Friday, September 26, 2008

812 degrees

 imageA few months ago firefighters in a section of Los Padres National Forest responded to reports of a blaze; someone had reported smoke arising from the brush.

But when they arrived, they discovered the brush wasn't smoking... the ground was. In spots it was quite hot enough to melt shoes or boots, and instruments measured a temperature reading, a foot below ground level, of 812 degrees!

Umm... you can cook a turkey at only 165 degrees. So, yeah... that right there is what I would call hot.

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So where is this mysterious occurrence located, you might enquire?

Just down the road from this little place called Los Angeles.

Read more here.

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