The Reverend Horton Heat

The Reverend Horton Heat

The Reverend Horton Heat is the stage name of American musician Jim Heath (born November 2, 1959) as well as the name of his Dallas, Texas-based psychobilly trio. Heath is a singer, songwriter and guitarist. A Prick magazine reviewer called Heath the "godfather of modern rockabilly and psychobilly". The group formed in 1986, playing its first gigs in Dallas's Deep Ellum neighborhood. Its current members are Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath on guitar and lead vocals and Jimbo Wallace on the upright bass. The band signed to Victory Records on November 27, 2012, and released its 12th studio album, Whole New Life, on December 4, 2018. The band describes itself as rock and roll that's influenced by 50s rockabilly, punk, country, surf and jazz standards. The band mixes country, surf, punk, big band, swing and rockabilly into loud, energetic songs with often-humorous lyrics. Video games, cartoons and commercials have used the band's songs, giving The Reverend Horton Heat mainstream exposure.

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Process heat

Process heat refers to the application of heat during industrial processes. Some form of process heat is used during the manufacture of many common products, from concrete to glass to steel to paper. The required temperature of the process varies widely, with about half the industrial process heat having critical temperatures above 400 C (752 F). These higher-temperature processes can generally only be supplied by dedicated supplies like natural gas or coal, although pre-heating from other sources is also common in order to reduce fuel use. Those processes operating below the average can draw on a much wider variety of sources, including waste heat from other processes in the same industrial process. Process heat accounts for approximately 30% of all the fuel use in the manufacturing sector, and is the target of significant efforts to introduce new forms of carbon neutral process heat supplies. Biomass is already in widespread use in industry, while geothermal, concentrated solar power and nuclear power remain experimental and are not currently economically competitive.

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2009 Southeastern Australia heat wave

The 2009 southeastern Australia heat wave was a heat wave that commenced in late January and led to record-breaking prolonged high temperatures in the region. During the heat wave, 50 separate locations across Australia set various records for consecutive, highest daytime and overnight temperatures. The exceptional heat wave was caused by a slow moving high-pressure system that settled over the Tasman Sea, with a combination of an intense tropical low located off the North West Australian coast and a monsoon trough over Northern Australia, which produced ideal conditions for hot tropical air to be directed down over Southeastern Australia. The heat began in South Australia on 25 January but became more widespread over southeast Australia by 27 January. A weak cool change moved over the southern coastal areas bringing some relief on 30 January; in Melbourne the change arrived on the evening and dropped temperatures to an average of 30.8 C (87.4 F). Higher temperatures returned on the following weekend with Melbourne recording its hottest day since records began in 1855: 46.4 C (115.5 F), also the hottest temperature ever recorded in an Australian capital city. During the heat wave, several records were broken; Tasmania recorded its highest ever temperature; 42.2 C (108 F) in Scamander, and the long-standing Tasmanian record of 40.8 C (105.4 F) (recorded in Hobart on 4 January 1976) was broken five times within two days at Flinders Island, Fingal (twice), St Helens and Scamander. Launceston recorded its highest recorded temperature of 38.2 C (100.8 F) on 31 January. The heat wave generated extreme fire conditions during the peak of the 2008-09 Australian bushfire season, causing many bushfires in the affected region, contributing to the extreme bushfire conditions on 7 February, also known as the February 2009 Victorian bushfires, which claimed 173 lives in Victoria. Launceston in January 2009 28th - 33.8 C (92.8 F) 29th - 36.9 C (98.4 F) 30th - 39.0 C (102.2 F) - Hottest day recorded in Launceston since records began in 1880. 31st - 38.2 C (100.8 F)

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2013 Great Britain and Ireland heat wave

The 2013 heat wave in the United Kingdom and Ireland was a period of unusually hot weather primarily in July 2013, with isolated warm days in June and August. A prolonged high pressure system over Britain and Ireland caused higher than average temperatures for 19 consecutive days in July, reaching 33.5 C (92.3 F) at Heathrow and Northolt. Following a brief period of cooler weather at the end of July, temperatures temporarily rose again, peaking at 34. 1 C (93. 4 F) on 1 August in the United Kingdom, the warmest the country had seen since July 2006, and 31 C (88 F) in Ireland. At 19 days, the July heatwave was the longest continuous period of hot weather in the UK since August 1997.