‘It’s really cool’: Visitors flock to Death Valley amid scorching heatwave

Visitors flocked to Furnace Creek in Death Valley as the unofficial temperature on the visitor center’s thermometer displayed a scorching 133F. The Death Valley “oven” fell a few degrees short of its previous record, but some visitors expressed concern over rising temperatures.
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#deathvalley #summer #heat

[@fallenkeith5885]

Why would anyone want to sit in a valley in nearly 130F weather?

[@CymonTempler]

To check “survive a day in an oven” off their bucket list 😂

[@Espi.84]

For the gram

[@jmfia2391]

People ain't got no sense. How is this a tourist attraction is beyond me?

[@adrianelias2365]

You should ask why would people want to live in Death Valley besides work. People actually live here.

[@danrhone9756]

Its not bad in the winter but in the summer it’s totally the opposite

[@jameshihihin1320]

Imagine those temps in a humid climate. Would be instant death

[@shem7146]

A sticky and uncomfortable death

[@ayaz7035]

That would be like a steamroom

[@CarlMartRod]

120F @ 50% humidity = 196F index and 50% is not even high 90F @ 75% humidity = 109F index which is what we are experiencing on Puerto Rico these days on average

[@DigitalLobstershow]

We had 42°c in humid climate in europe 3 years ago. Couldn't do anything 1 sec without fan would make me sweat so much.

[@greez847]

Humid temps!!!! It’s raining babbbby!!!!

[@kingmalcolm8695]

Why drive all the way out to Death Valley? Just turn on your oven and crawl inside.

[@eastbayarearesident3631]

so that people like us watch people like them stand next to the thermometer

[@DLFfitness1]

There is an audience for everything under the sun.

[@gabecollins5585]

Imagine if you left the car outside for a while and went inside.

[@ArizonaGunsDave]

I live in Arizona where the summertime temperatures can get to 125 degrees which is not quite as hot but hot enough. What drives me nuts is seeing dumb tourists wearing tank tops and no hats.

[@nev5936]

What’s wrong with tank tops?

[@mariamakamara5592]

Aren’t you supposed to wear tank tops since it’s hot

[@ArizonaGunsDave]

@@mariamakamara5592 You're not too bright are you?

[@mariamakamara5592]

@@ArizonaGunsDave bro the reason why people get sunburn is because they don’t don’t outside at all eat a trash diet and have pale skin if your gonna say sunburn

[@PaulAllen786]

Ok lemme explain: cotton tank tops will temporarily relieve you of the feeling of being 🥵, but the damage continues from UVA and UVB Rays via our sun. Those rays are both direct and indirect. So for example if your in the shade of a tree, the UVB rays will be still affecting you while the UVA rays are being blocked by the tree. Cotton provides SPF 5, so that’s a poor choice but better than nothing choice. Polyester and spandex provide between 30-50 SPF depending. By applying sunscreen 30 minutes before you wear a polyester long sleeve or hoodie and then a hat and sunglasses along with proper leg wear would be the best dress form imo

[@roachtoasties]

I live in Southern California, but I'll never drive out there during the summer. If that thermometer at the visitor center is the tourist attraction, with a little Photoshop I can increase the temperature to 999F/99C and paste a picture of me next to it. Much safer. :)

[@peteck007]

These people are crazy to wear almost nothing (on their head) in such heat. I'm sure few of them fell ill on their trip back to home. In my country during peak summers which usually are temperatures above 40°C (104f), people don't go out in the afternoon and even if they had to go out they usually wear something above their head, and cover their ears. And these people are so chill in 55°C heat.. crazy!!!

[@eastbayarearesident3631]

most if not all people drive there, park, walk to the thermometer station, take a picture, and race back to the air-conditioned car.. total time out in the heat ....5-10 minutes max.

[@tshaffer9681]

I lived in Las Vegas a long time ago and took trips to Death Valley numerous times. I loved it.!!!!!

[@coastal5228]

Real bright, people.

[@jeffcoat1959]

It's hot in Death Valley in the summer. Stop the presses!!!!

[@ThatGuy-tg7uj]

Wow never seen this comment before.

[@dpharr100]

I'm not sure how death valley being hot is news

[@ThatGuy-tg7uj]

You dont think heatwaves and the rising global temperature is newsworthy? 60,000 europeans died last year in their heatwave.

[@danrhone9756]

I thought the deserts in Iran here the hottest place on earth but Death Valley CA. Wow

[@MH-eu1dr]

The Lut Desert in Iran and the Taklamakan Desert in China often get as high if not higher than Death Valley temp wise. It’s just that no one bothered to install official monitoring stations there and the only way we have to officially monitor their temps is via satellite which has a few hang ups.

