Re: Las Vegas Weather

["amc74hornet" <amc74hornet@xxxx>]

--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, <eddiestakes@xxxx> wrote:
> Speaking of heat, Paige and me went to Las Vegas several years ago, end of
> July, and all the handrails at casinos were covered up with that foam crap
> you use to cover pipes. The reason why is if you touch it during the day,
> you hand will stick to it, pulling off flesh.
> 
> We went to several casinos, and came out at 3:30am, and it was 104 degrees
> at 3:30am. Later that day we went to Hoover Dam, a must see for anyone
> travelling to Vegas, and it was 132 degrees there. Dry heat me ass as
> someone said, your eyes water, throat feels like someone poured sand in it,
> I have NEVER seen 132 degrees, much less 10% humidity as it is constantly
> over 70% humidity in Houston year round! Skin cracks, nose, eyes, throat
> hurts, it was like being on the surface of Venus.
> 
> Oh, and our brand new rental car battery kept dying due to it being over 3
> billion degrees under the hood. But it was not only us, the hotel we stayed
> at actually had a few golf carts with rows of batteries and cables, going
> from car to car in their level parking garage jumping people for free as a
> courtesy who needed it throughout the day.
> 
> AMC content: At the corner of Tropicana and (?) near Harrah's there was a
> 1970 Rebel two door, solid as a rock, complete, good condition, but the 304
> was wasted, the gas station owner told me he 'had been trying to sell it for
> months for $400 and was fixing to tow it to salvage' but I told him let me
> spread the word quickly for him, which I did on the internet and phone once
> I got back to Houston. Hell, the windshield and one fender is worth the
> $400. There was also two SX/4 Eagles we spotted, and I stopped to look at a
> sweet 69 Ambassador dPL 2dr, 343 Typhoon, AT, loaded in Hialeah Yellow, off
> the strip for sale for $1400, that car was amazingly clean.
> 
> And in the for what it is worth department, only one AMC in the Imperial
> Palace Collection, a Metropolitian, and Jackie Kennedy's Lincoln Continental
> was there, and the original dealership window sticker proudly boasted the
> dealership was a AMC, Food, Jeep Dealership, complee with r/w/b AMC logo and
> Ford logo.
> Eddie Stakes'
> Planet Houston aMX
> www.planethoustonamx.com

I only know of that "But it's a dry heat" crap from my brother in Pheonix. Like John Ellie who also lives in Pheomix told me 115 in the shade is still 115 dry wet or otherwise. I remember on one construction job I worked on in my youth welding outside in the sun all day in the middle of the summer. Every hour I had to go inside and put my head under the cold running water to keep my brain from being fried. It seems to be on a waring trend here so I am hopefull I will see an early spring. Say Amen & AMC.
"Doc"