This is the second weekend in a row that parts of Texas and the Gulf Coast states will see heat index values rise to between 100-105F. South Texas could reach a heat index value near 110F. With the summer heat and humidity already in full force across parts of the southern U.S., it’s time to [...]
On Wednesday, Mandalay municipal authorities reported that at least 230 people have died so far of heat stress in Myanmar’s second largest city of Mandalay. Extremely hot temperatures over the past two months in Myanmar have broken the highest in history. Temperatures here have soared to 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) which has taken [...]
I’m a gearhead. Motorcycles mostly, but cars, too. So the headline "Fastest Golf Slowed by Aussie Heat" from the Brisbane Times grabbed the gearhead lobe of my brain as well as the (just a bit smaller) meteorological lobe of my brain. Turns out Europe’s largest automaker has decided to not send the new high-performance Golf [...]