Al Gore behind ferocious heatwave?!

On Thursday, the Californian town of Baker sweltered under temperatures of 125°

Arriving tourists to Las Vegas were greeted by furnace-like temperatures of 117°

Phoenix is roasting nuts in 115° heat.

And as the National Weather Service warned that temperatures in San Diego would reach up to 117° informed sources have told us that Al Gore allegedly employed a guerrilla marketing firm to "make it hot" just in time for his Live Earth concert on Saturday; a 24-hour, 7-continent succession of performances to draw attention to the threat global warming poses to the planet.

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