Palm Springs

[Jimmy G.]

Palm Springs 117 degrees yeaterday Road Tour participants - make sure you carry and consume plenty of water as you head to the convention

[Michael J.]

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And if you have an older Corvette, make sure your A/C is charged and working well......

[Duke W.]

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I heard a radio report, today, that it hit 123F yesterday in Palm Springs tieing an all time record. Don't worry, it's not climate change, global warming... whatever... just a three sigma temperature event. The whole southwest is hot due to a big high pressure dome. My place in Redondo Beach was only mid seventies due to a thin overcast in the morning and coming back in the late afternoon, and the same thing all day today... got some roof work done.

Duke

[Duke W.]

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And if you have an older Corvette, make sure your A/C is charged and working well......

You mean in your tow vehicle, right?

Duke

[Michael G.]

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Someone needs to fry an egg on the hood of their (tow?) car and post a pic....

[Michael J.]

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You mean in your tow vehicle, right?

Duke

I am wondering how many brave folks will drive a C1, C2, or C3 to the meet.

[Duke W.]

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A friend is driving his '67 L-71 Coupe from Palos Verdes - about a two hour drive. He's probably going to leave NLT 0400. He won a Duntov at Las Vegas in 2018 with a 97+, but wants a higher score. I'm coming out with a couple of other guys for the day on Wednesday.

Duke

[Jimmy G.]

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There is a person from GA supposedly going to drive a 67. That takes a big set.

[Michael G.]

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I’d hope he gets a lot of offers from guys here for any assistance he requires on the way. Given the heat expected, I-80, I-94 or the trans-canada route be might preferred over I-20 or I-40. A lot longer, but WAY cooler.

[Harry S.]

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There is a person from GA supposedly going to drive a 67. That takes a big set.

Suggest he put something that breathes between him and the seats. Also a cooler full of water. Is it a C60 car?

[Michael G.]

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Having just driven my C60 car to Detroit and back in only 85 degree weather, I second the motion to put some sort of breathable material on top of the seats. REALLY

[Keith R.]

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I'm considering leaving Albuquerque in the dead of the night!

[Gary B.]

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[Bob D.]

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Keith

I drove the Mojave desert back in 1972 in an unairconditioned car with a black interior and black vinyl top. Left Kingman, AZ at 3 AM and rolled into San Bernardino, CA about 10AM. Best decision I ever made I avoided the hotest part of the day.

Bob

[Michael J.]

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Duke,

Just curious. What’s it mean when the frequency of three sigma weather events keeps increasing decade by decade?

Gary

As a Ph.D. paleoclimatologist, I would be curious to see the data from the last 250,000,000 or so years you are using to base that claim on.