"David Bash" wrote in message
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Hi Everyone,

In October I left my apartment in Los Angeles for 10 days to do
business outside the country, and for some silly reason closed the
door to my CD room, which is about 10 x 12 and houses about 6,000 CDs.
The CDs are all stored in their jewel cases, most of them upright. The
one window in the room is covered by a dark towel, to ensure that very
little light shines through. While I was gone there were about 5 days
where the outside temperature reached or exceeded 100 degrees
farenheight.

There are places in this world where the weather exceeds 100 degrees for
extended periods of time. India, Pacific rim, parts of Africa and South
America. CDs seem to do reasonably well in these places.

CD's kept in cars mostly suffer from scratching, not heat. 140 degrees in a
car is not unusual. I understand that in Arizona, car temperatures up to 180
degrees have been measured.