bossito‘Hell on earth’: Phoenix’s extreme heatwave tests the limits of survival
md5cryptoPhoenix never should have been the cite of a major city. Whoever is there right now has to be thinking - how the hell do I get out of this hellfire?
rockerFor those of us that have been here for many years (half my life and I'm in my 40's), its not bad. Yeah, its very hot and very dangerous, but we know how to live in it and take care of ourselves for the most part. By mid-morning, all the humidity is burned off and I actually think it feels kind of nice.
I’ve been to Phoenix in July and August before. The heat is so dry that drinking a cold water actually does wonders. You can spend all day outside if you manage it well.
It’s not like it’s 85 with a humidex of 105 where drinking water just makes you feel like you’re drowning, and the sweat on your body has nowhere to go. You have no recourse but to find air conditioning.
Understandable. Heat + humidity is the real problem. Relevant wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bulb_temperature
TLDR:
Hot + low humidity -> sweat easily evaporates, your body is able to regulate your temperature.
Hot + high humidity -> sweat doesn't evaporate, your body slowly fails to regulate your temperature, and you get hotter and hotter till you pass out or die.
30C/86F at 99% humidity is the equivalent of 50C/120F at 20% humidity. You're no longer able to sweat fast enough to cool down if it gets hotter/more humid.
What's the future plans for water management?
Saudi’s have been gobbling up water down there too. apnews.com/…/water-foreign-farms-arizona-drought-…
So…I hope they do something. But…Capitallissssmmm
In Arizona, fresh scrutiny of Saudi-owned farm's water use
In Arizona, worsening drought has brought renewed attention to a farm owned by a Saudi Arabian company and whether the state should be doing more to protect its groundwater resources. Fondomonte Arizona, a subsidiary of Almarai Co., has for nearly a decade grown alfalfa in the American Southwest that is sent to the Gulf kingdom to feed cows there. The state last week rescinded a pair of drilling permits that would have allowed Fondomonte to pump up to 3,000 gallons of water per minute to irrigate its forage crops. That came amid a broader examination of the company's operations by Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes. Fondomonte has said in the past its operations are legal and it has spent millions to improve infrastructure.
Thankfully the new governor Katie Hobbs is doing a lot to curb this nonsense.
Saudis funded the death of Americans and now they’re buying the PGA, soon the nba, your water. Never forget 9/11 tho
JarmerIgnore that the question exists, then when it becomes an emergency, declare “oh no, we had no idea, we need billions of tax assistance” … ???
So like fl and ca property insurance...
Man do I love bailing rich people and their bad RE InVestMenTs
kescusayBut it’s been like that for two solid weeks. A lot of people simply can’t handle long stretches of heat that simply don’t stop.