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In Phoenix, Heat Becomes a Brutal Test of Endurance (www.nytimes.com)
submitted 1 year ago by rusfairfax@lemmy.world to c/climate
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I lived in the Phoenix area 15 years ago. After going through my first AZ summer, I concluded that humans were not meant to live there. I moved. I still cannot believe that it is one of the fastest growing regions in North America.

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[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 7 points 1 year ago

The heat should be treated like winter in the Arctic, something you need to plan around in order to survive.

[–] AugustMetronome 5 points 1 year ago

As someone considering moving and new cities, nowhere on the sun belt is on my list for this exact reason.

[–] hazeebabee 2 points 1 year ago

I have family out in pheonix. We always joke that they would go out first wave in an apocalypse.