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« on: July 10, 2013, 04:17:13 PM »
I am aware of the heat in Death Valley - it has recently taken over the official record as the hottest place on earth as the record from the previous holder (in Libya, Africa) were discarded last year. I am also aware that there is a race that goes by foot, is 135 miles long and starts in Badwater in Death Valley, Californa and ends on Mt Whitney. It will start for the 36th time this coming Monday (July 15), And no, I am not participating. But I am unsure whether I should awe or ridicule the participants.
Back to weather: I can understand that for people used to have good weather (almost) every day it is not interesting to talk about weather. If the weather isn't good one day it will be the next day instead.
For us up in the north it is a bit different though. If you want to have a party of some kind you want it to be on a day with nice weather. Some summers here can have maybe 5 days of good weather. You don't want to sit inside if there are just a few of them. On the other hand , some sommers can have maybe 30 days of good weather. It's hard to know in advance. That's why I and many people around me talk about weather and follow the forecasts (short and long) to know when there is the best chance for good weather.
But we got light! Nowadays it is light from very early in the morning and to 10pm and it doesn't get really dark in the night at all.