More reports of the 121 degrees Fahrenheit in Woodland Hills yesterday: Crazy!

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/09/07/california-fires-gender-reveal-party-el-dorado-creek-valley-fires/5737526002/

 Temperatures in the fire zone have climbed into the 90s while downtown Los Angeles reached as high as 111 degrees in recent days. A record high temperature of 121 degrees was recorded in the nearby Woodland Hills neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley. 

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A temperature this high is going to kill people without air conditioning. That's all you need to know. If you can't cool down your brain stops working and if you aren't rescued it's over for you because you cannot think when out in these temperatures too long.

Tricks to stay alive from a Californian since 1952. 

Ice on the inside of your wrist or back of your neck to keep your body and brain cooler. 

If you cannot think right put the ice on the back of your neck or forehead so you can still think and function.

Another method I used was to get on my 1974 Honda 250 XL Dualsport motorcycle and ride down a dry wash near Gila Bend in 1975 when I was there without air conditioning then with my father doing mining essaying work then in over 120 degrees Fahrenheit. First, I would soak my t-shirt in the sulphur water there brought up by a windmill for the local animals and birds and critters and then ride down a dry wash to evaporate the water and cool down. This is what I did in my mid 20s to cope with over 120 degrees without air conditioning for 24 to 36 hours time. The lowest temperature while we were there was likely 100 degrees at around 6 am in the mornings. 

My father and I camped in the back of his pickup truck because there in Gila Bend where there are a lot of the smaller variety of scorpions that can be fatal if you are bitten on your upper body, face, head or neck. I was bitten by a small one in Hapuna Hawaii already by then in August of 1974 when my first wife and I lived in Hilo, Hawaii then. I was just walking above the beach barefoot at Hapuna and one stung me luckily on the bottom of my right foot. So, I had to limp and barely walk for about a week and to drive with my left foot instead of my right one. After the initial pain and shock of it it is sort of like your leg going numb and staying numb for about a week's time. Luckily, I was young enough to easily recover because I was only 26 then. So, within a week I was back to normal.