(8 Jul 2024)
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Death Valley National Park – 07 July 2024
1. Park entrance
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Matthew Lamar, Park Ranger:
“Yes, we’re here at Furnace Creek. There is an official weather station that’s managed by the National Weather Service, out of Las Vegas. You know, that is the official thermometer. So when we talk about official heat records, that’s what we’re looking at. But outside the visitor center, we also have a digital thermometer, that has a nice display so visitors can come and get their picture next to it, and they can document their experience. The one outside is really just to highlight the extremes here in Death Valley, and have that visual representation so people can really acknowledge and, and share their experience in the park.”
3. People pose with thermometer
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Matthew Lamar, Park Ranger:
“Yeah. So the official weather station. It is shielded from radiant heat, so it’s not really in direct sunlight. It has to be at least six feet off the ground and away from any buildings. And so that will give you the most accurate representation of what the ambient air temperature is. The thermometer outside, it’s in direct sunlight. It’s pretty close to the building, so it’s getting more radiant heat. So it does tend to be about 1 to 5 degrees warmer, particularly during the summer, during these hottest days. It will run a little bit hotter than the official weather station.”
5. Thermometer showing 133° Fahrenheit outside the Furnace Creek Visitor Center (not the official temp)
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Matthew Lamar, Park Ranger:
“Yeah. You know, Death Valley, it is a dry heat but that dry heat is pretty intense. So when you step out of your vehicle, it’s like stepping your entire body out into an oven. It’s just baking. And particularly when you’re at these higher temperatures on 125, 100 and potentially 30, there’s no mistaking how hot it is. You start to feel it, on your skin, in your eyes, they start to dry, start to almost hurt a little bit over time. So it is quite the experience. And so, that is why we really recommend that visitors minimize their exposure if they’re coming to Death Valley in the summer.”
7. People walking by sign that reads (English): Heat Kills
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrea Karunanayake, visitor from Riverside California:
“Honestly, it’s definitely shocking. I don’t know how anything can survive out here. You can definitely feel the heat on your skin. And I can see how it’s probably the hottest, highest heat record out here. But it’s definitely interesting to see.”
9. Danger sign with road in background
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrea Karunanayake, visitor from Riverside California:
“Do you know how many people warned me about coming here this weekend? But to say that it’s a record high. That’s cool. That’s one for the books."
11. Person walking on salt flat
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Melissa Bolding and Bryan Bolding, visiting from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma:
Melissa: “Its worse than an oven I don’t know”
Brian: “Its like an oven like opening and oven at 350 in face”
13. People waiting to take photos
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Alina Rogers, visitor from Pennsylvania:
“It’s like an overwhelming moment. You feel like you are lost in time and you just go back in that in time, you detach from the present reality and.”
15. People taking photos
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Alina Rogers, visitor from Pennsylvania:
“How fortunate we are that we have the luxury of air conditioning and cars and but it’s fascinating the whole landscape, it’s speechless yes.”
17. Salt flat
“Hot. It’s hot.”
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