. . . get off of the planet.
Around 55 record highs were shattered on Friday. Phoenix, Ariz. had its hottest day in almost 11 years (118). Hillsboro, Ore. set an all-time record high of 108. San Jose, Calif. may have recorded its hottest morning low on record (74). Even more amazing is that Needles, Calif. had a morning low of 100 degrees, which was an all-time hot low temperature.
Records were set or tied Saturday at all five of the National Weather Service's recording locations in California Central Valley: 109 degrees in Sacramento, 111 in Redding, and 112 in Red Bluff, Stockton and Modesto.
Emergency workers scrambled to help heat exposure victims in downtown Los Angeles, where 99-degree temperatures broke the 96-degree record set in 1960. Temperatures in the city's Woodland Hills section hit a record 119 degrees, topping the 116-degree high set in 1985.
Records were also set throughout the San Francisco Bay area, including Livermore at 115 degrees, San Rafael at 108 degrees and San Jose at 102 degrees, according to the weather service. San Francisco's 87 degrees topped an 81-degree record set in 1917. (Note: San Francisco is suppoed to be FOGGY alla time.)
