[HN Gopher] 'Hell on Earth': Phoenix's extreme heatwave tests th...
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       'Hell on Earth': Phoenix's extreme heatwave tests the limits of
       survival
        
       Author : webmaven
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2023-07-14 19:44 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | ilaksh wrote:
       | One would think a delivery truck would have AC?
       | 
       | Also, sure, climate change, but Phoenix has always been in a
       | desert, hasn't it? And every single year they have many people
       | die because they are unhoused. Because it's a desert.
       | 
       | So why didn't they even ask that manager how many apartments or
       | shelters were actually necessary?
        
         | hedora wrote:
         | I've noticed my EV's AC can't really keep up with >100F weather
         | unless the car is moving, which pushes air past the radiator.
         | 
         | I know, because sometimes I sit and work with it "running" and
         | the AC on. Doing that overheated the compressor on our 2008 ICE
         | car, so I don't think the problem is specific to EVs.
         | 
         | Anyway, I wonder how hard it is to cool a delivery van that
         | doesn't move much and whose door is opened every few minutes.
        
         | abeppu wrote:
         | > One would think a delivery truck would have AC?
         | 
         | UPS only last month reached an agreement to start putting AC in
         | trucks, to begin rolling out next year. Amazon drivers are not
         | unionized, so it might take OSHA or something before all such
         | vehicles get AC?
        
       | euroderf wrote:
       | There's a picture of a "heat response team" and their shirts are
       | dark red. Hasn't anyone heard of wearing white to reflect the sun
       | ?
        
       | danjc wrote:
       | If I were Michael Shaw, I too would be proud of my pronounced
       | pectorals.
        
       | red-iron-pine wrote:
       | This has been known for some time. Phoenix is a testiment to
       | Man's hubris but somehow it keeps growing
        
         | alexjplant wrote:
         | "It is a monument to Man's arrogance!" [1] I visited a few
         | months ago and, while it was nice, I didn't see the value
         | proposition of living there considering that the one-bedroom
         | apartments I saw advertised rented for as much as mine does in
         | San Diego...
         | 
         | [1] https://youtube.com/watch?v=4PYt0SDnrBE
        
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