Where is the lowest elevation point in North America?
Correct answer: Death Valley, California
Old Fool
Good thing they didn't make Washington D.C. one of the choices, it could have confused me into thinking they were referring to the lowest moral elevation.
Heartland Old Guy
Census shows Death Valley had a population of 432 as of 2017. As for the why: who knows why, but not all of Death Valley is 282 feet below sea level. It is surrounded by mountains parts of which are included in the valley statistics.
Player #266028
Ronald Reagan hosted a show called death valley days in the 50s
Player #2025540
the highest elevation in the continental U.S is mnt Whitney only a short distance away from Death Valley!
Player #8988878Xet
lovely place...try it in july...working for Uncle Sam...Desert Warfare stuff...
Johnny
Wannabe Vulcan, They're not. If it were 55°C you would be dead. As an Australian I know all about high temperatures and high Blood Alcohol Concentrations.
Wannabe Vulcan
Arohanui, I think it's about 55° C., if my drunken calculations are anywhere close to accurate.
Toni
Player #2025540, no the highest is Mt Rainier in the lower 48 and Mt McKinley in Alaska
Julia
Arohanui, indeed hot. I live in the desert and I have been in Death Valley when it wad 124 degrees.
Gareth
Arohanui, well if you think 100°c is 212°f
MadDungeonMaster3088
just to clarify - 282 feet is about 85 meters
BreeGraeNaomi
Arohanui, I keep my house at 73F
freegal1776
Intensegrandprix2930, I would guess not many, and that they would be of the fugitive variety.
Montana Lady
303RPB, I completely agree that instead of complaining, he should have just done the math. However, algebra requires an abstraction (variable) even when it c is arithmetic.
tree
IntenseCentaur29306, its TOTALLY gorgeous there.