[@CarFreeSegnitz]

Death Valley has unique geology. Its lowest point is 83 metres below sea level. And surrounded by high mountains. Death Valley has permanent heat inversion.

[@SamaelMoneyStein]

Death valley feels hotter because it's near los angeles, one of the most polluted cities in the world.

[@F1570_]

@@SamaelMoneyStein Dude LA is over 200 miles from DV

[@ddenuci]

The current official highest registered air temperature on Earth is 56.7 °C (134.1 °F), recorded on 10 July 1913 at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley in the United States.

[@fin72351]

👍

[@bobbyheenan4061]

A large number of cars that go there overheat and strand the passengers. It can be a dangerous tourist attraction.

[@matt7iron]

😮 what about the Sahara, old timers say it's the hottest ever

[@sammysplatoon8216]

@@matt7ironunofficially people say that the Sahara has been higher

[@andrewapurcell]

People can’t wait to see 140s in the future.

[@flyingdragoncar4975]

its coming

[@r.a.6459]

And soon be the norm. 150+ even.

[@musicalmelodies3595]

1:08 in the background 😍. Beautiful mound formations

[@ashish_z9]

Her @ anyone?

[@lasttime500]

Crazy how the 1913 heat record in the area has still remained unshattered

[@sarahharrison7852]

To correct this we should throw money at friends and families of politicians. Yeah, that'll fix it!

[@CarFreeSegnitz]

It worked for oil companies.

[@quintaeco]

I went to Yakuts, N. Siberia it was -72 C, so what's the point again?

[@glennwhitehead6484]

It didn't get called Death Valley for its cold and damp weather!!!😅

[@bobsilver3983]

Meanwhile in southern Minnesota, its upper 40's at night lower 70's for daytime highs...as I type this its chilly outside.

[@arcadeshift5071]

70s/40s is below average and it's only been that "cool" a few days this summer. Back to the mid 90s next week.

[@Phlegethon]

Yea you drove for awhile and then stopped to get a picture and went back to the car so terrible so sad

[@user9b2]

So long as they play it safe, why not.

[@pawsfurGod]

Most humans are out of their minds!!

[@Jonathan-qv6ch]

Bro fr

[@r.a.6459]

...all for the almighty dollar

[@Nessal83]

I only go in November or March when it's 75F out.

[@OldSoulloner1]

Thats a Dry Heat ,Those People Haven't Experienced High Humidity over 100 🤣🤣🤣

[@adrianelias2365]

That's one place I'll never go to. My vacations are purposely in colder places since i get enough sun and heat where i live

[@lazurusfinishes6489]

Imagine Being Broke with a Car with no A/c?

[@Phlegethon]

How many had heat stroke and died

[@ngatak6852]

Here in Jakarta, Indonesia, it is normal to have temperatures of 35° C with high humidity

[@renko9067]

No one seemed to be sweating.

[@eastbayarearesident3631]

it so hot and dry that the sweat almost immediately evaporates, it really is like an oven

[@johnochiltree1170]

Everyone in the video is saying it’s pretty cool and here I am thinking the exact opposite

[@LLLLL263]

We didn’t have summer until almost June in Minnesota summer has been coming later each year.

[@Prophet_be_her_name.]

Same in the NW.. Grow season has been severely stunted

[@user9b2]

This is one of the problem, these people think global warming is about how warm their backyard is, they do not look at that is happening around the world.

[@Annauk45]

I couldn't smile for the photo

[@billybud9557]

If every young person that expressed concern over climate change would stop buying the latest I-Phone, that would be a start. A BIG start. Action starts with YOU!

[@afearfuljeffrey9478]

Billionaires are the biggest polluters in this world. Private plane rides, cruise-sized yachts, crappy products being sold so people can go and buy a new one after it breaks a few months later. Yet they want us to believe we’re ruining the planet

[@1reviravoltanotempo611]

🤣

[@r.a.6459]

#BoycottIsrael #BoycottApple #SavePalestine

[@owenbelezos8369]

@@r.a.6459 *destroy apple replace with worker co - op.

[@Soapboxstomper]

But WHY though??????

[@mariapilarme]

I don’t understand why it’s not close. Do they want everybody to die? It’s should be closed the park.

[@eastbayarearesident3631]

no, they don;t want people to die, but they do post a lot of warnings.

[@evan51298]

Send a rocket ship to the sun and put ice on it.

[@Soapboxstomper]

Look Up : “ how close can anything get to the sun”!!!!!!!!!

