Burning pavement, scalding water hoses: Perils of a Phoenix heat wave Amid record-breaking temperatures, risks to public health from burns and other exposure soars

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The city’s hospitals and firefighters this week have been trying to help people who are seared by pavement that can register 160 degrees or hotter. They are treating patients whose temperatures are running as much as 10 degrees above normal by injecting them with frigid IV fluids, blasting them with evaporative cooling fans, and placing them in what look like small inflatable kayaks filled with ice.

Doctors at the burn center this week said they had 10 patients with contact burns serious enough to require hospitalization.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/07/13/phoenix-heat-wave-conditions/

Edited July 14, 2023 by placeholder

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And still there's a net inflow of people seeking to live there. What does it take to get to people that these kind of events are only going to become more frequent and more dangerous? And in related news, there's this:

 

Arizona limits new housing around Phoenix because of dwindling water supply

Arizona will not approve new housing construction on the fast-growing edges of metro Phoenix that rely on groundwater thanks to years of overuse and a multi-decade drought that is sapping its water supply.

In a news conference Thursday, Gov. Katie Hobbs announced the restrictions that could affect some of the fastest-growing suburbs of the nation’s fifth-largest city.

Officials said developers could still build in the affected areas but would need to find alternative water sources to do so — such as surface or recycled water.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/arizona-limits-new-housing-phoenix-dwindling-water-supply-rcna87390