Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agoAustralia sees hottest winter temperature on record, a brutal 107 degreeswww.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1181arrow-down111
arrow-up1170arrow-down1external-linkAustralia sees hottest winter temperature on record, a brutal 107 degreeswww.washingtonpost.comDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareWHYAREWEALLCAPS@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·23 days agoExcept they don’t “melt” when properly sealed, as the article mentions. I mean, 107 is like a cool day in Phoenix or Tuscon during the summer.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·23 days agoI’m guessing that they were not properly sealed because they did not expect those temperatures when they were built.
minus-squareproblematicPanther@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·23 days agoIt’s Australia though. It does get pretty toasty in summer. It’s just not expected to get that toasty in winter.
Except they don’t “melt” when properly sealed, as the article mentions. I mean, 107 is like a cool day in Phoenix or Tuscon during the summer.
I’m guessing that they were not properly sealed because they did not expect those temperatures when they were built.
It’s Australia though. It does get pretty toasty in summer. It’s just not expected to get that toasty in winter.