Parks and green places sound good, but Lake Mead is at 37%. People are using the Colorado to drown lawns to keep them green. Keeping the desert green is not good. Get rid of non-desert plants, plant natural desert plants.
I remember doing door-to-door work there when I was a kid and noticed that the people there who had actual lawns (instead of rocks & gravel) were watering them constantly. It was a waste then and it’s a bigger one now.
They need to learn to catch rain to use for their lawns like they do in India. Water is running is and evaporating fast. They can have green land if they harvest water I'm the right way and hasn't greenery is good for the earth..Dig up a lot of road they do nothing to store water and they are hot.
Lawns shouldn’t be a solution to cool your environment. Lawns require alot of water, and isn’t ideal in a desert environment. Instead, grow more native drought tolerate plants.
It’s an urban sprawl mess here and they are still building outward, intruding ever more into the desert. That’s the main force of economic growth here, to “build, build, build”. The Southwest is on the verge of a serious water shortage and the temperature is about to become even more unbearable. Let’s see how long or how much more stubborn they’ll continue to expand this city.
@@enticingmay435 Yeah, Arizona broke a lot of records last year for being one of the hottest and driest years in the state, but yet you still keep seeing houses and buildings being sprung up all around the state...
Yes, nature always wins -- but THEN, along came the Trump Republicans, who said "Hold my Scotch!", while they promptly stomped on our precious Mother Nature's blessings.
I'm... Less convinced than you? Like, yeah, clearly, we can't do the same things on a desert than outside. But that doesn't mean we can't build infrastructure that adapts to these conditions. The israelis have done wonders in their deserts, but they also show that a well maintained and very very well designed water management system is necessary for this. So yeah, in a desert, adapt to it, don't replicate what happens in none desert places.
It’s kinda like, live there at your own risk. If you were born there and it’s gradually getting too hot, try and move somewhere. Lots of space on the face of the earth
These cities really need to consult with experts in permaculture so they don't just plant random trees. There are trees and plants that are drought tolerant and don't require large amounts of water. Also, where you plant , how many you plant and what types of trees you plant are very important. They need to stop thinking of just aesthetics and think long term effects on neighborhoods.
Many cities do use arborists to decide which trees can be planted where. It's usually more of an issue of developers or homeowners that don't know what they're doing and they just plant palm trees or whatever looks nice or something that'll grow too big and screw up their plumbing.
@@starfire139 Unfortunately, developers are more powerful than city employees who are more than willing to take bribes. Theoretically, cities-through zoning, permits, commissions and charters-determine city planning. In reality, what you get are insane outcomes in the name of money, as in the case of Phoenix.
Exactly! Brad Lancaster has helped transform nearby Tucson. This video would have been better if the had contrasted it to what Brad Lancaster has done in Tucson. J ust watched a great video by him on the _pb of avl_ channel called Drought-Proofing Our Community by Brad Lancaster. It's an enjoyable, entertaining and informing video that teaches a lot of techniques and bonuses to harvesting rainwater into landscapes, such as the local water table rising. Water harvesting is as important to heat mitigation as planting trees because it helps lower the costs to maintain these shade trees. We 'throw away' a lot of water when we send it out to the city culverts. And shunt fresh drinking water to the sea. We can rehydrate the land and lower the heat island effect with things like bioswales, zai pits, bonds, and check dams and make places like this visually attractive, too. Brad should be the State of Arizona's water consultant, maybe even hired on a national level!
Painting a roof white is cheap and reduces energy consumption. While solar panels are fantastic and we need more of them, finding cheap ways of reducing energy usage can help balance the equation until we get more green energy online.
Las Vegas has solar farms that cover multiple square miles, there is no reason the state hasn't massively invested in solar energy on a residential level. I'd rather attribute it to the incompetence or stupidity of our leaders but more and more it seems intentional, they want all the money an investment like that would bring or they want nothing to do with it at all.
If I'm not mistaken the solar panels are black, which sounds like it would worsen the situation. If the power grid is under stress, then they should shut down all power to industry and business to give AC to residences!
New Mexico around Santa Fe is fairly nice, not too big, and cooler than Albuquerque. It's also not too far from certain labs if you're into the physical sciences per se. Denver, Colorado I've also heard is nice by anyone that's lived there that I've asked. They need to watch their smog though. Utah, I'd imagine, would be best if you want a more Christian-based state to live in. 😅
This is a great introduction to heat related sustainability issues. However, grass lawns are a terrible idea in Arizona. There are plenty of native species that use less water and provide the same cooling effect. Desert landscaping is foreign in other states but in Arizona it's essential because we cannot afford to waste water...and lawns here use a lot more water to maintain.
It is easy to divert the greywater from sinks, bathtubs & showers to support a few shade trees. But lawns suck in many ways, particularly they suck up huge amounts of water...
@@ashleybenitez992 In the largest county, Maricopa, there are legal barriers to getting solar panels. The county makes it difficult to get permits for them, forces people to stay on the power grid even though they don't need to (and the utilities charge them for the privilege) and 60% of residents live in apartments. I'm a homeowner and I'm 100% in favor of solar here...but people in our neighborhood have waited up to a year for approval from the county. Arizona is suffering from bad management all around and there isn't a simple solution for addressing this.
As for lawns, yes they use water but I think people might be allowed a small patch of lawn if it is not a “thirsty” variety and if it is planted under a shade tree. About the same for plants and trees - ok but stick to non-thirsty varieties. As for people in tents, I found that a double layer of fabric helps a lot to reduce heat absorption and transfer. Also, a white-roof tent helps. A small white 10 x 10 canopy over a tent would accomplish this also.
APS Electric company will shut down your electricity in a blink of an eye if you don't pay. No matter what the temperature is outside. They are the most expensive electric company in the state of Arizona and also have pending lawsuits because of this action.
@@jamessanchez9446 This isn't true actually. Because of Stephanie Pullman's death, the ACC put an emergency shut off moratorium in place and the permanent disconnect rules for regulated utilities is ongoing. There is an upcoming public comment session I need people to speak up at. I'm also still working on getting statewide legislation in place also. Though I need to update the site for last year, you can read the history at: www.stoptheapsgreed.com/battle-history
@@StaceyChampion In all honesty I did not read the corners report on the cause of death of Stephanie Pullman. However I do have experience with APS, they are my current service provider, and they have in the past shut down my electrical service because I was late on paying my bill. This happened on a very hot day in July while I was at work and my kids were at home without any air condition. I remember this because of my inability to pay my children had to suffer. I am a victim of those kinds of tactics.
@@goyoelburro And what is better? Communism? Fascism? Theocracy? Feudalism? Capitalism is responsible for getting Billions of people out of dire poverty. No other system comes close.
Its getting there. The sonoran desert is changing from the wettest to a dry sand dunes type. It used to snow every year on the mountains, and sometimes the desert would be covered in snow too. We used to have spring showers, monsoons and winter storms but now its just a sprinkle for our monsoon season. Its entirely because we are demolishing natural trees, cactus and shrubs and replacing it with gravel, pavement, and the modern wooden home you see everywhere instead of stucco and Adobe houses
Here in Oregon we hit 116 degrees. If this don't serve as a wake up call to the public that it's time to change how we treat our home planet idk what is.
@@nickmonks9563 I hate that "but its a dry heat" Crap people will tell you. 100+ is freaking hot and it causes death. How is this "better" than the humidity?
"Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone; they paved paradise, and put up a parkin' lot !" ** Joni Mitchell- 1969 **
Here in Britain it’s illegal for utilities to shut off services due to lack of payment. It should be illegal all around the world because access to basic resources that keep you alive should be a right not a privilege.
I agree wholeheartedly, the U.S is just light years behind when it comes to things like this. Including healthcare, Last year I had felt weird (faint/like I couldn't breathe), went the ER and the Dr there only spent 4 minutes with me (refused to run tests), said I had anxiety and sent me home. I ended up getting worse, turns out I had cancer. Healthcare in the US is a joke... nevermind utilities... it's just awful. I wish I had the resources to leave this country. Anyway, God Bless you! I'm glad to hear it's illegal to do that in Britain.
The reason the US doesn't do that is because the right-wingers scream SOCIALISM!!!!! whenever it's proposed. They would literally rather have people die than see another penny on the rates.
Have parking lots on the outskirts of the city, covered with solar panels. Have train and other public transit nearby so you don't need as much pavement (parking lots and roads) deep inside the city
@@drm2318 putting industry far away from population centers would reduce the pollution entering people's lungs, but I don't see what you mean by decreasing pollution by half?
A key insight that is rarely mentioned, is that plants are heat reflective. This is primarily why vegetated areas are cooler. Rewilding abandoned properties into small parks may be a helpful heat mitigation strategy for urban environments.
Phoenix native here. In my short lifespan I have witnessed less monsoon seasons and more devastating summers as time progresses. This brings me to an Arizona State University pole that states roughly 30% of participants say their housing situation grew less secure during the pandemic. Unfortunately, this supports the reality that a heat wave disaster is eminent and many people will not even have adequate housing for protection. Upgrading the grid is just one step over this staggering mountain we must climb to survive the effects of global climate change. Wish us luck.
The lack of serious conversation over the design of cities (aka car-oriented design) in this video is a shame. In every way, having to rely on your car for everyday living is literally killing people and the environment in a multitude of ways.
true! but phoenix lacks in shade and sidewalks so many people are dependent on their cars. it’s simply too hot! (especially considering the bus stops with no shaded area) + a lot of cities don’t have things like grocery stores, gyms, libraries, recreation centers, etc in walking distance. a lot of it comes back to architecture and urban planning
I live in Mesa Arizona and the amount of parking spots we have for the less amount of cars we have is insane. It makes our cities not only ugly, but hotter as well. It low key sucks here during the summer.
In El Paso the summer heats could reach anywhere between 103°f-115°f and it’s only getting hotter and hotter, so I could only imagine how bad the heat truly is in Phoenix.
Bingo! There is a town in the Australian desert where everyone lives in nice underground homes. The underground house in the original Star Wars is a real house in Tunisia.
@@adriansmith6811 Yes, it's pretty shitty from May to November, but it's my-t-fine the rest of the year. Right now, the Southwest is in a "Mega-Drought", the likes of which there hasn't been for 1,000 -1200 years. When the water's gone, it'll suck all year long.
Living in a small space is wise when you have to use climate control. This winter was asked to use as little power as possible to prevent outage. I can have a small place moved here and save. The city wants to say what we do. I really want a concrete dome home. So none of their reason make sense for being involved in the building process. I can build a house that just doesn't get destroyed by tornado termites.
But humans are a different sort of animal. They cook their food, they send their offspring to college, they fight in wars, they invent religions, and they plot against other humans for personal gain, and they slaughter other species for imagined "superiority". You can't expect these human creatures to conduct themselves in an intelligent and reasonable manner, since they abandon both reason AND intelligence in order to "Make America Great Again" in order to sattisfy the delusions of a madman. However, millions of people in the deserts of the Middle East have adopted the habits of the animals -- they do business in the early morning hours, avoid the mid-day heat, and dine in the cooler evening hours. Here in Phoenix, out-door workers start at first light, and are often finished near noon. BUT- no matter what, there is no preparing for the extreme temperatures brought about by man-induced climate change.
@@megamanx466 There are many desert adapted plants that use very very little water.. look all around the desert around Phoenix.. it's full of (*GASP*) PLANTS!!!!! And they all survive and flourish in a DESERT on very very little water. In addition, irrigation instead of yard watering using grey water is proven to actually save water, especially when you factor in the lower temperature that you get from having the foliage means less water loss do to evaporation and plant perspiration.
