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Wednesday, August 15th, 2018

‘It can’t get much hotter … can it?’ How heat became a national US problem

Author:     Oliver Milman
Source:     The Guardian (U.K.)
Publication Date:     Tue 14 Aug 2018 06.59 EDT
 Link: ‘It can’t get much hotter … can it?’ How heat became a national US problem
Stephan:   Remember my prediction about the migration that is going to come out of the Southwest because of a lack of water and an unhealthily hot daily environment. Here is new evidence describing this trend.

A fire hydrant sprays a child in Philadelphia, which along with Baltimore has the highest rate of deaths due to hot weather in the US.
Credit: The Washington Post

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – Heat now kills more Americans than floods, hurricanes or other natural disasters – but cities are facing it almost entirely alone. (emphasis added)

On yet another day of roasting heat in Phoenix, elderly and homeless people scurry between shards of shade in search of respite at the Marcos De Niza Senior Center. Along with several dozen other institutions in the city, it has been set up as a cooling centre: a free public refuge, with air conditioning, chilled bottled water, boardgames and books. Last summer a record 155 people died in Phoenix from excess heat, and the city is straining to avoid a repeat.

James Sanders, an 83-year-old who goes by King, has lived in the city for 60 years and considers himself acclimatised to the baking south Arizona sun. “It does seem hotter than it used to […]

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