Current Events > Phoenix Arizona is hot.

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Nota214 posted...

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/24/health/arizona-heat-burns-er/index.html

It's so hot in Arizona that people are suffering burn wounds when they fall to the ground. We're in the real life version of the Floor is Lava over here.

a very dry heat

Euripides posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/4/5/AAfcteAAEsYJ.jpg

LOL, wut?

Meanwhile, here where I'm at...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/1/6/AAfQqfAAEsZQ.jpg

burns112233 posted...

How hot is it? (awaits joke)

Now i aint saying its hot, but I just saw two hobbits throw a ring into my backyard!

*crickets*

Huh, no respect *pulls tie*

My rich side of the family lives there, i went over there in June and its toasty...

Got a lot of decent food joints over like Happy's, Caprottis, Teriyaki Madness,etc...

I liked Avondale when I was there over a decade ago. Was surprised at how green it was. The desert storms were weird, but everything else seemed fine.

I'll take Phoenix heat over Louisiana heat any day. It was hot AF out here in LA a few weeks ago and it was miserable.

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Its 102 here in the Inland Empire in SoCal, but thankfully it drops into the 70s at night.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/3/1/AAeB0AAAEsZf.jpg

Temp in my car...after 8 hours in the shade in an underground parking lot...

It doesn't cool down at night anymore thanks to ambient heat trapped in buildings and other concrete structures/roads.

Water isnt actually wet

ForsakenHermit posted...

I'm surprised more homes in Phoenix aren't built underground.

Kinda on topic, you know of the hippie Cody Lundane from discovery's Dual Survival show?

Me and my Dad would run into him while grocery shopping in Phoenix. He was living out of a Volkswagen van and would stop my Dad like "Hey maaann,check out this new gear/technique I found".

That was in the early 90s, now with his Discovery money he built a house north of Phoenix that has the floor several feet underground. Doesn't need to heat or cool it.

Yeah, I guess we're breaking records down here. It's pretty miserable, but if you're a native, you're used to it at this point. But we're all anticipating monsoon season that's about to hit soon, which always relieving (aside from the flash floods).

Just staying indoors with the AC on makes it bearable. And while it's cliche at this point, I'd much rather take the Phx dry heat than the bullshit humidity in other hot places. Plus we don't suffer from too many natural disasters aside from the aforementioned flash floods and dust storms. And sometimes wildfires, of course, but those aren't usually in populated areas.

Global warming etc etc

It also seems to be a haven for libertarian boomers for some reason, too

Its in the freaking name. Named after a bird of fire that turns to ash and comes back to life. Names is a bit on the nose

Euripides posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/4/5/AAfcteAAEsYJ.jpg

LOL, wut?

To be fair, when it's a dry heat, this isn't really that bad.

uwa_ej posted...

To be fair, when it's a dry heat, this isn't really that bad.

Low of 96 overnight isn't bad?

Hook me up with your dealer, bro

I'll take 96 dry over 80 wet

Tom_Joad posted...

Meanwhile, here where I'm at...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/1/6/AAfQqfAAEsZQ.jpg

And in case people start to say "Ooooh, it must be freezing in winter!"... here's January 2023's temps:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/2/6/AAfQqfAAEsZa.jpg

I know why. Mediterranean climate (winter) and winds off the ocean(summer).

Euripides posted...

Low of 96 overnight isn't bad?

Hook me up with your dealer, bro

you'd sleep with the AC on anyway right?

I live in MA and it's been 75-80 at night but with 60-75% humidity. I hardly ever turn my AC off

Its weird people are posting the weather like that. I live in NV where it's more or less the same. We deal with maybe 90 days of heat like this. Rest of the year is amazing. While youre freezing in the winter we're walking around in shorts. That's the payoff. Can use pools basically all year round etc

Priere posted...

Is the cost of living low at least? Considering its hotter than hell.

They should build their homes underground with the way things are going

Cost of living is higher now, especially housing. Rich folk from California realized their house in California could buy them two in Phoenix, and a lot of real estate got snapped up as they moved.

The monsoons are honestly starting to feel weaker. Last year's rains felt so short

We had another manager move to Houston from Phoenix who would talk mad shit about how it was hotter than anywhere else.

She didnt make it through the year.

Awakened_Link posted...

Yeah, I guess we're breaking records down here. It's pretty miserable, but if you're a native, you're used to it at this point. But we're all anticipating monsoon season that's about to hit soon, which always relieving (aside from the flash floods).

Just staying indoors with the AC on makes it bearable. And while it's cliche at this point, I'd much rather take the Phx dry heat than the bullshit humidity in other hot places. Plus we don't suffer from too many natural disasters aside from the aforementioned flash floods and dust storms. And sometimes wildfires, of course, but those aren't usually in populated areas.

Life's too short to spend it locked inside a (insert square footage) home, a car, and your office.

With a life like that, you're essentially a prisoner. The weather has forbidden you from exiting the walls of your confinement locations.

Wanna swap? It's 9C here in South Africa.

Tom_Joad posted...

Life's too short to spend it locked inside a (insert square footage) home, a car, and your office.

With a life like that, you're essentially a prisoner. The weather has forbidden you from exiting the walls of your confinement locations.

This can't be a serious post.

I'd take 110F dry heat from Phoenix than a single day of 90F in the midwest with 100% humidity.

Tom_Joad posted...

Life's too short to spend it locked inside a (insert square footage) home, a car, and your office.

With a life like that, you're essentially a prisoner. The weather has forbidden you from exiting the walls of your confinement locations.

how is that any different that winter in the midwest. 6 months out of the year you are indoors.

why do you guys insist that arizona is bad?

electricbugs2 posted...

This can't be a serious post.

It's true though. You can't safely do anything outside when it's this hot.

Winter is totally different you freaking goobers. While obviously you can't go out if it's -20 with a windchill for very long, for the most part except in very severe winter weather you can stack layers and be ok. You can't do anything like that to mitigate the heat. There's no removing more layers of clothes.

Shamino posted...

It's true though. You can't safely do anything outside when it's this hot.

Winter is totally different you freaking goobers. While obviously you can't go out if it's -20 with a windchill for very long, for the most part except in very severe winter weather you can stack layers and be ok. You can't do anything like that to mitigate the heat. There's no removing more layers of clothes.

pretty much everywhere is air conditioned, patios and building eves have misters, and it drops to 90 once the sun sets. you're not trapped in your home in the summer. also Prescott is a short drive away and like 20-30 degrees cooler. there are a bunch of city/community pools and a ton of houses have private pools.

it really isn't that bad.

Shamino posted...

It's true though. You can't safely do anything outside when it's this hot.

This is an exaggeration, or all the landscaping and pest control crews that are outside daily wouldn't have jobs. Not to mention the USPS drivers with no AC.

It's hot and it sucks but you can totally safely be outside as long as you have water.