@@9753flyer GASP! You're correct, however... they mentioned trees, not just plants. The other thing is there are some trees fairly well adapted to that type of environment. Another issue is that Lake Meed is drying up really quickly, so even "grey water" will need to become more efficiently used lest there not be anymore water from there. Wells might be ok for awhile, but most of the southwest all pulls from that one tremendous aquifer... which is not good. 😅
We are the ones trying to inhabit non-inhabitable places. People literally build houses at the bottom of volcanoes, at the far reaches of the arctic, in the middle of flood zones, etc. Yes, these places are beautiful or have great resource extraction opportunities, but let's not kid ourselves, some places we are "pilgrims in an unholy land." Phoenix was really a winter retreat but modern technology prolonged that stay to year round, but now people are starting to pay a heavy price.
Agreed, we’re also the reason why global warming is happening. If we never existed, it would not be this hot as if today, just like Arizona and California. Their in a crisis because of global warming (heat which leads to droughts which leads to fires) and even for Florida, their experiencing flooding and more storms, that’s because the ice is melting because it’s too hot, which leads to the ocean level rising..
You would be shocked to know that most ppl does not decide where they live. Ppl tend to live where they born, can get a job, or have family ties or friends around, everything else is for the most part circumstantial. Most ppl living in poverty has no chance to even visit a place - where they would like to live if it were up to them - let alone move there.
When I ride my motorcycle early day or late night and I can feel the difference between the city desert and outer natural areas in the shaded valley well outside the city its easily 20-30 degrees colder
And rural areas and suburban areas are warming equally as fast urban areas. That’s why it’s best to look at temperature anomaly and not actual temperature
Dude you don't have to lie just to come on here and say something. It's just as hot out in the f****** desert as it is in Phoenix man. Shut your mouth bro
Painting roads and roofs white or a light color, really help with trapped heat. Also, promoting the growth of native plants and trees. In my city, nearly everyone has trees and plants (native trees come free with any new house), rare to see a bare yard here, it really does do a lot, providing animals with habitat and food while giving people shade and cooling the general area.
Phoenix has incentives to get rid of lawns and trees and the percentage of the surrounding areas with lawns has become less and less. Phoenix residents also use less water today than they did 60 years ago. The biggest issues are with farmers where they take up a majority of our water and are wasteful with it. Maricopa county has set themselves up well compared to other Arizona counties. More needs to be done to reduce heat with the heat island effect if anything here.
Turf is a great compromise. I switched all grass front and back yard to turf and it does make a big difference. No water needed, it looks great year round and it cools down my back yard :) Love Arizona.. heat and all.
I live in Georgia, and I dream of moving to Utqiagvik Alaska. Think of all the water and ice. Ahh... sweet sweet cold. Instead, I live in heck. There was a job that was perfect for me, but I'd have to move to Arizona, north of Phoenix. I said NOPE. I don't want to move to a lower circle of heck. No thank you!
I’ve been to Phoenix, and I love it. As far as the temperature is concerned it’s like when someone is baking a cake in the oven then opening up the oven and you feel the heat when it hits you, that’s how hot it is in Phoenix when you step outside your house to go outside.
@@LK-pc4sq My ac doesn't work and I use a table fan in Phoenix, isn't that bad. Also lived without the table fan for a while because I broke it by mistake.
Living in the southern US (south Mississippi!) - we have had folks die even if they didn't lose power, because they were too poor to have even a window unit type AC. We don't generally get power outages from an overload of the grid - from storm damage yes, but not brownouts like Phoenix or NYC has had. But, enough folks have died from heat that there's a program in rural areas to help get people small window unit ACs, and also folks will help create "swamp coolers" (big thing of ice and a fan, it doesn't last long but it can help). In some places, churches open their doors and let folks stay in the building, too. I have family in south Arizona, kind of near the border, and every summer I get a little worried for them because it's just SO hot, and they're in a relatively rural area. But my aunt is super smart and has a lot of native plants all around her place, she has other nifty things like fans that can be run without power, and she tends to keep to a schedule that lets her move around in the early morning and later in the evening so she can avoid the worst heat of day, taking a siesta. But she's a lucky one, she has the financial stability to do those things. It is appalling that the city officials cannot do more for those folks without shelter than a completely unshaded parking lot. And yet - water is not a limitless resource out there and trees are very, very thirsty critters for the most part. Getting shade that way presents its own share of problems. I hope that science and determination will quickly find ways to help more, because like you said - it's only going to get warmer.
Also re: Phoenix - No kidding, how long have they been out there in just tents? FFS how much would it cost the city to string together some tarps between nearby light poles? It would at least offer those poor people some respite from the direct sun!
@@WindKing0 I'm not sure I am remembering right, but they were invented in India I think? Punkah fans might be the term, but don't quote me. Basically tho, they are like great big sail or kite shapes, cloth stretched over thin wood; you hang the fan from the ceiling, and attach a cord from the bottom of hte fan to like, the bottom of a rocking chair rock the chair, get a breeze!
Phoenix was an inferno when I left it a quarter century ago. I can only imagine how intolerable the heat is today. I guarantee you at some threshold it’ll reach a tipping point and those who can afford to will begin to flee.
@@plant.hacks.4.ur.environment Not 6 million, but we are the 5th largest city in the country. And humans have lived in the desert for centuries, it really is no big deal.
The fact that American cities are built with panic to building taller than 2 stores and oversized streets and parking lots instead of on street parking worse the effect compared with Spanish cities, where the proximity between buildings provide shade to one another and to the people/parked cars.
@@Reno_Slim By bulding tall instead of wide you dont need nearly as much the car and the walkability increases when you dont need to cross 3 parking lots to go from a store to another. Also public transpor become more efficent.
@@Angel24Marin Building tall increases the need for parking structures if you're cramming more people into the same area. You also have to keep in mind that most of the western United States was developed after the advent of the automobile and cities were designed with that accomodation in mind. And personally, I avoid public transportation at all costs and absolutely HATE apartment living....especially highrise apartment living. I don't like sharing transportation or walls with strangers or my neighbors.
We have some of the dumbest city building codes where what you're describing just never happens. We don't even let the market decide what houses to be built like The Netherlands. Our ordinances make the developer's use the most amount of land to build the largest house possible (even though most buyers don't want a gigantic house). It just maximises the profit for the developer's. This is how it is in Arizona where I live. Now some cities are finally catching onto building denser residential areas closer to mass transit. The problem is you won't be able to afford to live there. It's all luxury condos/apartments. Forcing the residents who do depend on mass transit to the subarbs where it's lacking.
Solar panel shade structures over EVERY parking lot. Kills two birds: 1) reduces the use of fossil fuels 2) it keeps the parking surface from absorbing heat throughout the day. There are several parking lots here on Maui that are shaded with solar panels, including at the local Costco. It's just an obvious solution. Like at the Justa Center. While that is a place to get out of the heat, they're using electricity for the fans. Make the shade structure more permanent and put solar panels on top to power the fans.
Normal solar reflection from our planet is about 30%.. with all the reflecting structures we're installing, including massive solar panel arrays, that 30% is dramatically increasing to unsustainable levels. We need to tackle that problem immediately before it's the next major cause of global warming, and we look back and go.. whoops!
@@steven.h0629 It's never going to catch up with shrinking glaciers, snow pack and sea ice. There have even been proposals to unfurl giant mylar blankets in the Alps and to paint huge portions of Greenland white. We've terraformed our species into a crisis by ignoring the consequences of our activities. Joni Mitchell was right, we have paved paradise.
@@steven.h0629 Hell, remember when we built huge hydropower dams? When we tried to levee the Mississippi to keep cities and crop lands from flooding? (No. I'm old, but I'm not _that_ old) Humanity is like cancer. Completely unchecked, and monopolizing resources at an ever increasing rate. Our concepts of permanence are completely out of touch with sustainability. Honestly if there's one thing this global ecosystem _doesnt_ need, it's us.
@@dianefreeman7194 No, it's true. When August and early September come, the humidity goes up (up to nearly 50%!) and then it's Really nasty here. Normally, humidity is between 5 and 20%. Allows sweat to more readily evaporate- which is how humans (try) to keep cool.
@@61rampy65 talk to David e Vogel, not me! I've heard about AZ is liveable because its "a dry heat" all my life. I've visited relatives there and NOTHING will convince me to move there, humidity or not.
Or how about removing gargantuan patking lots and freeways? And while green spaces are great, Pheonix is in a desert and the Colorado river is seeing less water flow from declining snowpack
That and or get desert plants that can live in little to almost none. Why because if they made roofs with 2 or 3 inches of dirt and have desert plants on top to cool. Oh nothing that can get more then 300 pounds of course or roof will fall. No cactus they can get 300 pounds from seed in just 6 years so no cacti.
Ozzy here - Australia has very few underground houses. They are mostly highly impractical, even in the conditions faced. It is hot underground in many places., talk to some miners. how would you like your house 130/60deg and 100% humidity?
@@jeffmcdonald101 bro its not like that it starts to warm up 300 feet in some places unless you live next to a volcano then thats 20 feet or less lol. So most its 1,000 feet or 1,400 feet tell its getting hot. Oh ya humidity will be around 40% inside but we will need to cycle the air so co2 doesn't kill ya. So this cycle can drop the humidity to around 15 to 25%
I remember hearing about that poor woman that died. I believe I read she died in one of the Sun City Retirement communities in Northwest Phoenix area. It should be against the law to shut off the electricity of a resident in Arizona, because of the deadly heat. Especially a senior citizen. Talk about a low life electric company that did that shut off.
It IS against the law in many midwest states. Certain times of the year they can't cut you off. Basically they are not allowed to let you freeze to death or die of heat stroke. The only problem is these times are based on traditional winter and summer months. Climate change is increasingly altering those times.
@@allgoo1990 cars have never been cleaner and yet things are getting worse so maybe you're wrong? but don't let that stop you from virtue signaling to the guy with a real solution.
@@allgoo1990 what impact would you place over 2,000 nuclear explosions going off on the planet since the 40's? what impact of all the corporations polluting the environment 24/7 for the last 100 years? did you know that the US gov't intentionally heated up our atmosphere testing weather control? for you to place all blame on cars shows little awareness of our real world and proof that you are just parroting talking points of someone else. it's not cars... be smarter.
@@allgoo1990 When I breathe, i am not contributing to climate change because the carbon I breathe out comes from the food I eat. The carbon in my food came from the air*. So that carbon is just going back where it came from. All fossil fuel emissions are from carbon that used to be deep underground, so it increases the concentration. We have doubled the carbon in our atmosphere just from human activity up until now *actually a not-insignificant amount of carbon in food comes from petrochemicals, i.e. oil from the ground in the form of artificial fertilizers. Something like 25-50% of the carbon in food, and therefore breathed out, came from fossil fuels
I live in Phoenix, there's always a huge push for green energy and sustainability in the court house, but republicans and lobbying groups fight hard to invalidate the climate crisis here. Not having congress men and women who will fight for these changes also makes change hard.
Was really hoping to hear that they had initiated a vigorous re-greening program. There's a lot of drought tolerant vegetation that can serve as shade and air quality improvement
I'm surprised that almost every home/building isn't equipped with solar panels. Its a golden opportunity given that its sunny most of the year. Not to mention it would relieve much of the stress on the power grid.
Or even just have a full basement, the earth is cool, just hide in it and take necessary precautions for the fact its a basement like CO alarms. (You could even finish the basements and have nice naturally cool rooms) My parents house in NY has a half basement that is always decently cool in the summer. As far as making the city itself cooler, minimize black surfaces, minimize parking lots, make all roofs white, plant native desert plants you don't have to water yourself.
I'm literally considering moving to Minneapolis, the coldest major metro in the US b/c I know it's going to warm up to the climate of New York or Cleveland.
@@thecrystalperson5576 , no I was referring to a storage container and using reusable bottles. And the storage container would be filled with water from a good place.
