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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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[–] [email protected] 144 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Peggy may get a lot wrong but she was never more right than she is here.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Phoenix is a testament to man’s hubris.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

man's hubris

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_thermoregulation

In general, humans appear physiologically well adapted to hot dry conditions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspiration

Although sweating is found in a wide variety of mammals,[6][7] relatively few (apart from humans, horses, some primates and some bovidae) produce sweat in order to cool down.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence_hunting

Persistence hunting, also known as endurance hunting or long-distance hunting, is a variant of pursuit predation in which a predator will bring down a prey item via indirect means, such as exhaustion, heat illness or injury.[1][2] Hunters of this type will typically display adaptions for distance running, such as longer legs,[3] temperature regulation,[4] and specialized cardiovascular systems.[5]

Humans are some of the best long distance runners in the animal kingdom;[6] some hunter gatherer tribes practice this form of hunting into the modern era.

https://darthvalley.com/

The Darth Valley Challenge

A one-mile sprint…

At the hottest time of the day…

On the hottest day of the year…

In the hottest place on Earth…

Dressed as Darth Vader.

That's being done by humans for amusement. It'd kill most animals. Not saying that it's comfortable, but we can deal pretty well with an awful lot of heat if we have to.

If you want to talk the talk, you gotta walk the walk. But if you can do the walk, hey...might as well strut it.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

TIL about the Darth Valley Challenge. Thanks for that!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If you're interested...that's a sprint. Also in Death Valley, there's the Badwater Ultramarathon:

The Badwater Ultramarathon is a 135-mile (217 km) ultramarathon race starting at −282 feet (−86 m)[1] below sea level in the Badwater Basin, in California's Death Valley, and ending at an elevation of 8,360 feet (2,550 m) at Whitney Portal, the trailhead to Mount Whitney. It takes place annually in mid-July when the weather conditions are most extreme and temperatures can reach 130 °F (54 °C).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

You sure need the proper footwear.

^ censored for a reason 🤢 link:

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-07-24/death-valley-shoes-lost-skin-burns

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

−282 feet (−86 m)[1] below sea level

So 282 feet above sea level?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Obligatory, but it’s a dry heat!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Whenever someone says that, my reply is "So is a fire. Go jump in one and let me know how it feels." 🤣

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

LMAO OK. You got me with that one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Arizona is pretty racist. Is that not a known fact? I thought it was established.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

it is well established; but there are plenty who willfully ignore that fact and you just ran into one of them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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! 😊

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

That fire feels like Washington DC

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Land doesn't vote. Are you just being obtuse?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’m not accusing land of being racist

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Right. Yes, the land. It's the land, clearly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Arizona is hot. We are talking about heat, not racism.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I usually go with "so is your oven" but the sentiment atays the same

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

That's a good version of it too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

"This is fine".

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

100°F = ~37.8°C

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

People are still moving there. They got the jobs and that's all that matters.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Drive thru liquor stores to

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Just like Tasmanian 👍

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Why does anyone live there? Is it cheap?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

It's like living in Minnesota, except the months of the year where you don't go outside are swapped. Winter is very nice, in summer you don't go outside. In the colder places, it's the opposite.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Nope, just hot and dry.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

103 there right now.