Temperatures in Middle East soar to 165F/72C

[whatmeworry]

This is really insane, I can't come close to imagining what heat like this feels like

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...F-in-Iran.html

[Ryan]

Crazy. I didn't even know that was possible.

[whatmeworry]

Crazy. I didn't even know that was possible.

Yeh, that was my reaction

[pepperami]

This is crazy..water will scald at 70 degrees!

[ljb187]

You guys probably know this, but that measurement is for heat index - not the actual temperature. Still, 50 degrees Celsius / 120 degrees Fahrenheit is plenty hot enough*. Thanks to the California desert I've been in temperatures around 40 degrees Celsius / 110 degrees Fahrenheit...kinda feels like you've got a blow drier in your face all the time.

*A shout-out to Sepp Blatter and FIFA's executive committee for figuratively (and nearly literally) taking the game to hell in 2022. I bet those workers didn't get any days off.

[synequano]

I was in Dubai in August 2013 in 42-45 degrees celsius and I felt like there's a dragon breathing fire onto my back...72 is brutal!!! I guess I will just stay at home with AC on the whole day...

[MarkO]

Great bit of journalism from The Telegraph. I guess they don't know what heat index is either.
Google time for me.

My phone weather widgit calls that "real feel" for simpleton like me

[Seriously]

Great bit of journalism from The Telegraph. I guess they don't know what heat index is either.

They know full well, they're just bending reality to get the wow factor for the headline.

[Chase]

40-42 is the hottest I've been in (Costa Rica) that extra 25% would be crazy. I really like the heat but that's just too much. Mid- to high-thirties with low humidity is perfect for me.

Around here they usually just call the heat index "feels like"

[Chase]

They know full well, they're just bending reality to get the wow factor for the headline.

That's one of the things I can't stand about the "news". Sensationalism journalism was the decline of the genre.