I was born in Florida and lived there for 29 years, 8 years of which I worked outdoors. 90 degrees and 95 percent humidity was typical for around 8 months a year. I moved to The Pacific Northwest at age 29 because of the stifling heat and never looked back. My great ancestors faced down the last ice age; I don't think they would survive Phoenix today, unless maybe they could get work in a walk-in freezer or some such.
Hahahah! It is hot out here. I couldn’t handle the heat here in Phoenix but when I move to humid Merida Mexico, the dry heat was way more barely and when I moved back to phx I embraced the dry heat
Phoenix is awesome but it's become too damn hot and way urbanized overload.. You're better off in Albuquerque or Las Cruces New Mexico, better scenery, tons of entertainment and outdoors, still 100 temps and sun but feels lot less deathly hot then PHX. And its right next door ya know
This is why I face palm when people say not to live near volcanoes, especially relatively dormant ones. Anywhere you go is going to have some kind of environmental hazard.
@@dylanhoward7668 You do realize Mead is dropping even faster than we expect it to? There very well could be a day 0 approaching, and telling people to "stop fear mongering" when the Colorado and Salt rivers are as low as they are is just lying to yourself. Look around you and notice that the saguaro blooms were excessive this year because they're dying from lack of water. Did you notice how many golden barrels we managed to lose last year? Or the absolute lack of a monsoon season? Open your eyes
Phoenix vastly underestimated the domino impact of global climate change. The water supply from the Colorado and Verde rivers are reaching a point of no return. The “banked water” the county talks about does not have the pumping infrastructure to provide water to outlying areas. As it stands the city will no longer be sustainable in 25 years or less. Desalination is not a viable option once you run the numbers. People will have to relocate, not just in Phoenix, but globally due to climate changes. We’ve seen the good times. Now we must adapt… With lakes Mead & Powell never likely to refill again and ground water that can not be replenished by any known sources currently… after 41 years here, we’ve decided to relocate. I spent just under 15,000 hours flying over this state, watching its natural resources dry up. The entire west coast may be a write off as we know it before this drought cycle ends. Likely not in my lifetime.
Desalination is only an option for coastal cities, and fundamentally is converting energy into water so you better have a good source of energy. (Cali could use concentrated solar to power desalination and fix its water issues in the coastal cites which means the inland cities could take the share formerly allocated for the coast. (Based on the states history woth water, including drying up the 9th largest lake in the US for irrigation, i have 0 confidence in Cali to responsibly solve their water issues)) But the entire southwest + Cali are write-offs until they actually try hard to fix their problems. (Pheonix at a minimum could mandate basements, white roofs or solar panels on the roof, and only native desert plants and it would be an acceptable start)
They need to report the “heat load” temperatures everyday on the weather instead of lying about it. Everyday they say one temperature and then driving around it’s like 6-8 degrees hotter then the forecast- consistency. I live in south Florida we generally don’t get to 100 often but we have very high humidity, so it feels 100 degrees plus. Urban heat island is horrible here, too. They need more parks and shade in places.
They need to get back to the indigenous peoples of living while change the technologies we have to replenish the planet natural ecosystems. Mars ain't gonna save the humans. 🤪🤦♂️
My aunt lives in Phoenix and about 4 years ago her AC broke during June. The extreme heat kept on triggering her asthma and she had to take an emergency flight over here to Seattle just to breathe.
Phx native here, honestly yeah it does kill people but over the summer as long as you keep water sunscreen and your car or the building you are in for the day has AC. You’ll be fine, helps that our blood thins too. I’ve done football sprints full gear in 110 fahrenheit
This last June 19th, I was at camping at Collins Lake in NorCal, and I suffered extreme heat exhaustion better known as heat stroke. I was staying hydrated as much as possible however once you reach a critical stage of dehydration the body shuts down its digestive system. That is what happened to me.This was a family outing. My brothers (from other mothers) their kids, and me and my kids were out swimming and boating most of the morning. Then we had lunch around noonish. By the time we got back to camp just after 5:pm, I was feeling sick to my stomach and I could feel something was VERY VERY wrong. I vomited the food up from earlier, and the water I just had been drinking. In the vomit, I saw the food I had eaten 5 hours prior. It was at this point I told my brother that I needed to be taken to the Collins lake market as they have on site emergency personnel. I KNOW it takes less than 2 hours for food to pass through the stomach sphincter, and the ONLY way for it to stay in the stomach was if my digestive system had shut down which only happens when the body is extremely stressed like during the flight or fight response or in my case extreme heat exhaustion. I went into the market had them call EMS. It scared the hell out of my kids to see me hauled away in a stretcher. After I got to the hospital I started to suffer from heat induced delirium., those MOFOs in the ER thought I was on m-eth.. Can't blame them really, delirium and being high on methamphetamine looks almost the same. I pass out some time after 7:pm.. I wake up around 3 in the morning to me pissing myself in my hospital bed. My arm is on FIRE because of the Potassium they were pumping into my veins. It took 9 bags or 9,000 ML (9 liters) of potassium chloride. Potassium and sodium are chemicals that are responsible for signaling muscles when to expand and contract in the body... ALL muscles, which why I am lucky I didn't have a heart attack because my potassium was so low. It took them just pass noon on Monday to get my sodium and potassium levels right. I was on the VERGE of death. My kidneys had shut down and my doctor said if I hadn't come in when I did, I would have died.. Not could have.. I WOULD have died. It was supposed to be a fun weekend. It turned out to be the first fathers day that my kids DIDN'T get to spend the day with me which is REALLY bad as I am the custodial parent. It is the wee hours of June 29th.. My incident was almost 10 days ago (minus a few hours at this point) and I still don't feel 100%.. From now on, when ever I even leave the house when the temperature is over 85 degrees, I will be carrying pedialyte and have hydrated myself 3 hours before hand. No matter where you fall on the global warming (climate change) debate the heat can kill.. Be safe out there everyone!
That doesn't sound right, usually we give potassium in a central vein and in 10 mEq which is a fraction of a liter. It must have been diluted in 9 liters of normal saline.
Yeah that's not the hottest place in America. South Florida is. Arizona has zero humidity. God damn cake walk compared to 110 degrees and breathing fucking water.
@@georgeoy932 It will fall after 2050. In every country on earth birth rates are falling and soon the overall population will start to slowly reduce as the elderly pass away.
As long as you Just embrace the heat and the sweat and learn how to retain moisture in your mouth, you would survive here in Phoenix and dont eat anything at all intill the towards the end of the day..
@Account NumberEight The highest recorded temperature in Coober Pedy is 118.0°F (47.8°C) No matter how harsh the climate, the underground rooms in Coober Pedy maintain a comfortable, even temperature ranging from 23ºC to 25ºC day and night throughout the year. No air con needed.
@Lil Delicious I understand that despair. But ole Huck Finn; I think, knew how to elicit the desire to work. Deny it to them at first; then a probationary period; then pay, and at all times make it fun. The story about the white picket fence.
@@Defied_-vw2jz That's really amazingly disappointing. Maybe it's time to get the High School Drama club to do some public mimicry of the lazy behavior; and, in cooperation with a work provider get involved in a public work project. I would try anything, including deception, to make people work for their own good. It would be a greater success than landing on Mars!
Unfortunately they cause happiness in the younger folks who use it as an excuse to drink and run wild… yet it’s slaughtering the elderly and causing mass hysteria….
This kind of topic makes me glad I live in Wisconsin. Though we can have a different problem here of extreme cold in the winter. But I don't think those days occur as often as dangerously hot days in Arizona. It's also a lot easier to give blankets to the homeless (of course shelters are preferable...), than it is to deal with extreme heat. Too bad the answer couldn't be for people to just not live in Arizona, or extremely hot areas.
Las Vegas has a great deal in common with Phoenix. Not to knock it, but shoulder to shoulder with heat issues. Vegas made it standard, decades ago, to NEVER turn off utilities to the elderly & disabled. We are next to Death Valley, considered the fringe edges of it, and we have seen 127F and higher on and off through the years in the near 30 years I have lived here. Water use to solve the issue isn't the answer. They realized that here, again, decades ago. They push for Xeroscaping, natural desert plants and designs to help cool things down. White rooftops are not the only solution. Phoenix needs to be the innovator? In a couple of steps, you are already behind Vegas. On the same level on how you are brutal with your homeless, and yah, I don't agree with this state's idea on handling the homeless. The experts were going 'Oh, this new material is cooler.' By 5 degrees. By only 5 degrees. You tell me something is cooler, I'm expecting 10 or more, near matching what nature provides. Wee degrees of 5 or less, I'm not impressed. Sounds great, fails in application. Now, yes, Vegas has their heat issues and water trouble. West is in a huge drought, and this makes being in the desert even more challenging. Still, I can't help but feel this episode was avoiding some real grit and bone issues found in Phoenix. I had family who used to lived there and decided 12 years ago, enough was enough with how the town policies were getting worse, and moved back to MN. They would rather deal with snow and -15F than being in Phoenix. It makes one think there is a lot more going on in the desert cities of the USA than a lack of cool plants.
@3:20 one of the worst parts of heat stress is it causes diarrhoea - you lose even more water to help regulate body temp. I had that when i was in Nepal when it was mid-high 30s. 40+ sounds horrific.
Condensation water from air conditioning units, especially commercial units, needs to be harvested and used in convection cooling towers in public spaces that can cool down large areas drawing in high ground temperature air and replacing it with cool moist air. Venturi shaded cooling towers, much like those used at nuclear power plans but on a smaller scale, would draw in high temp low velocity air that becomes high pressure high velocity air as it rises with minimal use of fans to start the air flowing. The reclaimed water is almost pure and can be used to water plants and trees for more shade and sprayed out through misting nozzles to aid in cooling like giant swamp coolers. A rebar frame with a dense light colored shade cloth or white plastic covering could be constructed in open areas and plazas with misters on surrounding buildings should do the trick. Painting roofs and coating asphalt white helps just don’t put huge solar arrays in their place as they would create more heat. The number one waste of water in our desert regions is golf courses. The gallons per person patronage is a huge misuse of this life giving resource. The USGS estimates one person uses 80-100 gallons a day in our daily lives. If an average 18 hole golf course uses an estimated 1 million gallons a day in desert regions they would have to have 10,000 people a day play and that would double each golfers daily water use. At the Naval base in Guantanamo Bay Cuba they stopped watering the fairways on the golf course in the 60’s and only water the tee boxes and greens. This made one of the worlds most challenging courses more challenging as the fairways quickly became dirt and rocks. Turf mats were allowed and rule exceptions made for those long straight drives that go awry because your ball stuck a small stone and bounces out of bounds. Beware the banana rats though they love to steal your ball.
We almost moved there when I was a kid. We moved to D.C. instead. That's not a dry heat. They should use nuclear power to pump desalinated water all the way up to Lake Powell. Let that be the new trickle down economics. I see the biggest issue in this video is that people are having their A/C cut off in the middle of a heat wave. We don't allow power companies to do that in winter, we shouldn't allow them to do that during a heat wave either. That got passed right on by.
Y'ever just think that maybe people shouldn't live in a desert like phoenix? I mean it's a desert, how you gonna shade that, what native american rez are you going to plunder for its water to irrigate a parking lot enough to grow a tree in dang phoenix az, bro?
How about way too many people as the Problem? We humans are literally "shifting in our own nest". Where I live, apartments and houses are going up like a scourge. Urbanization: Roads, businesses, cars, etc all growing... driving out nature.... Social problems follow ... crime, sex industry , homeless, trash, blight, overstressed utilities like water and electricity, air and water pollution, .... WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE! We humans are our own worst "scourge" and the ways we are suiciding countless. Oh well, it is time for the next extinction ....
