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Re: Slab City reaches its boiling point

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Post by sidewndr46 »

mullingitover wrote: post #68
sidewndr46 wrote: post #56

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It isn't really a man made lake. It's a lake in a watershed that has been substantially altered. The lake wouldn't be there naturally in the form that it started off in after the accident. But none of the water would be diverted if it was not for human intervention. It would have followed the natural course of things.

I mean, absent humans messing around with the Colorado River, Lake Cahuilla[1] would've eventually refilled, and then dried up, and then refilled like it's done for millennia. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Cahuilla#Chronology

Yes, this is my point exactly.

Re: Slab City reaches its boiling point

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Post by SOLAR_FIELDS »

CryptoBanker wrote: post #90

Mobile site refuses to let me close email subscription windows… orb the top and middle of he page. Running on safari

Even though there is no X in the top right corner of the window, I was able to get it to close by tapping the top right corner of the pop up. Also on mobile safari, latest iOS.

Re: Slab City reaches its boiling point

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Post by mellavora »

Wonder what happens when the next mega-flood hits.

Science: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abq0995

cnn post from yesterday: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/12/weather/california-megafl...

Last time it happened: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Flood_of_1862

search "atmospheric rivers" if you want to know more

Re: Slab City reaches its boiling point

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Post by lightedman »

labster wrote: post #65
lightedman wrote: post #54

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The way weather is changing, you just might get to see that happen in about 10 years. If it does happen, expect it to occur during the winter time.

How? You push the dust 10000 ft up over the San Jacinto range against the prevailing winds… somehow? You don’t even get a downslope enhancement because the Salton Sea is lower than the Pacific. Or somehow the wind curves through the San Gorgonio Pass and back around to Los Angeles? You and what pressure gradient? I’m a meteorologist, so if you know the dynamics here, please explain.

When you get particulate matter that fine, it needs almost no energy to get lifted up way into the atmosphere. the heavier stuff? No, it won't go very far. Lithium dust? It's less dense than the atmosphere. It can go anywhere with not much effort.

Re: Slab City reaches its boiling point

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Post by bergenty »

ido wrote: post #76
bergenty wrote: post #52

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Nonsense, I grew up in the Middle East and it was regularly above 120F during the summer. Just wear a hat and make sure you have water. You’re making it sound like you immediately die.

I don't know where in the middle east you lived or if you miscalculated how hot 120F is (it's almost 50c). I'm sure it gets that hot in the middle of the desert but most people in the middle east don't live in the middle of the desert. I grew up in Israel and 40c (104F) was an unusually hot summer day (you'd get a few days like that per summer, maybe more now due to climate change). More common summer highs were arou…

Kuwait. It is regularly above 45C in the summer. We would wear a hat and long sleeves and play soccer from around noon to 6pm during the hottest part of the day during summer break. Just have to make sure you have water. We also drank copious amounts of minty Laban (yogurt water with mint basically). To be honest I love the heat, all the sweat makes me feel alive.

Re: Slab City reaches its boiling point

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Post by wyclif »

bumbledraven wrote: post #66
wyclif wrote: post #62

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The Bourdain visit to Slab City and the Salton Sea from No Reservations is here: https://youtu.be/pCRlWY0qL-0

He's visiting Bombay Beach, not Slab City. Still a great video, though.

Correct, I forgot about that and just watched it again after years and realised he didn't go to visit the Slabbers. It would have been fun if he went there and ate something, though.

Re: Slab City reaches its boiling point

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Post by ido »

bergenty wrote: post #107
ido wrote: post #76

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I don't know where in the middle east you lived or if you miscalculated how hot 120F is (it's almost 50c). I'm sure it gets that hot in the middle of the desert but most people in the middle east don't live in the middle of the desert. I grew up in Israel and 40c (104F) was an unusually hot summer day (you'd get a few days like that per summer, maybe more now due to climate change). More common summer highs were arou…

Kuwait. It is regularly above 45C in the summer. We would wear a hat and long sleeves and play soccer from around noon to 6pm during the hottest part of the day during summer break. Just have to make sure you have water. We also drank copious amounts of minty Laban (yogurt water with mint basically). To be honest I love the heat, all the sweat makes me feel alive.

I wish I could love it, I hate being sweaty (the climate is part of the reason I moved to Europe)!

Re: Slab City reaches its boiling point

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Post by linksnapzz »

bergenty wrote: post #53
linksnapzz wrote: post #28

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Did you read the part about "unprepared"?

I mean prepared is a hat and some water. It’s not rocket science.

It's an hour and twenty minute walk from Slab City to the nearest civilized area (Niland), which is stretching "civilized" a little. You'll need a car to get to a hospital, clinic, or real supermarket, not just some water, and a hat.
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