In Arizona, you don't have to pretend the ground is lava

VICTIMS OF THE ELEMENTS

134 degrees Fahrenheit. That was the temperature in Death Valley in 1913, the hottest ever recorded on Earth, although some weather historians have challenged that number. They argue that the true hottest temperature recorded, also in Death Valley, was 130 degrees Fahrenheit in July 2021. That has become the “reliably” measured hottest temp to beat. And…