I’ve learned that the culture here in PHX is to never go outside, unless it’s early morning or sunset. I can’t imagine being displaced and unhoused in this weather.
Hmmm the hottest city in America is Death Valley than Las Vegas. Got 135 in Death Valley and 128 in vegas I know I live in Vegas. Phoenix is hot but not the hottest city in America
Phoenix isn’t the hottest city, bullhead, Laughlin, lake Havasu, Yuma, and Palm Springs are all hotter cities than Phoenix, Phoenix just complains more
Phoenix is larger than Yuma or Lake Havasu. Phoenix is a major metropolitan area, taking in the west valley areas of Litchfield Park, Surprise, Peoria and the east valley locations of Mesa, Chandler, and Gilbert.
Your heat related death numbers seemed to be absolute and not representative of a rate per 1000 or some other base. As such increases may be due to population changes in the age structure or imigration. To say it is the warmest year ever is lying with statistics. Everybody says it but nobody talks about how it was calculated. To be honest I would only look at same station records over time. Your video seems more like a warm and fuzzy bs piece. How many people will die if the power grid goes down because of overzelous removal of coal and natural gas driven power plants. One pratical solution is an intelligent grid with each house or building having a load control computer at the breaker panel so it can turn off some loads for short periods when instructed such as hotwater tanks and even refrigerators for a short time to avoid peaks that usually cause outages. Cut the power to your electric car charger. Car charging can be mostly done at night when demand drops. Employ the homeless as landscappers to plant trees, bushes, and shrubs in movable planters to be placed in parking areas with excess capacity. Go to small extended aeration systems in the 200 gallon per day range to keep wastewater on site and clean it for irrigating the newly planted greenery. The homeless can be trained to run such machines. Better yet, keep all wastewater on site and polish it with a small constructed wetlands. Your fire department may even be able to use the water from the pond in emergencies. I am a 69 year old white man and have no entitlement like you do. Get more technical and ethical and get to work and solve the problems. One thing you can do is calculate the payback peroids and benefit cost ratio for said systems to help get buisnesses to fund it. With the treatment system a very small part of its containment structure could be used to house 4 operators which would also provide a 24 hour security watch. Said system would cost a owner money but the benefits would significanty exceed the cost. Present the system with its economics in a video. Your entitlement aside you are a pretty and smart young lady. Use your abilities to get something done above being a star on camera.
#GreenNewDeal Let's put solar panels on every home, business and covered parking rooftop and switch to electric vehicles making nearly everything we do solar powered while completely decentralizing our power supply and empowering everyone as power generation owners. Solar power is CHEAPER and electric vehicles are soon to be CHEAPER to make and already are considerably CHEAPER to maintain and operate, especially if charged from your own solar power. A 3-5 year ROI (return on investment) for a solar array that will generate power for decades is a no-brainer and the panels can even be made locally too. #EndFossilFuels #SwitchToSolar #SwitchToElectric
@@dylanhoward7668 why not? that math checks out. the only people stopping it are big oil and their cronies. oil companies still get tens of millions PER YEAR in subsidies, several orders of magnitude more than "green" energy.
@@dylanhoward7668 It's called a power grid. You don't have the same weather everywhere. It may be overcast, reducing power production, in Pheonix on a given day, but other cities will be overproducing and the grid distributes that power.
@@dylanhoward7668 run off deep cycle batteries? Do you think people don't know about night time or clouds? lmao. ...or are you saying the sun will eventually stop shining forever at some point based on some information you're privy to?
The Earth is overpopulated with 7 billion people and more people equals more carbon which makes since why it’s so hot in some places in the world. If the world were to end it’d probably be humanity’s fault in my opinion.
So Pheonix is TALKING about how to innovate. Pretty much like New Orleans did ten years before Katrina. Whilst it is mainly the poor people who are suffering that will not change into city wide action.
All the casinos and hotels in Las Vegas go against the grain. In the middle of a desert. Every building being air conditioned. All the lights at night that light up the horizon for hours every single night. It's an accident waiting to happen. It's an accident that is happening day after day...
the fact that phoenix even exists terrifies me. I live in probably the only place in the US besides northern alaska with summer highs below 70. I'm also extremely prone to heat migraines and exhaustion and have gotten sick from being out in just 80 degrees for more than an hour. the planet is going to be uninhabitable for me before anyone else, and I feel helpless. more effort needs to be made to reduce the effects of climate change by targeting major corporations that are the primary source of carbon emissions and other environmental damage
Pussy bruh I’m from Texas an ran on metal bleachers in august during a heatwave for football for 15 minutes running straight in 112 f weather sunny day full blast sun in the face
Despite popular opinion, im a person who is most happy in cold climates and snow. I also live in phoenix. Not only do i literally live through that hell, Its constantly in my face online that there's no where on earth quite like this place. -_-
Checking in to say, I live in one of the neighborhoods being tested for the cool pavement treatment. I was excited at first but now I have a big concerns. The treatment has a fine reflective glitter mixed into it and I can no longer keep my front window open because the street is so bright. It is painful to look at. Will cause blindness overtime? What is too bright of a reflection for the human eye? Another concern is that it is more slippery than regular asphalt. I 'peel' out just turning a corner. Does it cause people to slide more when breaking?
Parks and green places sound good, but Lake Mead is at 37%. People are using the Colorado to drown lawns to keep them green. Keeping the desert green is not good. Get rid of non-desert plants, plant natural desert plants.
That's what I was thinking. How are poor neighborhoods in a desert city going to grow lush lawns and greenery ? That's a luxury they can't afford.
I remember doing door-to-door work there when I was a kid and noticed that the people there who had actual lawns (instead of rocks & gravel) were watering them constantly. It was a waste then and it’s a bigger one now.
They need to learn to catch rain to use for their lawns like they do in India. Water is running is and evaporating fast. They can have green land if they harvest water I'm the right way and hasn't greenery is good for the earth..Dig up a lot of road they do nothing to store water and they are hot.
@@msdramamusic it only rains once a year. That would have to be back up
@@msdramamusic That would be great if they had much rain in the desert.
Lawns shouldn’t be a solution to cool your environment. Lawns require alot of water, and isn’t ideal in a desert environment. Instead, grow more native drought tolerate plants.
By greening the land with grass and trees the temperatures go down and it could increase the rain fall over time
A desert should never be treated like a anything other than a desert…history has shown nature always wins.
It’s an urban sprawl mess here and they are still building outward, intruding ever more into the desert. That’s the main force of economic growth here, to “build, build, build”. The Southwest is on the verge of a serious water shortage and the temperature is about to become even more unbearable. Let’s see how long or how much more stubborn they’ll continue to expand this city.
@@enticingmay435 Yeah, Arizona broke a lot of records last year for being one of the hottest and driest years in the state, but yet you still keep seeing houses and buildings being sprung up all around the state...
Yes, nature always wins -- but THEN, along came the Trump Republicans, who said "Hold my Scotch!", while they promptly stomped on our precious Mother Nature's blessings.
I'm... Less convinced than you?
Like, yeah, clearly, we can't do the same things on a desert than outside. But that doesn't mean we can't build infrastructure that adapts to these conditions. The israelis have done wonders in their deserts, but they also show that a well maintained and very very well designed water management system is necessary for this. So yeah, in a desert, adapt to it, don't replicate what happens in none desert places.
It’s kinda like, live there at your own risk. If you were born there and it’s gradually getting too hot, try and move somewhere. Lots of space on the face of the earth
These cities really need to consult with experts in permaculture so they don't just plant random trees. There are trees and plants that are drought tolerant and don't require large amounts of water. Also, where you plant , how many you plant and what types of trees you plant are very important. They need to stop thinking of just aesthetics and think long term effects on neighborhoods.
Many cities do use arborists to decide which trees can be planted where. It's usually more of an issue of developers or homeowners that don't know what they're doing and they just plant palm trees or whatever looks nice or something that'll grow too big and screw up their plumbing.
@@starfire139 Unfortunately, developers are more powerful than city employees who are more than willing to take bribes. Theoretically, cities-through zoning, permits, commissions and charters-determine city planning. In reality, what you get are insane outcomes in the name of money, as in the case of Phoenix.
Grow native!
Exactly! Brad Lancaster has helped transform nearby Tucson. This video would have been better if the had contrasted it to what Brad Lancaster has done in Tucson. J
ust watched a great video by him on the _pb of avl_ channel called Drought-Proofing Our Community by Brad Lancaster. It's an enjoyable, entertaining and informing video that teaches a lot of techniques and bonuses to harvesting rainwater into landscapes, such as the local water table rising.
Water harvesting is as important to heat mitigation as planting trees because it helps lower the costs to maintain these shade trees. We 'throw away' a lot of water when we send it out to the city culverts. And shunt fresh drinking water to the sea. We can rehydrate the land and lower the heat island effect with things like bioswales, zai pits, bonds, and check dams and make places like this visually attractive, too.
Brad should be the State of Arizona's water consultant, maybe even hired on a national level!
@@b_uppy Yes! BRAD LANCASTER and PERMACULTURE PRINCIPLES.
8:25 Where is the roof-top solar? Every single building in the desert SW should be making power.
Painting a roof white is cheap and reduces energy consumption. While solar panels are fantastic and we need more of them, finding cheap ways of reducing energy usage can help balance the equation until we get more green energy online.
Las Vegas has solar farms that cover multiple square miles, there is no reason the state hasn't massively invested in solar energy on a residential level.
I'd rather attribute it to the incompetence or stupidity of our leaders but more and more it seems intentional, they want all the money an investment like that would bring or they want nothing to do with it at all.
If I'm not mistaken the solar panels are black, which sounds like it would worsen the situation. If the power grid is under stress, then they should shut down all power to industry and business to give AC to residences!
Here in Michigan we've been in a drought for 5 years; this year is expected to be worse. I think it's permanent.
@@veramae4098 We too in the Western half of the US are in a really bad drought. Lakes are literally drying up.
As someone who lives in Phoenix, I feel a strong desire to move to somewhere cooler
you should! utah is close by and it’s very desirable to move to (the economy is doing good apparently) and it’s close enough to be near(ish) family
I'll keep that in mind when I start looking for jobs, after I graduate
New Mexico around Santa Fe is fairly nice, not too big, and cooler than Albuquerque. It's also not too far from certain labs if you're into the physical sciences per se.
Denver, Colorado I've also heard is nice by anyone that's lived there that I've asked. They need to watch their smog though.
Utah, I'd imagine, would be best if you want a more Christian-based state to live in. 😅
@@megamanx466 most Mormons are not super Christ-like! It is cooler than AZ if you can deal with snowy months.
@@megamanx466 There's a bunch of Mormons in East Valley. I live in Queen Creek and I can see 3 Mormon churches from my house.
This is a great introduction to heat related sustainability issues. However, grass lawns are a terrible idea in Arizona. There are plenty of native species that use less water and provide the same cooling effect. Desert landscaping is foreign in other states but in Arizona it's essential because we cannot afford to waste water...and lawns here use a lot more water to maintain.
It is easy to divert the greywater from sinks, bathtubs & showers to support a few shade trees. But lawns suck in many ways, particularly they suck up huge amounts of water...
I really want someone to tell people in deserts to use solar panels in Arizona
@@ashleybenitez992 In the largest county, Maricopa, there are legal barriers to getting solar panels. The county makes it difficult to get permits for them, forces people to stay on the power grid even though they don't need to (and the utilities charge them for the privilege) and 60% of residents live in apartments. I'm a homeowner and I'm 100% in favor of solar here...but people in our neighborhood have waited up to a year for approval from the county. Arizona is suffering from bad management all around and there isn't a simple solution for addressing this.
You all can vote. You need to get rid of people who won't let you use solar in a place made for it.
