Its the air density

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Jun 19, 2017
7:30:21pm

Northwest Cougar All-American

Its the air density

"Extreme heat affects a plane's ability to take off. Hot air is less dense than cold air, and the hotter the temperature, the more speed a plane needs to lift off. A runway might not be long enough to allow a plane to achieve the needed speed. "

http://www.azcentral.com/story/travel/airlines/2017/06/19/heat-cancels-phoenix-flights/409634001/

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Flights cancelled to Phoenix because of heat.

6/19/17 5:52pm

1000% better than cold winters

TCuz

6/19/17 5:54pm

Not really

6/19/17 6:01pm

He just wanted all of those thumb downs he randomly gives to come back on him.

6/19/17 6:10pm

I've never had to shovel the sunshine.

Jeffacka

6/19/17 6:34pm

and I've never burned my hand off by touching metal on my car

6/19/17 6:40pm

incidentally, what's your power bill likely to look like in july?

6/19/17 6:43pm

I bet my annual bill is less than yours.

Jeffacka

6/19/17 6:45pm

furiously boardmailing

6/19/17 6:47pm

On a side note, I've not had a power bill this year because of a deposit refund.

Jeffacka

6/19/17 6:48pm

We stopped charging for power in Utah altogether. Fact

6/19/17 6:56pm

Not enough to make me live there again.

Jeffacka

6/19/17 7:00pm

Thank heavens!

6/19/17 7:04pm

118 degrees isn't a thousand percent better than anything

6/19/17 6:02pm

Yeah, if it were 120 every day, that changes everything. There is a palpable difference between 100 and 120

LiveCoug

6/19/17 6:03pm

Don't be so hard on Phoenix. I think it only averages 129 days of 100+ temperatures each year.

SierraCoug

6/19/17 6:07pm

Worth a repost

6/19/17 6:10pm

1000% wrong

BigBlue04

6/19/17 6:13pm

PHX was 106 on May 4th this year. May freakin' 4th. How's that "only 3 months of heat" working for you?

jdub

6/19/17 6:23pm

They get days of 100 deg in Oct too. It doesn't avg under 90 until Nov

STLcoug

6/19/17 6:25pm

true, I was being nice.

jdub

6/19/17 6:26pm

Uh, great. Way better than temps less than 40°.

TCuz

6/19/17 6:26pm

You can put extra clothes on when it's 40 outside

jbcoug

6/19/17 6:30pm

Well you can but CBers complain

TNT

6/19/17 7:11pm

40°??? Holy cow, that's short sleeve weather.

jdub

6/19/17 8:34pm

That's gotta be a HARD No.

Dissenter

6/19/17 10:32pm

Yeah, It's pretty awful heat. But wouldn't you say that flights cancelled for icy conditions in winter

Louis Litt

6/19/17 5:54pm

ice =/= cold. Ice is totally different

Dissenter

6/19/17 10:30pm

I live here. It's certainly not for wussies

chazen

6/19/17 5:56pm

RE: Flights cancelled to Phoenix because of heat.

6/19/17 5:56pm

If the runway happens to be asphalt it will buckle under the heat and stress of

Nat Gas Man

6/19/17 6:01pm

The narrow body planes have issues with that kind of heat...

6/19/17 6:13pm

I always thought it had more to do with the tires on the airplane only being

crack

6/19/17 6:25pm

Its the air density

Northwest Cougar

6/19/17 7:30pm

It has to do with takeoff and landing distance and obstacle clearance.

6/19/17 11:39pm

It's not that bad if you're acclimated to it

Jericho

6/19/17 6:02pm

The next three months are hell on earth here

mosterlow

6/19/17 6:02pm

But it is ironic that it's typically 3-5 deg different than St George Utah

mosterlow

6/19/17 6:06pm

Ain't no one vacationing in St George in the summer.

LiveCoug

6/19/17 6:08pm

St George is many days hotter than Tucson in the summer. But Tucson is a higher

Nat Gas Man

6/19/17 6:25pm

Welcome to hell.....las vegas and phoenix. My family is leaving me for a month

idacoug

6/19/17 6:07pm

Please tell that to all the cars I see with Utah/California license plates.

crack

6/19/17 6:17pm

RE: Please tell that to all the cars I see with Utah/California license plates.

TrackCoug

6/19/17 6:25pm

Must be my part of town then. There has been a huge increase in Utah plates and

crack

6/19/17 6:28pm

Plus the giant scorpions

TNT

6/19/17 6:23pm

Do other states have these? I haven't seen them anywhere else.

crack

6/19/17 6:25pm

E yikes

TNT

6/19/17 6:30pm

The sucker or the scorpion?

LiveCoug

6/19/17 6:33pm

My sister and her husband do a scorpion hunt every night around their yard. They got 15 last night. That's about average

jdub

6/19/17 6:25pm

Why don't they hire an exterminator? Seems like it would be well worth the cost.

crack

6/19/17 6:43pm

Yeah, but what do you do when you need 2,800 scorpions to get back at someone?

Coach's Dad

6/19/17 7:42pm

I think they have a few times, doesn't really do the job.

jdub

6/19/17 8:36pm

Get a cat, they will kill the scorpions that get inside

Dissenter

6/19/17 10:31pm

I love it here. It's fun to spend several hours in the pool.

Jeffacka

6/19/17 6:33pm

I can spend several hours in the pool here, and it's only 86!

6/19/17 7:31pm

It's not worth it to have a pool that can only be used a few months a year.

Jeffacka

6/19/17 7:35pm

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6/19/17 8:51pm

It's worse at the airport because of all the cement.

The Pope

6/19/17 7:07pm

Phoenix is awful. No one should live there and everyone should just stay away.

kimchicoug

6/19/17 9:01pm

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