[@bluecali4na]

I'd faint

[@Timetravel1111]

Yeah, but knowing that is smart because you know you probably would I’m gonna get some more people do they get in there for drive there an air conditioning go walk around get the photo and then leave and I better like out of there in like 25 minutes, -so just go in the sauna 🧖‍♀️ that’s basically what THE mentality is right?!

[@tannerpaisley-ve6dq]

Around 2050 hard to find drinking water and food

[@manderzz]

sooner, 2030

[@SeigoSaiga]

​@@manderzzsooner even, 2024. Trust me, my dad works at nintendo

[@manderzz]

@@SeigoSaiga actually even sooner sadly.. 2023 august 8th at 12:06 am. trust me my dad works for walmart

[@howardreed9431]

The one guy drove there in his air conditioned car and used going to summit Everest as an analogy to going to furnace creek.....lol.

[@Biscuit9891]

Yeah warmer temps VERY COOL

[@Kragatar]

If I went there it would be my cooked carcass next to the thermometer. I'd rather visit the record coldest place.

[@xianshi8896]

it is good business for selling water

[@quintaeco]

Has anyone checked if the clock is rigged?

[@nenaandjag2381]

I’m getting credits to watch this video. I’m getting credits to watch. Getting credits to watch this video. Always always.

[@fswatyahoocom]

cool! it was 120 when there. a cooler day 🙂

[@benouzgane1929]

If said place ever surpasses near 57 degrees celsius, people shouldn't go to Death Valley. 48 Is too hot as is.

[@foveacreative]

The planet is on fire and some people are smiling and laughing and think it's a great occasion for tourism.

[@silverback8183]

It's really not as bad as you think. I've been there when it was 128 and I've been in Florida when it was 95. ....that 95 in Florida was a helluva lot worse than the 128 in death valley because of the humidity!

[@ArizonaGunsDave]

That's a load of crap I would take humidity any day

[@silverback8183]

@@ArizonaGunsDave think what you will. I traveled all over the US for 20 plus years, summer in the south east is far worse than the south west.

[@ArizonaGunsDave]

@@silverback8183 So, I lived in Florida and I now live in Arizona for the past 28 years. It's nice that you travelled and spent some vacation time in some of these places but I lived in both areas, I worked in both areas outside in the sun and the desert southwest is the most brutal place on earth. At least Florida and the east coast offers you an ocean to dip into

[@silverback8183]

@@ArizonaGunsDave yeah did have the ocean that's true but anytime I stepped out of the car in FL, instant sweat. Wasn't like that in AZ

[@crappieaquaticlife7772]

​@@silverback8183I lived in Lake Havasu City, Az for awhile and I am agreeing with you. I barely had some sweat like I do in Sw Georgia

[@reshaunradcliff7226]

No one was sweating

[@eastbayarearesident3631]

it so hot and dry that the sweat almost immediately evaporates, it really is like an oven

[@reshaunradcliff7226]

@eastbayarearesident3631 that makes since. I was forsure wondering why. Thank you

[@lovegun2112]

George Carl said it best "The earth will be fine, the earth isn't going anywhere. We are"

[@lovegun2112]

Carlin

[@christianewoodard3025]

Not maybe.....

[@DSC800]

On the topic of global warming, the hottest temperature here was 134 degrees BACK IN 1913! BEFORE any significant carbon emissions. So, after 99% of all carbon emissions and 110 years later, we are just now reporting the same "record" temperature.

[@karmakazi219]

You're talking about seasonal weather in one unique geographic location. That is not "on the topic of global warming". Nice try, though.

[@DSC800]

@@karmakazi219 Hmm, I guess they didn't bring up that it was "seasonal" or those they interviewed. Their topic, not mine.

[@ThatGuy-tg7uj]

​@@karmakazi219people really just cant get that through their heads

[@davyjones7776]

@@DSC800i mean the name “Death Valley” suggests something unique about it.

[@karmakazi219]

@@DSC800 You literally started your post with "On the topic of global warming..." then proceeded to try to debunk global warming with a single data point.

[@user-ud1te2ys4n]

この地にはもっと樹木が必要ですね‼️

[@brandonbinder5572]

Nice agenda… totally indifferent reporting.

[@Fondled_tatortot]

Are we really going to take climate suggestions from people who went to death valley because "it's fun"

[@owenbelezos8369]

if they follow the science, yes. {and they do seem to be following the science}

[@Fondled_tatortot]

@owenbelezos8369 they're not following any science and they're manipulating the data.

[@hedgehog1684]

undertaker hometown

[@MS-yh3oz]

🤦🏻‍♂️

[@erickgutierrez6743]

Was that lady at 1:08 wearing a sweatshirt 🫠

[@Full60]

She's too pasty to have her arms exposed 😂

[@susansantana4454]

Serious, you're getting out of your air conditioned car, walk a few feet to stand in front of a sign, alrighty then! All on the guise of caring about climate change!