As for lawns, yes they use water but I think people might be allowed a small patch of lawn if it is not a “thirsty” variety and if it is planted under a shade tree.
About the same for plants and trees - ok but stick to non-thirsty varieties.
As for people in tents, I found that a double layer of fabric helps a lot to reduce heat absorption and transfer. Also, a white-roof tent helps. A small white 10 x 10 canopy over a tent would accomplish this also.
Shame on that energy supplier for letting a poor woman die just because she didn't had that $1.
Inhumane...
APS Electric company will shut down your electricity in a blink of an eye if you don't pay. No matter what the temperature is outside. They are the most expensive electric company in the state of Arizona and also have pending lawsuits because of this action.
@@jamessanchez9446 This isn't true actually. Because of Stephanie Pullman's death, the ACC put an emergency shut off moratorium in place and the permanent disconnect rules for regulated utilities is ongoing. There is an upcoming public comment session I need people to speak up at. I'm also still working on getting statewide legislation in place also. Though I need to update the site for last year, you can read the history at: www.stoptheapsgreed.com/battle-history
@@StaceyChampion In all honesty I did not read the corners report on the cause of death of Stephanie Pullman. However I do have experience with APS, they are my current service provider, and they have in the past shut down my electrical service because I was late on paying my bill. This happened on a very hot day in July while I was at work and my kids were at home without any air condition. I remember this because of my inability to pay my children had to suffer. I am a victim of those kinds of tactics.
Capitalism is inherently evil. It will always put profit over human lives.
@@goyoelburro And what is better? Communism? Fascism? Theocracy? Feudalism? Capitalism is responsible for getting Billions of people out of dire poverty. No other system comes close.
Phoenix has the same climate as places like Cairo, Baghdad or Riyadh. Essentially the Saharan and Arabian deserts.
Its getting there. The sonoran desert is changing from the wettest to a dry sand dunes type.
It used to snow every year on the mountains, and sometimes the desert would be covered in snow too. We used to have spring showers, monsoons and winter storms but now its just a sprinkle for our monsoon season.
Its entirely because we are demolishing natural trees, cactus and shrubs and replacing it with gravel, pavement, and the modern wooden home you see everywhere instead of stucco and Adobe houses
@@michaelqu yeah but New Delhi doesn't have as much sun and has much more rain.
Just read Dune to see what's coming - both in climate and politics!
@@mk1st Wrong, pippin. Read the Bible. Everything else is fiction, or truth if it parrots the Bible.
Atleast they have winter unlike tropical climate the temperature is just hot all year.
When they said 104 is much cooler, I had a heat stroke.
Here in Oregon we hit 116 degrees. If this don't serve as a wake up call to the public that it's time to change how we treat our home planet idk what is.
"But it's a dry heat" as they say. And so is my oven, but I don't spend any time in there.
@@nickmonks9563 they need to realize dry heat or not, it is still hotter
104 is paradise compared to 120
@@nickmonks9563 I hate that "but its a dry heat" Crap people will tell you. 100+ is freaking hot and it causes death. How is this "better" than the humidity?
"Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone;
they paved paradise, and put up a parkin' lot !" ** Joni Mitchell- 1969 **
Here in Britain it’s illegal for utilities to shut off services due to lack of payment. It should be illegal all around the world because access to basic resources that keep you alive should be a right not a privilege.
I agree wholeheartedly, the U.S is just light years behind when it comes to things like this. Including healthcare, Last year I had felt weird (faint/like I couldn't breathe), went the ER and the Dr there only spent 4 minutes with me (refused to run tests), said I had anxiety and sent me home. I ended up getting worse, turns out I had cancer. Healthcare in the US is a joke... nevermind utilities... it's just awful. I wish I had the resources to leave this country. Anyway, God Bless you! I'm glad to hear it's illegal to do that in Britain.
The reason the US doesn't do that is because the right-wingers scream SOCIALISM!!!!! whenever it's proposed. They would literally rather have people die than see another penny on the rates.
@@Peepsyx3 light years are a unit of distance stupid.
There in Britain you celebrate weakness. Here in the US, we assume the responsibility to survive is on the individual. Darwin will decide ultimately.
@@jasonji1900 yet people in US love to waste water on their stupid golf grass
I'm going to echo the obvious idea of shading parking lots with solar panels - 2 for 1!
Have parking lots on the outskirts of the city, covered with solar panels. Have train and other public transit nearby so you don't need as much pavement (parking lots and roads) deep inside the city
Lol I live in Phoenix and this school close to me has shade areas for the parking spots that are solar panels. They were just installed
There are at least a handful of those at city facilities in Las Cruces, NM.
@@ThomasBomb45 exactly, also put your Industries on the edge of the map so only 1/2 of the pollution is counted.
@@drm2318 putting industry far away from population centers would reduce the pollution entering people's lungs, but I don't see what you mean by decreasing pollution by half?
A key insight that is rarely mentioned, is that plants are heat reflective. This is primarily why vegetated areas are cooler. Rewilding abandoned properties into small parks may be a helpful heat mitigation strategy for urban environments.
Phoenix native here. In my short lifespan I have witnessed less monsoon seasons and more devastating summers as time progresses. This brings me to an Arizona State University pole that states roughly 30% of participants say their housing situation grew less secure during the pandemic. Unfortunately, this supports the reality that a heat wave disaster is eminent and many people will not even have adequate housing for protection. Upgrading the grid is just one step over this staggering mountain we must climb to survive the effects of global climate change. Wish us luck.
@Jack Quick boi, go to sleep with your government weather control malarky.
Can y'all move north? Maybe the urban area can gradually shift northward to an area where it's less hot and less dry.
@@30803080308030803081 they are into the flagstaff area
Which tribe?
The transformed desert is turning back into desert- climate recall- not climate change.
In addition to being one of the hottest cities, Phoenix is also one of the fastest growing cities in the US
No it's not, it's like Tulsa you just don't go there
@@namedjavelin3932 then check you're data again looks like you're working with rubbish
immigration...
@@thai9503 WTF? You go look at the data because Phoenix is one of the fastest growing cities/metro areas just passing 5 million as of last year
@@richardmcdonnell4054 I don't know what you're smoking but do me some.
The lack of serious conversation over the design of cities (aka car-oriented design) in this video is a shame. In every way, having to rely on your car for everyday living is literally killing people and the environment in a multitude of ways.
The whole work from home, was a blessing in disguise.
true! but phoenix lacks in shade and sidewalks so many people are dependent on their cars. it’s simply too hot! (especially considering the bus stops with no shaded area) + a lot of cities don’t have things like grocery stores, gyms, libraries, recreation centers, etc in walking distance. a lot of it comes back to architecture and urban planning
My PHX neighborhood had two green spaces last year. Both are being paved over right now and turned into condos:( So hot already.
Sad isnt it
@@Xavier-uknonada One of the many emotions.
This is why I say humans are stupid
@@Aeternum_Gaming I think you missed the entire lesson of this video....
ASU just built a building in the neighborhoid i live in. Guess what they built next to it? A huge parking lot.
I live in Mesa Arizona and the amount of parking spots we have for the less amount of cars we have is insane. It makes our cities not only ugly, but hotter as well. It low key sucks here during the summer.
Hey, I have a great idea, let's build a city in the middle of the desert and then complain about how hot it is.
In El Paso the summer heats could reach anywhere between 103°f-115°f and it’s only getting hotter and hotter, so I could only imagine how bad the heat truly is in Phoenix.
Guess I’m not moving to texas then
Just hit 123 degrees here in Palm Springs smh
I've lived in both places and as bad as El Paso can get, it doesn't come close to Phoenix. It's like living in a blast furnace.
The desert animals live underground, sleep during the day and go out at night.
Bingo! There is a town in the Australian desert where everyone lives in nice underground homes. The underground house in the original Star Wars is a real house in Tunisia.
the desert sucks
@@adriansmith6811 Yes, it's pretty shitty from May to November, but it's my-t-fine the rest of the year.
Right now, the Southwest is in a "Mega-Drought", the likes of which there hasn't been for 1,000 -1200 years.
When the water's gone, it'll suck all year long.
Living in a small space is wise when you have to use climate control.
This winter was asked to use as little power as possible to prevent outage.
I can have a small place moved here and save. The city wants to say what we do. I really want a concrete dome home. So none of their reason make sense for being involved in the building process.
I can build a house that just doesn't get destroyed by tornado termites.
But humans are a different sort of animal. They cook their food, they send their offspring to college, they fight in wars, they invent religions, and they plot against other humans for personal gain, and they slaughter other species for imagined "superiority".
You can't expect these human creatures to conduct themselves in an intelligent and reasonable manner, since they abandon both reason AND intelligence in order to "Make America Great Again" in order to sattisfy the delusions of a madman.
However, millions of people in the deserts of the Middle East have adopted the habits of the animals -- they do business in the early morning hours, avoid the mid-day heat, and dine in the cooler evening hours.
Here in Phoenix, out-door workers start at first light, and are often finished near noon.
BUT- no matter what, there is no preparing for the extreme temperatures brought about by man-induced climate change.
More trees, less asphalt. It's not that difficult.
Exactly. India understands how it's done
More trees in a fairly arid desert. Sounds great!
Where's all the water going to come from again? 🤔
@@megamanx466 There are many desert adapted plants that use very very little water.. look all around the desert around Phoenix.. it's full of (*GASP*) PLANTS!!!!! And they all survive and flourish in a DESERT on very very little water.
In addition, irrigation instead of yard watering using grey water is proven to actually save water, especially when you factor in the lower temperature that you get from having the foliage means less water loss do to evaporation and plant perspiration.
@@9753flyer GASP! You're correct, however... they mentioned trees, not just plants. The other thing is there are some trees fairly well adapted to that type of environment.
Another issue is that Lake Meed is drying up really quickly, so even "grey water" will need to become more efficiently used lest there not be anymore water from there. Wells might be ok for awhile, but most of the southwest all pulls from that one tremendous aquifer... which is not good. 😅
@@megamanx466 Oh.. I thought trees were plants.. plenty of desert adapted trees too....
We are the ones trying to inhabit non-inhabitable places. People literally build houses at the bottom of volcanoes, at the far reaches of the arctic, in the middle of flood zones, etc. Yes, these places are beautiful or have great resource extraction opportunities, but let's not kid ourselves, some places we are "pilgrims in an unholy land." Phoenix was really a winter retreat but modern technology prolonged that stay to year round, but now people are starting to pay a heavy price.
Agreed, we’re also the reason why global warming is happening. If we never existed, it would not be this hot as if today, just like Arizona and California. Their in a crisis because of global warming (heat which leads to droughts which leads to fires) and even for Florida, their experiencing flooding and more storms, that’s because the ice is melting because it’s too hot, which leads to the ocean level rising..
You would be shocked to know that most ppl does not decide where they live. Ppl tend to live where they born, can get a job, or have family ties or friends around, everything else is for the most part circumstantial. Most ppl living in poverty has no chance to even visit a place - where they would like to live if it were up to them - let alone move there.
@Eat the socialist stfu
When I ride my motorcycle early day or late night and I can feel the difference between the city desert and outer natural areas in the shaded valley well outside the city its easily 20-30 degrees colder
And rural areas and suburban areas are warming equally as fast urban areas.
That’s why it’s best to look at temperature anomaly and not actual temperature
Dude you don't have to lie just to come on here and say something. It's just as hot out in the f****** desert as it is in Phoenix man. Shut your mouth bro
@@burningbridges9127 you must not know what I'm talking about.
Not pheonix Not the desert
Ahh yes! And it's so pleasant when you get to travel through areas with lots of agricultural fields. I live in Phoenix and ride a motorcycle.
Take your motorcycle way out in the desert at night ... a million stars!
Painting roads and roofs white or a light color, really help with trapped heat. Also, promoting the growth of native plants and trees.
