🌱 How Furnace Creek became the world’s benchmark for deadly extreme heat.

Morning Furnace Creek! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How Furnace Creek became the world’s benchmark for deadly extreme heat.

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Sunny and toasty conditions, with a high of 123 and low of 101 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Record-tying heat, temps: high: 125, low: 98.
• Saturday: Near-record heat, with a high of 124 and low of 101 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• 8 record-breaking heat events and what they revealed about the planet (qz.com) — Furnace Creek’s century-old 134°F reading and recent 130°F summers still define how scientists understand the limits of extreme desert heat. This global roundup of record-breaking heat events uses Death Valley’s data to explain how rising temperatures are straining infrastructure, public health systems, and ecosystems worldwide.
   

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📸 Around Furnace Creek

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 6

• Splash Pads & Snow Cones at Guasti
  San Bernardino Regional Parks Cucamonga-Guasti, 800 N. Archibald Avenue, Ontario, CA, 91764, United States
  11:00 am

Friday August 7

• Football Green & White Scrimmage
  Burroughs High School Ridgecrest, CA 93555
  5:00 pm
• MAGIC HUNKS AUSTRALIA TAKEOVER RIDGECREST,CA USA!!! →
  The Patriot Bar & Grill, 117 E Ridgecrest Blvd, Ridgecrest
  8:00 pm

Tuesday August 11

• Volleyball vs Pete Knight: 4:00 pm, 5:00 pm, 6:00 pm
  Burroughs High School Ridgecrest, CA 93555
  4:00 pm
• SJUSD School Board Meeting
  Snowline Joint Unified SLSS Board Room
  6:00 pm

Wednesday August 12

• Park Advisory Commission Meeting
  San Bernardino Regional Parks Regional Parks Admin Office Conference Room, 268 W. Hospitality Lane, 3rd FL, San Bernardino, 92408, United States
  2:30 pm
• Back-to-School Night Las Flores & Inyokern
  Sierra Sands Unified School District Ridgecrest, CA 93555
  6:00 pm

Thursday August 13

• Volleyball vs Tehachapi: 4:00 pm, 5:00 pm, 6:00 pm
  Burroughs High School Ridgecrest, CA 93555
  4:00 pm
• Back-to-School Night Gateway & Faller
  Sierra Sands Unified School District Ridgecrest, CA 93555
  6:00 pm

Saturday August 22

• Kadinsky Children community art class — China Lake Museum Foundation →
  China Lake Museum Foundation, 130 E Las Flores Ave, Ridgecrest
  11:00 am

Saturday September 26

• Annual Auction and Dinner →
  Kerr McGee Community Center, 100 W California Ave, Ridgecrest
  4:30 pm

Saturday November 14

• Combat Boots to Cowboy Boots Benefit Dinner & Auction →
  Desert Empire Fairgrounds, 520 S Richmond Rd, Ridgecrest
  5:00 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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🗞 Nearby News

Lone Pine

• Sierra Atmospheric Forecast August 6th (sierrawave.net)

Ridgecrest

• Extreme Heat Warning Puts Southern California Deserts Near 112 Degrees Through Wednesday Night (medicaldaily.com)
• Kern Women's Business Center workshop offers local businesses 'zero risk' hiring strategies (turnto23.com)
• 2017-2026 Honda Ridgeline Known Problems: Failing Fuel Pumps, Subframe Corrosion, Water Leaks (pickuptrucktalk.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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