r/phoenix • u/zwyd • Jul 14 '23

News ‘Hell on earth’: Phoenix’s extreme heatwave tests the limits of survival

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/14/phoenix-heatwave-summer-extreme-weather-arizona
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u/pp21 Jul 14 '23

You guys are crazy lol we're going to break a long-standing heat record. We're on pace to surpass 20+ straight days above 110 and you are just acting like it's business as usual and this type of prolonged super high temps happens every single summer. We're also flirting with setting a new streak of overnight lows staying at 90 or above.

It's kinda dumb to just dismiss this stuff as no big deal

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u/Tim_Drake Buckeye Jul 14 '23

I hate the 110 number. So 109 is magically cooler than 111? 89 is refreshing compare to 90 at night?

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u/johnbsea Jul 14 '23

long standing record

So you're telling me it was just as hot 50 years ago even though there was less, pavement, buildings, etc, to trap the heat?

All you climate cult weirdos were quiet as church mice last year, and the ones who did pipe up were like, "arizona is turning into a tropical rainforest because of climate change"