# Sweet Buddah--It was 114° today! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2000, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-buddah-it-was-114-today/32970 "2000-09-13T00:32:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-buddah-it-was-114-today/32970/1 "2000-09-13T00:32:55Z")
I knew it was going to be hot today, but I had no idea it was going to be like this. The blacktop freakin’ _radiated_ heat like a skillet. I’ve been teaching the kids figurative language–I should demonstrate the old “fry an egg on the sidewalk” euphenism. I heard the weather report on the radio this morning, and dressed accordingly. (Well, I couldn’t be naked, being that I teach fifth grade and all…but, a light cotton dress is the next best thing, if one has to be clothed). I warned the kids before recess (it was already hot at 8am, and boiling at 10:30am)–drink lots of water, stay in the shade, get your heads wet in the bathroom, etc. Stunningly, when I went out for my 1:10pm lunch duty–at the peak of the heat of the day–there were kids out on the _blacktop_ playing tetherball and dodgeball! And basketball! Running around! In 114° weather! **ACK!** I was outside for just 10 minutes (my duty), hanging out in the shade of some trees or the hallway overhang, and still dripped sweat. After school (which was not long after my duty; kids are dismissed early on Tuesdays), I waited out in that heat with a student (I needed to speak with his mother). In those 15 minutes, my _head_ actually was sweating–I could feel it in my hair–and I’ve had a heat headache ever since. We’d had the classroom door open (my room has no windows–so, the door’s it), but had to close it at 11am because it was too hot–and because all the insect life was flying into our air-conditioned room for respite. Meanwhile, my partner’s a/c broke down. It was 90° in her classroom at one point. _Feh_. BTW, I checked WeatherBug when I got home for the temperature–that’s the official high of the day for my area. Ick ack ook snarf… I’d just like to share that I **hate heat**. And Lord, I love air conditioning! ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-buddah-it-was-114-today/32970/2 "2000-09-13T01:50:06Z")
Even us Arizona dopers agree that 114° is pretty freaking hot. We may be used to that kind of weather frequently in the summer but it doesn’t make it any easier to deal with. It also isn’t a “dry heat” here as Phoenix is rife with canals and pools. The real fun is when it climbs higher. A few years ago they had to close Sky Harbor airport because the takeoff charts didn’t go to 120°. * * * The way you was lollygagging with them picks and shovels, you would think it was a hundred and twenty degrees out here. Can’t be more 'n a hundred and fourteen! Lyle, _Blazing Saddles_ ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-buddah-it-was-114-today/32970/3 "2000-09-13T01:58:26Z")
I usually don’t go for lists like thse but a friend sent me this a few days ago and I thought it was appropriate. > [@](#): > > _Ann Says:_ > It’s So Hot In Arizona That…" > > The birds have to use pot holders to pull worms out of the ground. > > The potatoes cook underground, and all you have to do to have lunch is to pull one out and add butter, salt and pepper. > > Farmers are feeding their chickens crushed ice to keep them from laying hard-boiled eggs. > > The cows are giving evaporated milk. > > The trees are whistling for the dogs. > > You no longer associate bridges (or rivers) with water. > > You can say 113 degrees without fainting. > > You eat hot chilies to cool your mouth off. > > You can make instant sun tea. > > You learn that a seat belt makes a pretty good branding iron. > > The temperature drops below 95, you feel a bit chilly. > > You discover that in July, it takes only 2 fingers to drive your car. > > You discover that you can get a sunburn through your car window. > > You notice the best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance. > > Hot water now comes out of both taps. > > It’s noon in July, kids are on summer vacation, and not one person is out on the streets. > > You actually burn your hand opening the car door. > > You break a sweat the instant you step outside at 7:30 a.m. before work. > > No one would dream of putting vinyl upholstery in a car or not having air conditioning. > > Your biggest bicycle wreck fear is, “What if I get knocked out and end up lying on the pavement and cook to death?” ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-buddah-it-was-114-today/32970/4 "2000-09-13T02:41:53Z")
Think I’ll print that one up and put it in the teacher’s lounge tomorrow. (Oh, and just in case yah didn’t know, I live in the Los Angeles, CA area. But CA, TX, or AZ…114° is ridiculously **hot**.) ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-buddah-it-was-114-today/32970/5 "2000-09-13T07:51:09Z")
Mmmmm…sweet, delicious Buddha… err… by that, I mean: 114? That it, you pansies? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![honkytonkwillie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@honkytonkwillie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/honkytonkwillie)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-buddah-it-was-114-today/32970/6 "2000-09-13T08:24:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Padeye \* > \*\*It also isn’t a “dry heat” here as Phoenix is rife with canals and pools. > \*\* It’s a whole lot drier than Lower California, where Ruffian hails from. I was in L.A. and San Diego for 2 weeks in August, and Phoenix just last Saturday. 93°F in San Diego was practically disabling for me, while 105° in Phoenix was quite tolerable.