In my city, nearly everyone has trees and plants (native trees come free with any new house), rare to see a bare yard here, it really does do a lot, providing animals with habitat and food while giving people shade and cooling the general area.
You have a great idea with the white roads and roofs You deserve more "thumbs up".
you put a VAST amounts of lawns and trees in Phoenix, Vegas etc..... WATER becomes MORE of an issue, you NEED to pick a battle
Ever heard of native land scapingb
@@lewizzrocks The people in this video clearly haven't
Phoenix has incentives to get rid of lawns and trees and the percentage of the surrounding areas with lawns has become less and less. Phoenix residents also use less water today than they did 60 years ago.
The biggest issues are with farmers where they take up a majority of our water and are wasteful with it. Maricopa county has set themselves up well compared to other Arizona counties. More needs to be done to reduce heat with the heat island effect if anything here.
Turf is a great compromise. I switched all grass front and back yard to turf and it does make a big difference. No water needed, it looks great year round and it cools down my back yard :) Love Arizona.. heat and all.
I live in Georgia, and I dream of moving to Utqiagvik Alaska. Think of all the water and ice. Ahh... sweet sweet cold.
Instead, I live in heck. There was a job that was perfect for me, but I'd have to move to Arizona, north of Phoenix. I said NOPE. I don't want to move to a lower circle of heck. No thank you!
Lol.. “Heck”
North of Phoenix the weather is actually much nicer because it's up in the mountains and is forested. Not all of Arizona is desert.
@@ammanite It was directly north. Like next city up. I was hoping it was the mountains. Then, I saw the map.
@@jw5592 Oh my heck
Hell?
I’ve been to Phoenix, and I love it. As far as the temperature is concerned it’s like when someone is baking a cake in the oven then opening up the oven and you feel the heat when it hits you, that’s how hot it is in Phoenix when you step outside your house to go outside.
Yes, and the seat belt buckle burns you when you get into the car.
not funny...what happens when a blackout occures when its extreeme heat?
@@LK-pc4sq My ac doesn't work and I use a table fan in Phoenix, isn't that bad. Also lived without the table fan for a while because I broke it by mistake.
Living in the southern US (south Mississippi!) - we have had folks die even if they didn't lose power, because they were too poor to have even a window unit type AC. We don't generally get power outages from an overload of the grid - from storm damage yes, but not brownouts like Phoenix or NYC has had. But, enough folks have died from heat that there's a program in rural areas to help get people small window unit ACs, and also folks will help create "swamp coolers" (big thing of ice and a fan, it doesn't last long but it can help). In some places, churches open their doors and let folks stay in the building, too.
I have family in south Arizona, kind of near the border, and every summer I get a little worried for them because it's just SO hot, and they're in a relatively rural area. But my aunt is super smart and has a lot of native plants all around her place, she has other nifty things like fans that can be run without power, and she tends to keep to a schedule that lets her move around in the early morning and later in the evening so she can avoid the worst heat of day, taking a siesta. But she's a lucky one, she has the financial stability to do those things. It is appalling that the city officials cannot do more for those folks without shelter than a completely unshaded parking lot. And yet - water is not a limitless resource out there and trees are very, very thirsty critters for the most part. Getting shade that way presents its own share of problems.
I hope that science and determination will quickly find ways to help more, because like you said - it's only going to get warmer.
Trees want a lot of water up front, but they also help gather and retain water in the environment.
"Fans that can be run without power"?
I'm in south Alabama, please tell me more about these fans!
Also re: Phoenix - No kidding, how long have they been out there in just tents?
FFS how much would it cost the city to string together some tarps between nearby light poles?
It would at least offer those poor people some respite from the direct sun!
@@WindKing0 I'm not sure I am remembering right, but they were invented in India I think? Punkah fans might be the term, but don't quote me. Basically tho, they are like great big sail or kite shapes, cloth stretched over thin wood; you hang the fan from the ceiling, and attach a cord from the bottom of hte fan to like, the bottom of a rocking chair
rock the chair, get a breeze!
@@Beryllahawk That is a human powered fan, not a fan running without power.
“A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.”
Phoenix was an inferno when I left it a quarter century ago. I can only imagine how intolerable the heat is today. I guarantee you at some threshold it’ll reach a tipping point and those who can afford to will begin to flee.
I wish they'd go already, instead, more people are coming here, urban sprawl is total trash, and raising our temperatures here, like crazy.
This is so true. A city of 6 million should not exist in the desert like that.
Climate migration.
@@plant.hacks.4.ur.environment
Phoenix is not a city of 6 million people, if it were true, that would make Phoenix the second largest city in the USA.
@@plant.hacks.4.ur.environment Not 6 million, but we are the 5th largest city in the country. And humans have lived in the desert for centuries, it really is no big deal.
The fact that American cities are built with panic to building taller than 2 stores and oversized streets and parking lots instead of on street parking worse the effect compared with Spanish cities, where the proximity between buildings provide shade to one another and to the people/parked cars.
If there was only street parking there wouldn't be nearly enough parking available.
@@Reno_Slim By bulding tall instead of wide you dont need nearly as much the car and the walkability increases when you dont need to cross 3 parking lots to go from a store to another. Also public transpor become more efficent.
@@Angel24Marin
Building tall increases the need for parking structures if you're cramming more people into the same area. You also have to keep in mind that most of the western United States was developed after the advent of the automobile and cities were designed with that accomodation in mind. And personally, I avoid public transportation at all costs and absolutely HATE apartment living....especially highrise apartment living. I don't like sharing transportation or walls with strangers or my neighbors.
We have some of the dumbest city building codes where what you're describing just never happens. We don't even let the market decide what houses to be built like The Netherlands. Our ordinances make the developer's use the most amount of land to build the largest house possible (even though most buyers don't want a gigantic house). It just maximises the profit for the developer's. This is how it is in Arizona where I live. Now some cities are finally catching onto building denser residential areas closer to mass transit. The problem is you won't be able to afford to live there. It's all luxury condos/apartments. Forcing the residents who do depend on mass transit to the subarbs where it's lacking.
@Reno Slim nope, because they won't need cars or own one at all, so no need for parking
Solar panel shade structures over EVERY parking lot. Kills two birds: 1) reduces the use of fossil fuels 2) it keeps the parking surface from absorbing heat throughout the day. There are several parking lots here on Maui that are shaded with solar panels, including at the local Costco. It's just an obvious solution. Like at the Justa Center. While that is a place to get out of the heat, they're using electricity for the fans. Make the shade structure more permanent and put solar panels on top to power the fans.
Yes! Heck I live in the midwest, and when we redo our roof, we are going with light grey/white and putting up solar panels.
Normal solar reflection from our planet is about 30%.. with all the reflecting structures we're installing, including massive solar panel arrays, that 30% is dramatically increasing to unsustainable levels. We need to tackle that problem immediately before it's the next major cause of global warming, and we look back and go.. whoops!
@@steven.h0629 It's never going to catch up with shrinking glaciers, snow pack and sea ice.
There have even been proposals to unfurl giant mylar blankets in the Alps and to paint huge portions of Greenland white.
We've terraformed our species into a crisis by ignoring the consequences of our activities.
Joni Mitchell was right, we have paved paradise.
@@jimurrata6785 Remember when we discovered gigantic ancient Redwoods on the western coast... we showed them damn trees who's boss.
@@steven.h0629 Hell, remember when we built huge hydropower dams?
When we tried to levee the Mississippi to keep cities and crop lands from flooding?
(No. I'm old, but I'm not _that_ old)
Humanity is like cancer. Completely unchecked, and monopolizing resources at an ever increasing rate.
Our concepts of permanence are completely out of touch with sustainability.
Honestly if there's one thing this global ecosystem _doesnt_ need, it's us.
There can be nothing that I can think of that would make me live in a place with 53 days above 110F. they could double my salary and I'd turn it down
I live in Arizona and I'll take the dry desert heat over the sticky, swampy, suffocating humidity of a southeastern summer all day long.
…but its a dry heat.
@@DavidEVogel biggest lie ever told!
@@dianefreeman7194 No, it's true. When August and early September come, the humidity goes up (up to nearly 50%!) and then it's Really nasty here. Normally, humidity is between 5 and 20%. Allows sweat to more readily evaporate- which is how humans (try) to keep cool.
@@61rampy65 talk to David e Vogel, not me! I've heard about AZ is liveable because its "a dry heat" all my life. I've visited relatives there and NOTHING will convince me to move there, humidity or not.
Or how about removing gargantuan patking lots and freeways? And while green spaces are great, Pheonix is in a desert and the Colorado river is seeing less water flow from declining snowpack
Build homes underground, Australia has entire communities.
That and or get desert plants that can live in little to almost none.
Why because if they made roofs with 2 or 3 inches of dirt and have desert plants on top to cool.
Oh nothing that can get more then 300 pounds of course or roof will fall.
No cactus they can get 300 pounds from seed in just 6 years so no cacti.
Its about water- there won't be any. 🔥🇺🇸🔥
Ozzy here - Australia has very few underground houses. They are mostly highly impractical, even in the conditions faced. It is hot underground in many places., talk to some miners. how would you like your house 130/60deg and 100% humidity?
Then a monsoon will come an flood the house.
@@jeffmcdonald101 bro its not like that it starts to warm up 300 feet in some places unless you live next to a volcano then thats 20 feet or less lol.
So most its 1,000 feet or 1,400 feet tell its getting hot.
Oh ya humidity will be around 40% inside but we will need to cycle the air so co2 doesn't kill ya.
So this cycle can drop the humidity to around 15 to 25%
PBS is the only channel on TV that has great shows....thank you PBS :)
We need to have more trees within cities, find and use a different alternative for road building, and apply sustainable infrastructure.
Solar panels everywhere. Arizona could be a solar hub. Wasting the potential 😢
@@plant.hacks.4.ur.environment we’re getting better at it trust me. Every year I see more and more solar panels.
I remember hearing about that poor woman that died. I believe I read she died in one of the Sun City Retirement communities in Northwest Phoenix area. It should be against the law to shut off the electricity of a resident in Arizona, because of the deadly heat. Especially a senior citizen. Talk about a low life electric company that did that shut off.
It IS against the law in many midwest states. Certain times of the year they can't cut you off. Basically they are not allowed to let you freeze to death or die of heat stroke.
The only problem is these times are based on traditional winter and summer months. Climate change is increasingly altering those times.
Just this week canada recorded a record high of 121 degrees, which is mind boggling and is even hot for places like arizona and California
I've gone swimming out in the Colorado river with the temp being 121. We get close to that every year and not just for one day a year.
And here I am in the Bay Area dying when temps reach 80. Can't even imagine what 100+ heat would be like.
There's a reason why it's called *Phoenix* , AZ. 😅
Bay area is 60% humidity today, Phoenix is 9%..
Houston is 58% humidity right now, 91° feels like 103°
Well, soon you will be moving to The Central Valley where all of your coworkers and myself live, and you will experience those higher temperatures. :)
You get used to it, just drink a bunch of water.
Put your head in an oven for a few minutes; feels like that. The wind feels like a blow-dryer when it gets to 40°C.
Arizona is getting hotter every year
Phoenix tourism brags that they have over 200 golf courses. A golf course in a desert uses 100,000 gallons of water per day
Plant in and outside your house guys. All hands on deck. - Take care from the Philippines.
@@allgoo1990 cars have never been cleaner and yet things are getting worse so maybe you're wrong? but don't let that stop you from virtue signaling to the guy with a real solution.
@@allgoo1990 what impact would you place over 2,000 nuclear explosions going off on the planet since the 40's? what impact of all the corporations polluting the environment 24/7 for the last 100 years? did you know that the US gov't intentionally heated up our atmosphere testing weather control? for you to place all blame on cars shows little awareness of our real world and proof that you are just parroting talking points of someone else. it's not cars... be smarter.
