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U.S. heat wave will impact millions A brutal heat wave will scorch more than half of the country this weekend, with temperatures expected to feel well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. And to show just how serious the threat is, the National Weather Service in Omaha Nebraska baked biscuits in a...

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BAKES BISCUITS IN A CAR
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U.S. heat wave will impact millions
A brutal heat wave will scorch more than half of the country this weekend, with temperatures expected to feel well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. And to show just how serious the threat is, the National Weather Service in Omaha Nebraska baked biscuits in a parked car — using only the heat of the sun.

“If you are wondering if it’s going to be hot today, we are attempting to bake biscuits using only the sun and a car in our parking lot,” NWS Omaha tweeted on Thursday. “We will keep you posted with the progress.”

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If you are wondering if it's going to be hot today, we are attempting to bake biscuits using only the sun and a car in our parking lot. We will keep you posted with the progress. Stay cool! #newx #iawx


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The agency put four biscuits on a baking sheet, then left them on the dashboard of a parked car in the sun to begin its experiment. Over the course of the next eight hours, NWS Omaha shared updates on how the biscuits were doing.
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After about 45 minutes, the biscuits began to rise, and after an hour, the pan temperature reached 175 degrees. “This is a good time to remind everyone that your car does in fact get deadly hot,” the agency tweeted. “Look before you lock! On average, 38 children die in hot cars each year. Don’t be a statistic!”
At the five-hour mark, the agency reported the top of the biscuits were baked, and even the temperature in the shady part of the car had reached 144 degrees.
“And after nearly 8 hours in the sun, the outside of the biscuit is actually edible,” the agency wrote in its final update. “The middle is still pretty doughy though. The max temp on the pan was 185!”

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And after nearly 8 hours in the sun, the outside of the biscuit is actually edible. The middle is still pretty doughy though. The max temp on the pan was 185! Also we made festive biscuit hats

Stay cool out there. #HeatSafety #LookBeforeYouLock


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Extreme heat will affect large swaths of the country this weekend, with record-breaking temperatures expected in at least 14 different states. About 195 million people will be broiling in 90-degree temperatures or higher over the next 24 to 48 hours. The NWS says about 120 record-high minimum temperatures could be set.
This heat wave is expected to last through Sunday. According to a recent climate study, the number of days where the U.S. experiences temperatures that feel like at least 100 degrees will double from 14 to 36 by 2050.

Anybody in the US, don't work too hard outside if you have to go outside.

 

[NyQuilninja]

I live in the cornfield anything above 80F is catastrophic
humidity is really fugging hard to breathe in

 

[Corbin Dallas Multipass]

I'm in the South, this is a normal July for us. It's funny seeing other parts of the country freak out, though. Dude, every summer as a bag boy I had to go out and collect carts in this kind of heat, same as when I mowed lawns as a younger teenager. Just hydrate yourself properly instead of drinking things that straight up dehydrate you.

Then a flake of snow melts before hitting the pavement and nobody knows how to drive...

 

[thx1138]

That's a pretty neat stunt actually, and you don't have exceptional people leaving food waste on the ground like with the "This rock is hot enough to fry an egg on!" version.

There's a ranger station at Death Valley National Park and there's signs up everywhere asking people to not do this, because they leave rocks, boulders, sidewalks and the parking lot covered with goop that is impossible to wash off (it's either too far from sufficient water or too baked on anyway); they do demonstration egg-frying for people to gawk at.

 

[JosephTX]

"A brutal heat wave will scorch more than half of the country this weekend, with temperatures expected to feel well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. "

So...a normal summer day in the south.

Howdy from Texas ya'll

 

[HM 935]

People 'round here frequently do the "bake cookies on the dashboard" thing during the summer.

 

[millais]

Tankers on the African Front of WWII would fry eggs on the armor plates of their tanks for the amusement of the newsreel cameras....... I think the trick returned at least once back during Gulf War I .

The real mystery is where they got fresh eggs and cooking oil in the Western Desert. Would have to be flown out to them for the express purpose of a newsreel stunt.

Spoiler

 

[not william stenchever]

I have the same question. Do they explode like that bit from All Quiet on the Western Front?

I am going to guess their respiratory spiracles turn into vent-holes and they rapidly lose water from their body now having a higher internal than external pressure. I think this model works with the blood-fat ticks bursting too, because the bloodsac reaches a pressure beyond the failure point of the tick's abdomen

Tankers on the African Front of WWII would fry eggs on the armor plates of their tanks for the amusement of the newsreel cameras....... I think the trick returned at least once back during Gulf War I .

I wouldn't be surprised if they did that over the engines of their tank. No point wasting the residual heat of your engine block after shutting your tank down

 

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There's a ranger station at Death Valley National Park and there's signs up everywhere asking people to not do this, because they leave rocks, boulders, sidewalks and the parking lot covered with goop that is impossible to wash off (it's either too far from sufficient water or too baked on anyway); they do demonstration egg-frying for people to gawk at.

I've learned first hand that burnt, solidified egg matter is virtually impossible to remove from something once it sticks. Its one of those things that annoys the shit out of me since its a neat thing to see in action but idiots wandering around and cracking eggs on rocks ruins it for the rest of us.