[@eastbayarearesident3631]

climate change no, Facebook and Instagram yes

[@1reviravoltanotempo611]

@@eastbayarearesident3631 yes

[@caliguy5889]

long sleeve black shirt dressed appropriately

[@Timetravel1111]

What if your car breaks down on that road. If your air conditioner stops working in weather like this?! Don’t put yourself in dangerous situations and set yourself up for success.

[@alexjavalerajr6534]

Yup it's like mount everest 😂

[@Timetravel1111]

No, it’s not at all. Lol. And it’s also stupid mentality right people that do Everest have to train their bodies they pay permits they have to get approved, have to get oxygen tanks for so many differences between someone climbing Mount Everest, and then driving in hiking around for 25 minutes and leaving.

[@garystarkey6255]

Yes lets all get lectured by the yuppie tourist wearing flip flops about "climate change". This may come as a shocker but it does get hot in Death Valley in July.

[@js6728]

*+6 in Fahrenheit Be honest, how many?? lol

[@1lorijb]

And to think, this happens evry summer, yes we know😂😂

[@SA-ks9vz]

The temperature breaks records every summer, you missed the point.

[@girloninternet1188]

@@SA-ks9vz No, it does not.

[@jasminetaylor34]

Yay, climate change? When I watched the movie idiocracy,, I never imagined I'd be living in one.

[@unknown-rz4tz]

We are not in control of the elements. It's funny that people think that they can fix it. Let's leave it to the expert (God).

[@havonjrjones4165]

In san Diego if it got this hot all human life would vanish !! Smh

[@Jonathan-qv6ch]

“If the climate keeps changing maybe we couldn’t exist..” Jk there’s nothing down here lol

[@FThekk]

Wow.. That is very cool..

[@girloninternet1188]

It's literally the opposite.

[@2puffs770]

Uh, does anyone want to explain to that young'un why we don't wear black out in the desert heat? White, son, wear white!!

[@Red_Twizzler]

Death valley is NOTHING compared to a humid eastern North Carolina summer day.

[@PaulAllen786]

NAW you really haven’t hiked in the west coast dry heat. It Kills faster.

[@outlander2878]

Today I learned... "the earth is where we live"

[@nataliezementbeisser1492]

buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurn

[@alanazar8886]

Lol Liberals

[@64MAGA24]

blah blah blah

[@jonasdz8232]

Wait a minute, is it cool or hot 😅?!

[@Timetravel1111]

Yeah, they think the title is funny.

[@brailrice]

Nice propaganda piece. The temps were occurring this summer are in no way unusual. Everything in nature ebbs and flows. Highs and lows. Know your history and see the recorded temperatures of the past and this will be found to be true. Btw, Death Valley is not breaking records every year as the guide stated. Plus it’s just plain stupid to go to one of the most notorious places on Earth for sweltering heat to prove a point about sweltering heat and so called climate change. It’s like going into your attic in the middle of summer to prove the whole house is getting hotter and their must be a problem with the AC. This myth of climate change was created and propagated to program and prepare people years ahead to accept and embrace the idea of the new technology of electric vehicles amongst other things that would be introduced. Fear is a great way to motivating masses amounts of people to submit to their plans for how they want the future to be shaped. It’s nothing new. Create a problem (real or fake) to skew the perception of reality, then offer the solution to that problem at a price.

[@saxon840]

Exactly

[@eelnoops5200]

Except that literally every person who has any education about climate agrees that climate change is happening. Not a single scientist out there says climate change is a hoax.

[@DSC800]

Yup, I just posted similar: The RECORD temp was 134 back in 1913, BEFORE 99% of all carbon emissions. So it took over 100 years just to get back to even being close to what it was.

[@Soapboxstomper]

Someones in major denial! Wonder what it will take to wake you up???????????

[@DSC800]

@@Soapboxstomper Vegas just had an all time record, 291 consecutive days UNDER 100 degrees.

[@iridefast1]

1916 recorded 134* The Climate Cult changed how the thermometer is read in hopes of setting a record.

[@havonjrjones4165]

Imagine in san Diego we wouldn't last

[@havonjrjones4165]

Why is she wearing a hat in a 120 degree place smh

[@cameronhumphrey3634]

I'll take that Pepsi challenge any day out of the week with 131 in death valley. Nothing is worse than 100 degrees with 100% humidity. The south is far far worse in my opinion

[@corneliushfc4370]

Stop driving your cars to death vally then if you think you can do anything about it..

[@owenbelezos8369]

most heat comes from electricity production and rich people.