@@allgoo1990 When I breathe, i am not contributing to climate change because the carbon I breathe out comes from the food I eat. The carbon in my food came from the air*. So that carbon is just going back where it came from.
All fossil fuel emissions are from carbon that used to be deep underground, so it increases the concentration. We have doubled the carbon in our atmosphere just from human activity up until now
*actually a not-insignificant amount of carbon in food comes from petrochemicals, i.e. oil from the ground in the form of artificial fertilizers. Something like 25-50% of the carbon in food, and therefore breathed out, came from fossil fuels
@@allgoo1990 Yes, CO2 is increasing and climate change is real. Maybe I misunderstood your comment, I thought you disagreed
Its more fun in the Philippines
I live in Phoenix, there's always a huge push for green energy and sustainability in the court house, but republicans and lobbying groups fight hard to invalidate the climate crisis here. Not having congress men and women who will fight for these changes also makes change hard.
When Trump gets reinstated August 2021, he will fix this.
@@applejackson6010 Yea right, Trump the clown who denies climate change yet built a wall over his Ireland golf course because of sea level rise.
@@applejackson6010 August is over. Where is the orange man? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Was really hoping to hear that they had initiated a vigorous re-greening program. There's a lot of drought tolerant vegetation that can serve as shade and air quality improvement
More people need to have solar systems with battery backup, you absolutely can run an AC unit with solar especially somewhere like AZ
I'm surprised that almost every home/building isn't equipped with solar panels. Its a golden opportunity given that its sunny most of the year. Not to mention it would relieve much of the stress on the power grid.
Or even just have a full basement, the earth is cool, just hide in it and take necessary precautions for the fact its a basement like CO alarms. (You could even finish the basements and have nice naturally cool rooms)
My parents house in NY has a half basement that is always decently cool in the summer.
As far as making the city itself cooler, minimize black surfaces, minimize parking lots, make all roofs white, plant native desert plants you don't have to water yourself.
I'm literally considering moving to Minneapolis, the coldest major metro in the US b/c I know it's going to warm up to the climate of New York or Cleveland.
Minneapolis reached 95 yesterday, low of 74. 😳😱
Minnesota has had highs in the 90's for the past several days. And it gets super humid in the summer.
Even Alaska gets hot in the summer.
Lawns !?! FFS people. It's already madness that we have a city of over 4 million people in the middle of the desert.
9:26, it would be nice to also provide water through a tap or something like that instead of small plastic bottles.
And...our tap water isn't great to drink either. Depends greatly on which suburb you live in.
@@thecrystalperson5576 , no I was referring to a storage container and using reusable bottles. And the storage container would be filled with water from a good place.
@M S, thanks for sharing. I was actually thinking about the same filtered water that companies like Aquafina sell.
I was born in Florida and lived there for 29 years, 8 years of which I worked outdoors. 90 degrees and 95 percent humidity was typical for around 8 months a year. I moved to The Pacific Northwest at age 29 because of the stifling heat and never looked back. My great ancestors faced down the last ice age; I don't think they would survive Phoenix today, unless maybe they could get work in a walk-in freezer or some such.
Hahahah! It is hot out here. I couldn’t handle the heat here in Phoenix but when I move to humid Merida Mexico, the dry heat was way more barely and when I moved back to phx I embraced the dry heat
Did you do okay during the heat dome?
Phoenix is awesome but it's become too damn hot and way urbanized overload.. You're better off in Albuquerque or Las Cruces New Mexico, better scenery, tons of entertainment and outdoors, still 100 temps and sun but feels lot less deathly hot then PHX. And its right next door ya know
The only genius that can beat the one who builds a city next to an active volcano is the guy who build a city in the middle of the desert
Why? Phoenix has survived to this day, and its growing very fast.
@@dylanhoward7668 good luck with that, dont ask for water when you have none
@@scottyee707 stop fearmongering.
This is why I face palm when people say not to live near volcanoes, especially relatively dormant ones. Anywhere you go is going to have some kind of environmental hazard.
@@dylanhoward7668 You do realize Mead is dropping even faster than we expect it to? There very well could be a day 0 approaching, and telling people to "stop fear mongering" when the Colorado and Salt rivers are as low as they are is just lying to yourself. Look around you and notice that the saguaro blooms were excessive this year because they're dying from lack of water. Did you notice how many golden barrels we managed to lose last year? Or the absolute lack of a monsoon season? Open your eyes
Phoenix vastly underestimated the domino impact of global climate change. The water supply from the Colorado and Verde rivers are reaching a point of no return. The “banked water” the county talks about does not have the pumping infrastructure to provide water to outlying areas. As it stands the city will no longer be sustainable in 25 years or less. Desalination is not a viable option once you run the numbers. People will have to relocate, not just in Phoenix, but globally due to climate changes. We’ve seen the good times. Now we must adapt… With lakes Mead & Powell never likely to refill again and ground water that can not be replenished by any known sources currently… after 41 years here, we’ve decided to relocate. I spent just under 15,000 hours flying over this state, watching its natural resources dry up. The entire west coast may be a write off as we know it before this drought cycle ends. Likely not in my lifetime.
Desalination is only an option for coastal cities, and fundamentally is converting energy into water so you better have a good source of energy. (Cali could use concentrated solar to power desalination and fix its water issues in the coastal cites which means the inland cities could take the share formerly allocated for the coast. (Based on the states history woth water, including drying up the 9th largest lake in the US for irrigation, i have 0 confidence in Cali to responsibly solve their water issues))
But the entire southwest + Cali are write-offs until they actually try hard to fix their problems. (Pheonix at a minimum could mandate basements, white roofs or solar panels on the roof, and only native desert plants and it would be an acceptable start)
They need to report the “heat load” temperatures everyday on the weather instead of lying about it. Everyday they say one temperature and then driving around it’s like 6-8 degrees hotter then the forecast- consistency. I live in south Florida we generally don’t get to 100 often but we have very high humidity, so it feels 100 degrees plus. Urban heat island is horrible here, too. They need more parks and shade in places.
They need to get back to the indigenous peoples of living while change the technologies we have to replenish the planet natural ecosystems.
Mars ain't gonna save the humans. 🤪🤦♂️
That sun goes on a murdering spree in the summer, birds are evening found along side walks dying from dehydration
My aunt lives in Phoenix and about 4 years ago her AC broke during June. The extreme heat kept on triggering her asthma and she had to take an emergency flight over here to Seattle just to breathe.
Phx native here, honestly yeah it does kill people but over the summer as long as you keep water sunscreen and your car or the building you are in for the day has AC. You’ll be fine, helps that our blood thins too. I’ve done football sprints full gear in 110 fahrenheit
This last June 19th, I was at camping at Collins Lake in NorCal, and I suffered extreme heat exhaustion better known as heat stroke. I was staying hydrated as much as possible however once you reach a critical stage of dehydration the body shuts down its digestive system. That is what happened to me.This was a family outing. My brothers (from other mothers) their kids, and me and my kids were out swimming and boating most of the morning. Then we had lunch around noonish. By the time we got back to camp just after 5:pm, I was feeling sick to my stomach and I could feel something was VERY VERY wrong. I vomited the food up from earlier, and the water I just had been drinking. In the vomit, I saw the food I had eaten 5 hours prior. It was at this point I told my brother that I needed to be taken to the Collins lake market as they have on site emergency personnel. I KNOW it takes less than 2 hours for food to pass through the stomach sphincter, and the ONLY way for it to stay in the stomach was if my digestive system had shut down which only happens when the body is extremely stressed like during the flight or fight response or in my case extreme heat exhaustion. I went into the market had them call EMS. It scared the hell out of my kids to see me hauled away in a stretcher. After I got to the hospital I started to suffer from heat induced delirium., those MOFOs in the ER thought I was on m-eth.. Can't blame them really, delirium and being high on methamphetamine looks almost the same. I pass out some time after 7:pm.. I wake up around 3 in the morning to me pissing myself in my hospital bed. My arm is on FIRE because of the Potassium they were pumping into my veins. It took 9 bags or 9,000 ML (9 liters) of potassium chloride. Potassium and sodium are chemicals that are responsible for signaling muscles when to expand and contract in the body... ALL muscles, which why I am lucky I didn't have a heart attack because my potassium was so low. It took them just pass noon on Monday to get my sodium and potassium levels right. I was on the VERGE of death. My kidneys had shut down and my doctor said if I hadn't come in when I did, I would have died.. Not could have.. I WOULD have died. It was supposed to be a fun weekend. It turned out to be the first fathers day that my kids DIDN'T get to spend the day with me which is REALLY bad as I am the custodial parent. It is the wee hours of June 29th.. My incident was almost 10 days ago (minus a few hours at this point) and I still don't feel 100%.. From now on, when ever I even leave the house when the temperature is over 85 degrees, I will be carrying pedialyte and have hydrated myself 3 hours before hand.
No matter where you fall on the global warming (climate change) debate the heat can kill.. Be safe out there everyone!
That doesn't sound right, usually we give potassium in a central vein and in 10 mEq which is a fraction of a liter. It must have been diluted in 9 liters of normal saline.
Me in England sweating in 27c degrees
Yeah that's not the hottest place in America. South Florida is. Arizona has zero humidity. God damn cake walk compared to 110 degrees and breathing fucking water.
2037: The Mole People of America's Southwest will they ever come to the surface?
Like HG Wells Time Machine.
So where exactly is the innovation? Putting people in tents with huge fans is a work-around, not an innovative solution.
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Can't really say these manuevers are very "innovative" they strike me as more "desperate"
The grim reality is mother nature has not designed desert to sustain large population on a consistent basis.
Well, the population is going to be going down very soon.
@@Opethfeldt 10 Billion by 2050 try again 👍
@@georgeoy932 It will fall after 2050. In every country on earth birth rates are falling and soon the overall population will start to slowly reduce as the elderly pass away.
As long as you Just embrace the heat and the sweat and learn how to retain moisture in your mouth, you would survive here in Phoenix and dont eat anything at all intill the towards the end of the day..
@@Defied_-vw2jz brotha also start saying inshallah it helps a lot with heat related problems from my experience
Need to start building underground like Coober Pedy in Australia.
If you have most of your dwelling underground you do not need air conditioning.
@Account NumberEight The highest recorded temperature in Coober Pedy is 118.0°F (47.8°C)
No matter how harsh the climate, the underground rooms in Coober Pedy maintain a comfortable, even temperature ranging from 23ºC to 25ºC day and night throughout the year. No air con needed.
You can't dig in AZ. That's why no one has basements here. The soil is too hard.
You'd think the homeless could be employed to refine and recycle plastics to make large community umbrellas.
@Lil Delicious I understand that despair. But ole Huck Finn; I think, knew how to elicit the desire to work. Deny it to them at first; then a probationary period; then pay, and at all times make it fun. The story about the white picket fence.
The Homless crissis in Phoenix is whole other issue here, but yeah their presence of their pretend pitty does contribute to the hot climate here
@@Defied_-vw2jz That's really amazingly disappointing. Maybe it's time to get the High School Drama club to do some public mimicry of the lazy behavior; and, in cooperation with a work provider get involved in a public work project. I would try anything, including deception, to make people work for their own good. It would be a greater success than landing on Mars!
Heatwaves should scare the living HELL out of every human on 🌍 !
Unfortunately they cause happiness in the younger folks who use it as an excuse to drink and run wild… yet it’s slaughtering the elderly and causing mass hysteria….
Phoenix is a lost cause. Get out before it's too late.
Ah hahaha ... you're so right!
Phoenix the hottest city in America 🇺🇸 not in the winter. Miami is hotter than Phoenix in the winter.
