In the U.S., a slew of heat records have been toppled this summer. Some places saw temperatures exceed 110F for weeks on end.
For huge portions of the United States, the past few months have been brutally hot — often for weeks on end. Heat records were set across the country, and much of the southern tier spent this summer in the grips of a particularly unrelenting stretch of heat and humidity.
In the U.S., a slew of heat records have been toppled this summer. Phoenix set a record with 31 straight days at or above 110 F, obliterating the previous record of 18 days. More than 50 counties in Texas, mostly in the southern portion of the state, experienced their hottest summer in more than a century of record-keeping.
“I’m the foreman, so I get to take care of my guys. I have pop-up canopies that provide shade. I’m going through like 60 pounds of ice in a day, just to keep water iced down at all times near the men. And we’re taking breaks as we need to. “I try to make a lot more cooling stops, throw water over my head to cool myself down, drink a bit more water that I have to provide myself and just keep going. It’s hot. And it’s unsafe. But that’s a part of our jobs.”
“Little things that you do on a daily basis now seem like they’re more taxing because of the heat. A perfect example is getting into your car. The other day, I moved my sun visor in my car out of the way and it kind of burned my hands. It burned my fingers and the feeling lingered for a while. That’s never happened to me before.
“I think everybody, for the most part, is trying to stay indoors as much as possible. A lot of people here do have swimming pools, but even the swimming pools are like Jacuzzis. “Every day, we’re handing out waters and we have rags that we keep in the ice chests on the firetruck. We’re just trying to cool people down and trying to let them know that there are cooling spots that the city has opened. It’s affecting everybody but it’s very unfortunate for the homeless and people out on the streets during this heat.”
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