This is how hot it is PIP w/ UPDATE

[sapphire bou]

A couple of ladies where I work are having a dashboard bake-off. Yes, they have placed raw cookies on a cookie sheet on the dashboard of their cars to see whose cook the quickest.

It's currently reading 97 degrees outside, but I'm pretty sure it's hotter than that. The temperatures inside their cars in the sun is 160 and 180 degrees!

[mayflowers22]

Are they cooking?

[pilife]

Yes! People here did that when we were rockin' it at 108

[soozy87]

That is awesome!

[OrangePixyStix]

We just got rain, so no skating for me today but cooler weather! We'll be back to oven baking tomorrow, though.

[sapphire bou]

Looks like they're cooking to me! I'll find out the results at the end of the day and report back.

[conradtn]

And I bet their cars smell good when they go home

[mayflowers22]

I want to try that tomorrow

[lucky513]

whos going to eat them?

[blondemoment123]

Oh wow. We'll have a heat index of 114 this weekend.

[alabasterangel]

I think yesterday it was like 108 without the index.

I hate summer.

Hate.

[ILikeSloths]

Mmmm... cookies...

It was around 106 here today.

I love this heat! I'll take it any day over the cold weather.

[Deleted]

I want to do this because I bet their car smells great! Also, this is why you don't leave pets or children in your car

[MyName]

This reminds me of a girl scout project involving a shoe box lined with tin foil and covered with plastic wrap. Something tells me the car would be more efficient - especially if it had black leather seats!

[Deleted]

Thats funny. I wouldn't want my car to smell like fresh baked cookies though, it would make me too hungry.

[shorty20]

Mmmm...cookies.....

[honeydew1894]

I love this idea.

[sapphire bou]

Here's the text from the newspaper article about it.

The Texas heat was beating down on [my town] at high noon Thursday as [two women] put cookies in the oven to bake. However, the oven was the dash of their cars, which baked the cookies in just a few hours.

After reading news stories on the Web about others trying the same experiment, they told co-workers at [University] to take a look inside their cars while out on campus.

They both posted photos on Facebook during the test and friends and co-workers were immediately "cracking up" at the experiment.

They both learned, however, it was no laughing matter when temperatures quickly jumped to 190 degrees in [woman #1]'s car and 170 in [woman #2]'s.

"It was quite a bit hotter in the cars than I expected. If it's that hot in the cars, it's obviously a danger to kids or pets," [woman #1] said. "So many kids and pets die from overheating in cars every year. It's frightening."

After baking in direct sunlight for two hours and 45 minutes, [woman #1] had a taste.

"Unbelievable!" she said. "They're not mushy at all, they're completely done. The cookies didn't brown like they would in a conventional oven, but are firm."

Even [woman #2] liked them.

"They are great, taste just like oven-baked cookies at home," [woman #2] said. "This shows in a safe way just what heat can do to anything inside a car. There were definitely lessons learned today."

[OrangePixyStix]

That makes me SO glad my company has a parking garage so my car isn't a million degrees when I get into it.

[pilife]

:Y: to both the article and the garage.

[conradtn]

Jun 29, 2012 8:21:57 GMT -5 OrangePixyStix said:

That makes me SO glad my company has a parking garage so my car isn't a million degrees when I get into it.

One thing about us moving out of downtown...yeah my car is right outside the door now, but no more garage here.

[pilife]

Jun 29, 2012 8:30:13 GMT -5 conradtn said:

Jun 29, 2012 8:21:57 GMT -5 OrangePixyStix said:

That makes me SO glad my company has a parking garage so my car isn't a million degrees when I get into it.

One thing about us moving out of downtown...yeah my car is right outside the door now, but no more garage here.

Those reflective thingies that go in the window are surprisingly effective! D had one in his car (no A/C/) and it was definitely helpful.

[alabasterangel]

Some moron was all upset that someone stole his dogs yesterday while he was shopping.

No, asshole, the cops took them after people called and then got them out of your insanely hot vehicle.. before they died..

[darkling_glory]

Jun 29, 2012 9:27:23 GMT -5 alabasterangel said:

Some moron was all upset that someone stole his dogs yesterday while he was shopping.

No, asshole, the cops took them after people called and then got them out of your insanely hot vehicle.. before they died..

I feel like I am CONSTANTLY calling the police on assholes who leave their dogs in cars. I always call 911 and tell them the dog looks distressed (sometimes it doesn't) because I want them to pay for leaving their dog in the car. I'm totally a bitch about it.

[Trouble]

One of my dogs loves to go for rides and I take him with me sometimes and I might leave him in the care for 5 min max, but I never do it on a hot summers day like that.
Because we have such mild winters down here, it is not uncommon to see dogs waiting in cars for thier owners.

[darkling_glory]

I should clarify... I have left my dog in the car to run into Taco Bell or something. When it's a good temperature out and when the windows are open (he wears a seatbelt). But it seems like as soon as it gets hot, people start leaving their dogs in cars with the windows a tiny bit cracked in a hot parking lot. Nope. Not having it!

[Deleted]

I just don't take Foxxy with me anymore. It sucks, she hates it, I miss her being with me, but in the summer it's just not worth it.

[Trouble]

I will take mine with me if I am going to a drive through or something where I am not leaving the car, they like to get out of the house too.

[lizo11]

Jun 29, 2012 9:29:17 GMT -5 darkling_glory said:

Jun 29, 2012 9:27:23 GMT -5 alabasterangel said:

Some moron was all upset that someone stole his dogs yesterday while he was shopping.

No, asshole, the cops took them after people called and then got them out of your insanely hot vehicle.. before they died..

I feel like I am CONSTANTLY calling the police on assholes who leave their dogs in cars. I always call 911 and tell them the dog looks distressed (sometimes it doesn't) because I want them to pay for leaving their dog in the car. I'm totally a bitch about it.

I had a friend of a friend, who tragically lost his dog in a car last May. I will also always call the cops on a pet in a vehicle.

[alabasterangel]

We had a remote start put on our van that we only use if it is super hot and we need toget out for some reason.. It hasn't been needed yet this summer though, we usually try to plan ahead.