This kind of topic makes me glad I live in Wisconsin. Though we can have a different problem here of extreme cold in the winter. But I don't think those days occur as often as dangerously hot days in Arizona. It's also a lot easier to give blankets to the homeless (of course shelters are preferable...), than it is to deal with extreme heat. Too bad the answer couldn't be for people to just not live in Arizona, or extremely hot areas.
Las Vegas has a great deal in common with Phoenix. Not to knock it, but shoulder to shoulder with heat issues. Vegas made it standard, decades ago, to NEVER turn off utilities to the elderly & disabled. We are next to Death Valley, considered the fringe edges of it, and we have seen 127F and higher on and off through the years in the near 30 years I have lived here. Water use to solve the issue isn't the answer. They realized that here, again, decades ago. They push for Xeroscaping, natural desert plants and designs to help cool things down. White rooftops are not the only solution. Phoenix needs to be the innovator? In a couple of steps, you are already behind Vegas. On the same level on how you are brutal with your homeless, and yah, I don't agree with this state's idea on handling the homeless. The experts were going 'Oh, this new material is cooler.' By 5 degrees. By only 5 degrees. You tell me something is cooler, I'm expecting 10 or more, near matching what nature provides. Wee degrees of 5 or less, I'm not impressed. Sounds great, fails in application. Now, yes, Vegas has their heat issues and water trouble. West is in a huge drought, and this makes being in the desert even more challenging. Still, I can't help but feel this episode was avoiding some real grit and bone issues found in Phoenix. I had family who used to lived there and decided 12 years ago, enough was enough with how the town policies were getting worse, and moved back to MN. They would rather deal with snow and -15F than being in Phoenix. It makes one think there is a lot more going on in the desert cities of the USA than a lack of cool plants.
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8:20 emissivity of materials makes a huge difference for IR thermometers
But he is comparing pavement to pavement, not chrome to flat black.
The whole point of 'cool pavement' is to reduce insolation by reflection.
@3:20 one of the worst parts of heat stress is it causes diarrhoea - you lose even more water to help regulate body temp. I had that when i was in Nepal when it was mid-high 30s. 40+ sounds horrific.
In the U.S. when the temp reaches the 30s it's right around freezing. Just another reason the U.S. is Best!
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I will take this dry heat over humidity any dayyyyyyy
ANY day. When the heat is dry, you can escape through shade. When its humid, there is no escaping it(unless in an air conditioned building).
Exactly.. imaging out of the shower and stepping outside
@Bulls Nation I appreciate your insight but I've experienced otherwise
How about not living in a DESERT.....
Condensation water from air conditioning units, especially commercial units, needs to be harvested and used in convection cooling towers in public spaces that can cool down large areas drawing in high ground temperature air and replacing it with cool moist air. Venturi shaded cooling towers, much like those used at nuclear power plans but on a smaller scale, would draw in high temp low velocity air that becomes high pressure high velocity air as it rises with minimal use of fans to start the air flowing. The reclaimed water is almost pure and can be used to water plants and trees for more shade and sprayed out through misting nozzles to aid in cooling like giant swamp coolers. A rebar frame with a dense light colored shade cloth or white plastic covering could be constructed in open areas and plazas with misters on surrounding buildings should do the trick. Painting roofs and coating asphalt white helps just don’t put huge solar arrays in their place as they would create more heat.
The number one waste of water in our desert regions is golf courses. The gallons per person patronage is a huge misuse of this life giving resource. The USGS estimates one person uses 80-100 gallons a day in our daily lives. If an average 18 hole golf course uses an estimated 1 million gallons a day in desert regions they would have to have 10,000 people a day play and that would double each golfers daily water use.
At the Naval base in Guantanamo Bay Cuba they stopped watering the fairways on the golf course in the 60’s and only water the tee boxes and greens. This made one of the worlds most challenging courses more challenging as the fairways quickly became dirt and rocks. Turf mats were allowed and rule exceptions made for those long straight drives that go awry because your ball stuck a small stone and bounces out of bounds. Beware the banana rats though they love to steal your ball.
We almost moved there when I was a kid. We moved to D.C. instead. That's not a dry heat. They should use nuclear power to pump desalinated water all the way up to Lake Powell. Let that be the new trickle down economics. I see the biggest issue in this video is that people are having their A/C cut off in the middle of a heat wave. We don't allow power companies to do that in winter, we shouldn't allow them to do that during a heat wave either. That got passed right on by.
As some who lives in Phoenix I can’t underestimate how hot it gets here.
Because it’s a desert
@@islami658 It was a desert in 1912, when Arizona became a state. Phoenix is getting hotter, with most heat records coming since the year 2000.
@@SlikLizrd yea because of all the concrete they’ve added. It’s always been a desert tho
*Boomers:* "Why don't kids play outside anymore??"
*Kids:* "Grandma, it's literally 1000 f*cking degrees"
Y'ever just think that maybe people shouldn't live in a desert like phoenix? I mean it's a desert, how you gonna shade that, what native american rez are you going to plunder for its water to irrigate a parking lot enough to grow a tree in dang phoenix az, bro?
i agree we should just abandon the whole state 😌
The entire state needs to have a different design structure because it's a freaking desert it needs to be build differently.
How about way too many people as the Problem? We humans are literally "shifting in our own nest". Where I live, apartments and houses are going up like a scourge. Urbanization: Roads, businesses, cars, etc all growing... driving out nature.... Social problems follow ... crime, sex industry , homeless, trash, blight, overstressed utilities like water and electricity, air and water pollution, .... WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE!
We humans are our own worst "scourge" and the ways we are suiciding countless. Oh well, it is time for the next extinction ....
I’ve learned that the culture here in PHX is to never go outside, unless it’s early morning or sunset. I can’t imagine being displaced and unhoused in this weather.
I remember living in Chicago. The goal was to not go outside. The cold could kill you and was miserable.
Truth. I only go food shopping at Fry's after dark or dusk. Or early morning,6 am.
It's fine then. I stay indoors during the day mostly.
Hmmm the hottest city in America is Death Valley than Las Vegas. Got 135 in Death Valley and 128 in vegas I know I live in Vegas. Phoenix is hot but not the hottest city in America
Phoenix isn’t the hottest city, bullhead, Laughlin, lake Havasu, Yuma, and Palm Springs are all hotter cities than Phoenix, Phoenix just complains more
Phoenix is larger than Yuma or Lake Havasu. Phoenix is a major metropolitan area, taking in the west valley areas of Litchfield Park, Surprise, Peoria and the east valley locations of Mesa, Chandler, and Gilbert.
LOL, the city of Needles California is hotter than Phoenix Arizona. Bullhead City is also hotter, as is Lake Havasu City.
I miss Arizona, I grew up there.
Same and im only on vacation and have only been gone 3 days.
@@Sub4CarClips It’s been 3 years for me man
Me too! I’m back in Chicago but I was great living there for a year
Your heat related death numbers seemed to be absolute and not representative of a rate per 1000 or some other base. As such increases may be due to population changes in the age structure or imigration.
To say it is the warmest year ever is lying with statistics. Everybody says it but nobody talks about how it was calculated. To be honest I would only look at same station records over time.
Your video seems more like a warm and fuzzy bs piece. How many people will die if the power grid goes down because of overzelous removal of coal and natural gas driven power plants.
One pratical solution is an intelligent grid with each house or building having a load control computer at the breaker panel so it can turn off some loads for short periods when instructed such as hotwater tanks and even refrigerators for a short time to avoid peaks that usually cause outages. Cut the power to your electric car charger. Car charging can be mostly done at night when demand drops.
Employ the homeless as landscappers to plant trees, bushes, and shrubs in movable planters to be placed in parking areas with excess capacity.
Go to small extended aeration systems in the 200 gallon per day range to keep wastewater on site and clean it for irrigating the newly planted greenery. The homeless can be trained to run such machines. Better yet, keep all wastewater on site and polish it with a small constructed wetlands. Your fire department may even be able to use the water from the pond in emergencies.
I am a 69 year old white man and have no entitlement like you do. Get more technical and ethical and get to work and solve the problems.
One thing you can do is calculate the payback peroids and benefit cost ratio for said systems to help get buisnesses to fund it. With the treatment system a very small part of its containment structure could be used to house 4 operators which would also provide a 24 hour security watch. Said system would cost a owner money but the benefits would significanty exceed the cost. Present the system with its economics in a video.
Your entitlement aside you are a pretty and smart young lady. Use your abilities to get something done above being a star on camera.
#GreenNewDeal
Let's put solar panels on every home, business and covered parking rooftop and switch to electric vehicles making nearly everything we do solar powered while completely decentralizing our power supply and empowering everyone as power generation owners.
Solar power is CHEAPER and electric vehicles are soon to be CHEAPER to make and already are considerably CHEAPER to maintain and operate, especially if charged from your own solar power.
A 3-5 year ROI (return on investment) for a solar array that will generate power for decades is a no-brainer and the panels can even be made locally too.
#EndFossilFuels #SwitchToSolar #SwitchToElectric
Whatabout no?
@@dylanhoward7668 why not? that math checks out. the only people stopping it are big oil and their cronies. oil companies still get tens of millions PER YEAR in subsidies, several orders of magnitude more than "green" energy.
@@snowballeffect7812 what will you do when the sun stops shinning?
@@dylanhoward7668 It's called a power grid. You don't have the same weather everywhere. It may be overcast, reducing power production, in Pheonix on a given day, but other cities will be overproducing and the grid distributes that power.
@@dylanhoward7668 run off deep cycle batteries? Do you think people don't know about night time or clouds? lmao.
...or are you saying the sun will eventually stop shining forever at some point based on some information you're privy to?
The Earth is overpopulated with 7 billion people and more people equals more carbon which makes since why it’s so hot in some places in the world. If the world were to end it’d probably be humanity’s fault in my opinion.
So Pheonix is TALKING about how to innovate. Pretty much like New Orleans did ten years before Katrina. Whilst it is mainly the poor people who are suffering that will not change into city wide action.
All the casinos and hotels in Las Vegas go against the grain. In the middle of a desert. Every building being air conditioned. All the lights at night that light up the horizon for hours every single night. It's an accident waiting to happen. It's an accident that is happening day after day...
the fact that phoenix even exists terrifies me. I live in probably the only place in the US besides northern alaska with summer highs below 70. I'm also extremely prone to heat migraines and exhaustion and have gotten sick from being out in just 80 degrees for more than an hour. the planet is going to be uninhabitable for me before anyone else, and I feel helpless. more effort needs to be made to reduce the effects of climate change by targeting major corporations that are the primary source of carbon emissions and other environmental damage
Pussy bruh I’m from Texas an ran on metal bleachers in august during a heatwave for football for 15 minutes running straight in 112 f weather sunny day full blast sun in the face
Despite popular opinion, im a person who is most happy in cold climates and snow.
I also live in phoenix. Not only do i literally live through that hell, Its constantly in my face online that there's no where on earth quite like this place. -_-
Checking in to say, I live in one of the neighborhoods being tested for the cool pavement treatment. I was excited at first but now I have a big concerns. The treatment has a fine reflective glitter mixed into it and I can no longer keep my front window open because the street is so bright. It is painful to look at. Will cause blindness overtime? What is too bright of a reflection for the human eye? Another concern is that it is more slippery than regular asphalt. I 'peel' out just turning a corner. Does it cause people to slide more when breaking?
don't you wear sunglasses anyway?
@@vasopel no, not inside my house constantly lol
@@vasopel but also, sunglasses aren't enough for this amount of reflective bright
@@MeganJonasArtist it's that bright? damn...
@@vasopel yea. It's a good idea. But the reflective glitter strikes me as unnecessary.
Las Vegas ............. the strip has so many water fountains? Really Las Vegas??