Re: [Phys-l] Gotta love these HeadLine Writers!

[Vern Lindberg <vwlsps@rit.edu>]

At 116 degrees, oxygen, nitrogen, helium have not only melted they have vaporized.

Yesterday our local meterologist column in Rochester reported on year long average temperatures. Paraphrasing, he said "Hawaii with an average temperature of 82 is almost twice as hot as Rochester with average temperature of 45."

Vern

On Jul 25, 2011, at 4:12 PM, David Marx wrote:

> The media has been exaggerating these "heat index" temperatures for two weeks.   The latest crop of 
> journalists seems to think that air temperatures and heat index values are the same thing.
>
> Thanks, Chuck, for the article.  I wonder what they think melts at 116 degrees. 
>
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> On 25 Jul 2011 at 16:05, chuck britton wrote:
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> > Northeast braces for temps near boiling point
> >
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