On July 10th, Death Valley will host a party to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the hottest temperature ever recorded, 134 degrees, in 1913. The event will kick off at noon with a series of discussions on a variety of topics related to the region’s extreme climate. At 1:50 p.m., there will be a talk about how Death Valley recently regained the temperature record previously claimed by El Azizia, Libya. Park Service employees will also discuss how they cope with life at the hottest place on Earth. At 4 p.m., visitors can join park rangers for a ritual that’s taken place every day since recordkeeping began in 1911: the reading of the official thermometer at the Furnace Creek weather station. And at 5 pm, local emergency services will be called to haul away all the dead people.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 03:55:44 +0000
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