AI6YR BenWired: A Grid Collapse Would Make a Heat Wave Far Deadlier
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https://www.wired.com/story/a-grid-collapse-would-make-a-heat-wave-far-deadlier/
"...Consider this nightmare scenario. For four days now, temperatures have soared past 110 degrees. Those able to stay home are cranking their air-conditioning while officials scramble to move the unhoused into cooling centers. Even at night, the sweltering is relentless, thanks to the urban heat island effect: The concrete and brick of this metropolis absorbs the sun’s energy during the day and releases it throughout the evening.
There is no relief, and then suddenly there’s disaster: The grid fails, snatching away the AC that’s staving off mass heat illness. If this scenario were to unfold across Phoenix, according to a recent paper, half of the city’s 1.6 million people would need medical attention. More than 13,000 would die...."
Michael BuschI am not convinced that Phoenix is in the habitable zone.
cobalt@michael_w_busch @ai6yr I agree, and I live here. Been here 20 years, and I can easily tell
every. single. year. has. had. a. worse. summer.
I had read that old article when it came out and I'd also read about similar scenarios when the electrical grid that covers several state goes out. The national grid for electricity is insanely precarious. Any state where the heat gets so unbearable is at risk. And then too, um, WATER is another problem...
I once visited Phoenix in the summer.
With apologies to my colleagues at ASU, I do not want to repeat that.
@michael_w_busch @cobalt123 I once rented a car WITH BLACK SEATS in the height of summer in Phoenix. Nearly got a 3rd degree burn on the back of my legs. Ended up throwing random objects from my bag on the leather, which must have been the right temperature to sear a steak.
nshrubs@ai6yr @michael_w_busch @cobalt123 I grew up in Phoenix & have a burn scar on my side from the metal part of a seat belt that burned me the summer I was 12 years old. I have a HS friend who passed out from the heat & had burns on her leg & arm & face from the concrete she was unconscious on. No desire to ever live there again.
@ai6yr @michael_w_busch @cobalt123 It actually happens quite a bit, especially to seniors.
People In Phoenix Are Getting Third-Degree Burns From Pavement As Heat Wave Fries City
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/phoenix-arizona-pavement-burns-heat-wave_n_64bbf7aae4b093f07cb4f0ba
TransitBiker@Nshrubs @ai6yr @michael_w_busch @cobalt123 not sure why anyone lives in a desert. It’s literally always trying to kill you. 
Whalejuicesmoothie@Nshrubs @ai6yr @michael_w_busch @cobalt123 Ppl seriously need to wear some sandles or something, sheez.
Kevin Russell@Nshrubs @ai6yr @michael_w_busch @cobalt123
Its following you, there is no safe place. You cannot hide or run away from global warning and killing heat.
In a polar nation, in a temperate rainforest, over a weekend 600 people as young as a teen died of the heat of the day on their floors and beds.
Four years ago.
There is no running or hiding.
Just BUILD THE NEW ENERGY
https://globalnews.ca/news/8949655/bc-heat-domes-ecology-effects/
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And heat kills the young faster.
https://geographical.co.uk/news/high-temperatures-preferentially-killing-the-young-not-old-research-finds
