To prove just how hot closed cars can be, the Nebraska Weather Service of Omaha literally cooked biscuits good enough to eat.
Leaving kids absent-mindedly is no joke, it can literally kill someone. And, to prove a point in a nasty heat wave rolling through the midwest, NWS Omaha stuck some raw biscuits in a hot car, left it out in the sun, and let the heat do its thing.
The results are quite shocking, check out the posts for yourself below.
Update: 45 minutes in. Biscuits are rising. pic.twitter.com/IFGxhV486T
— NWS Omaha (@NWSOmaha) July 18, 2019
Biscuit update: the pan has reached 175 degrees in 60 minuted and the tops of the biscuits are at 153.
This is a good time to remind everyone that your car does in fact get deadly hot. Look before you lock! On average 38 children die in hot cars each year. Don't be a statistic! pic.twitter.com/OBKK1q1F8T
— NWS Omaha (@NWSOmaha) July 18, 2019
Biscuits are starting to get a slightly golden tinge to them. pic.twitter.com/ptL24RHQfs
— NWS Omaha (@NWSOmaha) July 18, 2019
And after nearly 8 hours in the sun, the outside of the biscuit is actually edible. The middle is still pretty doughy though. The max temp on the pan was 185! Also we made festive biscuit hats ???? Stay cool out there. #HeatSafety #LookBeforeYouLock pic.twitter.com/ptWP2jksrU
— NWS Omaha (@NWSOmaha) July 18, 2019
Typically, biscuits need about half an hour in a 350-degree oven, but, as their posts above show, you can theoretically cook a set of biscuits good enough to eat in the span of an afternoon.
Within 45 minutes, the biscuits are already rising, and fifteen minutes later, the inside of their car already reached within the max temp they’d eventually get to.
To prove that the whole car gets just as hot, a rear thermometer in the backseat read, at one point, 120 degrees.
Finally, after eight hours, they threw in the towel and ended up with some edible biscuits. The middle was still pretty doughy and I’d definitely not recommend this method of cooking.
But still, a point was proven.
According to NWS Omaha, a sad average of 38 kids die in hot cars every year. That is 38 kids too many. I can only imagine the horror of coming back to your car, finding your kids have passed in the cruelest ways to die.
Last year I blogged about how Nissan aims to make kids dying in hot cars a statistic of the past.
Still, the majority of the cars on the road will never have this electronic nanny to watch out for our kids.
Parents must make it a habit to look in their back seats each and every time they get out of their car. They never know if one of their kids sneaked in to surprise them or even if a pet managed to get by.
Cars are hot, keep kids alive, check your back seats, always.
Do you have any tricks you use so you habitually check the back seats for kids? Let me know in the comments below.
