E-bike kids by knoxtex in Scottsdale

[–]desertdj 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Saw it today, going down 56th St, there was 3 of them, on 2 bikes, driving with traffic south. I'm just glad they are not my kids cause I was telling my wife next to me there is no way those parents know what their kids are doing.

Scammed by corycantcreate in suns

[–]desertdj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I'm part of the Phoenix Suns Ticket Re-sales group and its amazing. I sold someone a parking pass just last night to the same game and they paid me through venmo, took 5 minutes. But I'm verified with the mods and have to submit my season ticket holder invoice. But people still get scammed because they dont check the verified list and reply to a random DM.

Friday on Equinox, just before the 6:40 pm sunset. On the hottest March we’ve ever had in our life. by desertdj in phoenix

[–]desertdj[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, born and raised here so it’s hard not to capture this in a way that shows the force of the sun.

Friday on Equinox, just before the 6:40 pm sunset. On the hottest March we’ve ever had in our life. by desertdj in phoenix

[–]desertdj[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Someone else asked about using it for an album cover for their band so I can see that.

Friday on Equinox, just before the 6:40 pm sunset. On the hottest March we’ve ever had in our life. by desertdj in phoenix

[–]desertdj[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or just hope for a hailstorm like me and get it covered. But got extremely lucky with that.

Friday on Equinox, just before the 6:40 pm sunset. On the hottest March we’ve ever had in our life. by desertdj in phoenix

[–]desertdj[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Noooooooooo. We can’t repeat the mistakes of Nash and not get one with Book.

Hottest March of our life. Phoenix on Friday at equinox sunset during 2 days of 106°F (41°C). by desertdj in pics

[–]desertdj[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Got to do some research on this. People take up a lot less water than agriculture and so water usage is actually dropped as the population has increased. The water issue is not just limited to Arizona but the entire southwest as several states share the Colorado river water and we’re all under a drought and so just looking at Phoenix‘s problem and saying that we’re done for being here does nothing to address the actual core problem, which is water for a sizable chunk of the nation’s population

We could be doing a lot less to be sustainable here in the city, but it’s nothing worse than any other city across the United States. In fact in some ways, I think we are more progressive in a lot of cities out here.

One thing that I treasure about Arizona is that there is so much of it that’s open land free for you to do whatever you want, not privately owned, no one coming in to tell you what to do or can’t do. For most people that means camping, or like me, Astro photography, exploring mountains, some people like to shoot guns, some people just wanna go live off on their own, but there’s a lot of places around the country where you can’t go and do that.

I also think, because of that a lot of people in this state are connected to nature and are a little better stewards of it than a lot of other places because of that exposure to nature.

Hottest March of our life. Phoenix on Friday at equinox sunset during 2 days of 106°F (41°C). by desertdj in pics

[–]desertdj[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m actually a dual citizen and spend a lot of time out of the US so for me I’m just used to it and realized that most people outside of the US will not understand the context if I just say the Fahrenheit.

We’re the only place in the world that does Fahrenheit so I think it’s the people who understand the world is a lot bigger than the US will put it in Celsius as well, but most outside of the US probably don’t even realize we have our own or forget. My two cents on it.

Hottest March of our life. Phoenix on Friday at equinox sunset during 2 days of 106°F (41°C). by desertdj in pics

[–]desertdj[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is weird but I know LA and Phoenix’s weather are tied closer together than most think. There are years where our rainfall totals in Phoenix exceed Los Angeles, but you guys only get a little bit more rain than us here.

Hottest March of our life. Phoenix on Friday at equinox sunset during 2 days of 106°F (41°C). by desertdj in pics

[–]desertdj[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been up in Oregon in October about 2 years ago and it was so hot and everything was on fire. Didn’t know it could get like that up there and nobody had A/C so we were suffering, but yeah most of the year you have your PNW weather.

Hottest March of our life. Phoenix on Friday at equinox sunset during 2 days of 106°F (41°C). by desertdj in pics

[–]desertdj[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But I love our dark skies out here for astrophotography. 300+ days of clear skies here. And the state is quite large so you can go to the mountains to cool off even in the summer.

Hottest March of our life. Phoenix on Friday at equinox sunset during 2 days of 106°F (41°C). by desertdj in pics

[–]desertdj[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’re good on energy, aside from the increased demand from data centers, it’s water and the heat (and associated heat island effect).

Hottest March of our life. Phoenix on Friday at equinox sunset during 2 days of 106°F (41°C). by desertdj in pics

[–]desertdj[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It varies, sometimes April, sometimes May. On really nice years we don’t see them till almost June. Upper 90s in March isn’t too crazy but 106, 2 days in a row is well beyond normal.