Larry,

I know the theory but I've never tried a controlled experiment.
Have you?    And you don't have to be in under Arizona's sun to get
the dashboard of car up to 140 degrees.

Sounds like a great excuse for loosing files - "the sun ate it".
This could be vital knowledge for a certain class of politician   . .
.

>>  At the right
> > tempuratures anything from the local magnetic field, physical
shock,
> > nutrinos, and who knows what else can cause the magnetic
alignments to
> > "spontaneously" re-align.   If memory serves we are talking about
> > tempuratures in the 190 to 240 degree f range.
>>  ...   audio tapes left in a car window on a hot day can
> > get hot enough - 140 degrees or so - such that dropping the tape
will
> > partially erase it (the highs go first I believe).

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> JUST BRING YOUR TAPES TO ARIZONA.  ANYTIME FROM JUNE TO MID
SEPTEMBER.
> ARIZ. CAN ERASE YOUR TAPES QUICKLY.  (ala, natur-al) !!
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