@c.a.t.732 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 your mama

[@jlinnlinn4241]

Global farming. Gas. Farts. Too many burittos. Farts. Pave more dessert. Yea. Ac bolws more hot air. Yee hah.

[@user-rh8fl8qz2z]

Its SUMMER. Get used to it and stop politicizing the weather. Get a LIFE!

[@zl1David]

you mean that your interpretation is that meteorology is politicized

[@foodforthoughtchef]

Global warming kids

[@yemisrachfeseha9995]

Jesus Coming Soon

[@ifihadsmesumchicken6276]

will he have ice cream for everyone to help cool em down?

[@yemisrachfeseha9995]

Jesus Coming Soon

[@ifihadsmesumchicken6276]

Again? Why doesn't he just stay and gamble with the devil? Rates are cheap. And I'm sure they have a lot to catch up on.