Back on June 26, 1990 Phoenix set an all time record of 122 degrees. It even shut down the airport for a few hours as temperature on the tarmac were above what their charts had for pilots to calculate take offs properly and they had to reconfigure everything. The airlines were forced to delay or cancel 22 flights.

And an airline worker refueling a plane on the tarmac was wearing rubber gloves that started to melt.  The soles of his tennis shoes started to melt as well.  

Two-thirds of Phoenix Transit's bus fleet broke down.  Four people died; dozens of others were hospitalized.  

What were you doing?
And if you were "playing" that day...did anything unique happen due to the extreme heat? Would love to hear stories from that day from those who were here.

- I was driving arond looking at houses for my upcoming move to Phoenix,  I thought the A/C on the rental car was broken!  The Realtor kept saying 'it never gets this hot here'!  Little did I know that there isn't much difference once it gets above 110

Misty, I did have one of those "wonderfully hot" experiences.  I was coming back from a business trip from Houston and we circled for almost an hour to wait for the sun to go down to bring the temperatures within aviation charts.  I'm sure they could have landed the old fashioned way-- you know, pilot the plane-- but the computer ruled the day.  Once landed, I called my ATF at the time for some fun.  

I was newly married and the day before was 120 degrees, so I called my wife and said pack the truck we're going camping in the White Mountains and we left as soon as I got home. We spent the next few days in the cool 90 degree weather of the White mountains, fishing for Trout.

I spent that afternoon setting up for a video shoot at a municipal pool in Chandler. Actually we were outside of the pool so it just sat there enticing me the entire time. Damn it was hot.

Yikes talk about make you feel old.

And it looks like this weekend may get really close to that record 122.

So remember to keep hydrated no matter what you are doing. But perhaps the weekend would be best spent indoors with your favorite playmate.

I was building a house for some rich fuck that doesn't give two shits about who built his house. The house in question was 28,000sq/ft. I believe I had brains leaking out my nose that day.

actually it's all good till about 114. Then life sucks a big fat dick

Hell yeah, The White mountain rule!!! Black river?

It was a crazy day. I remember walking across the asphalt and it was soft. Plus it was burning my shoes and feet literally.

My heels sunk into the asphalt so had to tip toe across it.
They showed on the news the front nose wheel of a plane sinking into as well.

I remember not doing much of anything because it was so f'ing hot.

Now this weekend they say 117 is possible. Yikes.
I plan on doing all my playing inside this weekend.

Remember to stay hydrated...so if you lose ANY body fluids this weekend make sure to drink plenty of water.

I don't remember what I was doing on that Day since I've lived here all my life, so for me it was just another Damn HOT SUMMER day in AZ.  

A friend had borrowed my car and was supposed to pick me up at work.  I went outside and stood there in a suit and waited - the person was 30 minutes late!  Didn't have a cell phone in those days so just stood there and melted

Nepal.