Phoenix never should have been the cite of a major city. Whoever is there right now has to be thinking - how the hell do I get out of this hellfire?
This is fairly normal for Phoenix. It’s on the hot end, sure, but it’s very dry there so 110 feels nothing like it would in Florida where you’d actually die. The bigger issue to Phoenix is dwindling water once the aquifer finally runs out of water.
I’m seeing records of 104 (40c). Mentions of forecasts saying it might get higher, but I don’t see that having happened.
It truly is. I had to go there for work once and the entire time I was there I was thinking this exact phrase. just … WHY.
The fact that there are so many tournament class golf courses there is what always perplexes me
There’s money and land there. Which are the two big needs. While it obviously costs a ton to have the grass, they really only have grass where it’s absolutely needed and everything else is super cheap to maintain, also less grass increases the difficulty.
Apart from the views, desert golf is vastly overrated though.
For those of us that have been here for many years (half my life and I’m in my 40’s), its not bad. Yeah, its very hot and very dangerous, but we know how to live in it and take care of ourselves for the most part. By mid-morning, all the humidity is burned off and I actually think it feels kind of nice.
Ignore that the question exists, then when it becomes an emergency, declare “oh no, we had no idea, we need billions of tax assistance” … ???
Saudi’s have been gobbling up water down there too. https://apnews.com/article/water-foreign-farms-arizona-drought-saudi-arabia-2fe3ea1fad43b14ca118cf85196f3e9a
So…I hope they do something. But…Capitallissssmmm