Texans have become particularly creative in this heat wave, proofing bread in a mailbox, baking chocolate chip cookies in the car and popping popcorn on...
“Even though ours weren’t golden brown cooked, this heat is still INCREDIBLY dangerous to anyone left in a hot car,” the agency wrote. “LOOK before you LOCK!”
Last month, the Maricopa County Department of Emergency Management in Arizona went a step further andAdvertisementOn Wednesday, Roy Ponder, a weather enthusiast in McKinney, shared a photo onof his comedic attempt to pop a bag of popcorn on pavement. Curious if it would work, several people posted their own photos of pavement popcorn.
But even Texas heat is no match for popcorn, which requires a temperature of roughly 350 degrees to pop. “Times like these, when it’s 107 degrees day after day, I was just going for a little fun to lighten the mood,” Ponder said.For budding scientists, Ponder suggested fashioning together a solar oven, which can be as simple as a pizza or shoebox wrapped in foil.
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