ST. PAUL -- The hot sun beating down takes its toll on all of us.
And it's not easy on our roads either. A large sinkhole in St. Paul is proof.
And we've seen our share of road buckles and blow ups.
It's given driver's headaches and road crews too. So why all the problems?
"With the ground moisture it takes up some of that expansion, there's fine materials and sands that get washed into the cracks and it takes up some of that expansion area and when the pavement can't take it anymore it just buckles and blows up," said MnDot's Bill Olson.
And we also got an impromptu lesson on how much water is in our atmosphere when it's so humid.
"It's just covered in water because it's 65 degrees in the studio but outside here the temperature is about 86 degrees dew point 81 so literally that means the temperature when dew forms and that's what we got right here. whether it's on the grass or the window because the glass about 65 degrees probably a little bit warmer but it's literally cooling the air to its dew point 81 degrees which doesn't happen very often in the summer, " said Sven Sundgaard, last Sunday on KARE 11 News at 10:00 p.m.
And if that isn't enough for you, we proved you can use the extreme heat of summer to bake some cookies on your dashboard. But in order to avoid Salmonella, make sure the temperature inside your car reaches at least 185 degrees. And don't be inside while that happens.
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