Phoenix, Arizona, saw its 100th straight day of 100F (37.7C) heat this week.
The hottest large city in the United States broke its previous record of 76 consecutive 100F days set in 1993. The relentless streak, which started on 27 May and hit its 100th day on Tuesday, is forecast to persist into next week. An excessive heat warning is in effect through Friday, with temperatures expected to reach 110F (43C) tomorrow.
This summer was the hottest one in Phoenix since 1896, when records first began. Latest county data shows that at least 177 people died from heat-related causes so far this year, with 436 under investigation. Last year, Maricopa county saw 645 confirmed heat-related fatalities, enduring 55 days in a row with above 110F temperatures.
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It’s brual. If you don’t have AC in your house/mode of transportation, you can literally die of heat stroke in a few hours.
A fire fighter trainee literally died in Tucson recently from heat stroke. It’s bad y’all. Stay away if you can.
Winter is decent though since it’s like 50 - 70 lol
Obligatory, but it’s a dry heat!
20% at 111°F is a degree or so close to imminent heat stroke (followed by death).
So yes hydrometry counts (90% at 90°F is bad too) but it won’t always save you.
I’m a proponents of using a scale including hyrgrometry and not just only using temperature, especially when hot it’s such a bullshit measure (temp only).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bulb_temperature
WBT 35°C or a WBGT of around 31°C represents the threshold where conditions become life-threatening.
Yeah in Florida heat stroke/exhaustion is more likely because your sweating is less effective (less capacity to evaporate off the skin.
In Arizona dehydration complications (and then heat exhaustion/stroke) are more common because your sweat is so effective and evaporates so quickly that you almost don’t even realize. You can lose liters of water in a matter of a few hours. Then suddenly, the sweat stops and you die.
(another thing that gets missed is direct infrared intensity when in direct sunlight, which Arizona takes the cake).
Whenever someone says that, my reply is “So is a fire. Go jump in one and let me know how it feels.” 🤣
Feels like Arizona!
LMAO OK. You got me with that one.
Slightly less racist tho
… huh?
Arizona is pretty racist. Is that not a known fact? I thought it was established.
Arizona is a state. While some of its residents have been known to struggle with skin color, and other simple concepts, the state itself is simply a geographic location.
Using the name of a place to refer to its residents is super common and widely-understood. It’s a form of metonym.
Another example of metonymy would be “White House cracks down on crime”, obviously the White House is a building and cannot enforce laws. “White House” in this situation is a metonym for the President and/or their administration.
Hope this helps clear up your confusion! 😊
Land doesn’t vote. Are you just being obtuse?
it is well established; but there are plenty who willfully ignore that fact and you just ran into one of them.
I usually go with “so is your oven” but the sentiment atays the same
That’s a good version of it too.