by Benjamin Leatherman History lesson: The hottest temperature ever recorded in the Phoenix area was on June 26, 1990, when thermometers reached 122 degrees. Yes, it actually felt that hot, too. Take a trip back 30 years and listen to what the old-timers experienced. A sample: "I went to the ladies' room and the rubber around the leg band in my underwear completely melted. Completely melted. I had to pry it off my legs. I still have scars on my inner thighs to this day.” New Times by David Hudnall Arizona never runs out of stories about mobsters and rich Arizonans getting scammed in inves...