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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow. Some of these responses seem unhinged.  I lived in Phoenix for many years and I never had potholders to open my car doors.  And, no, it's not true that people "never ventured outside." In fact, some of my best memories are stepping into an outdoor swimming pool after sunset and never once feeling cold, which pretty much doesn't happen anywhere else.  Go out in the morning, and evening. Find fun, indoor stuff to do in the mid-day. You can go out to eat and sit outside with the misters in early summer (not in monsoon season) and feel comfortable.  I love Phoenix in the summer! [/quote]

I am the potholders in AZ PP and returned to say, Yes it is that hot: https://nypost.com/2023/07/26/arizonians-are-being-hospitalized-for-severe-burns-from-asphalt/

Probably as an arizonan you know what to do in the heat, but tourist from balmy mid atlantic, lured by tourism boards’ claims of “but it’s a dry heat”, do not.[/quote]

The media would NEVER exaggerate or sensationalize a story to get readers.  Is it freaking hot?  Yes.  Are some people getting burned? yes.  Are most of them homeless who fell asleep on the ground?  Also yes.  There is a HUGE population of homeless people and unfortunately most of the heat related injuries are to that population.  You have to lay on the ground for an extended period to get a burn.  The average person walking (even barefoot) is not getting a 2nd degree burns.  You don't instantly get a burn if you touch the ground despite what they would like you to believe.

I live in Phoenix.  Just measured the asphalt in front of my house and it's 140.  Hot but bearable to hold my hand on it for 10 seconds.  While it may be 180 in some areas that's an extreme and most likely in an industrial area with no trees or grass (unfortunately where most of the homeless are).

Would I visit now?  Absolutely not. But we're not spontaneously combusting left and right despite what's being reported.

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