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[-] md5crypto@lemmy.world 103 points 1 year ago

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?

[-] Animoscity@lemmy.world 88 points 1 year ago

Phoenix is a monument to man’s arrogance

[-] Jarmer@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] overlordror@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I've only been to the Sky Harbor there in a layover and the brief walk off the plane into the airport made me wonder why anyone chooses to live there. Just blasted by dry heat that feels like it sucks the moisture out of your eyeballs.

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

I'm literally thinking of leaving in five years time. The colorado will run dry and this place will be unlivable. Oh, and we just appointed some Saudi pocket mongrel to handle our water. Ahould be fine trusting our life source with the corpos.

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

The fact that there are so many tournament class golf courses there is what always perplexes me

[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] EnderWi99in@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] nslatz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It's 120f in Italy at the moment.

[-] nslatz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I was mistaken, it's predicted to reach 120f.

[-] ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I’m seeing records of 104 (40c). Mentions of forecasts saying it might get higher, but I don’t see that having happened.

[-] ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

Lived in vegas for a few years once. Every year around June I’d start seriously planning my escape. Then summer would end and I’d hate it less. And get back to my routine. Repeat.

Leaving that place was one of the best feelings. Instantly happier.

[-] rocker@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] sadreality@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

What's the future plans for water management?

[-] Jarmer@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Ignore that the question exists, then when it becomes an emergency, declare "oh no, we had no idea, we need billions of tax assistance" ... ???

[-] sadreality@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

So like fl and ca property insurance...

Man do I love bailing rich people and their bad RE InVestMenTs

[-] Flashoflight@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

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

[-] WookieMunster@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago

Saudis funded the death of Americans and now they’re buying the PGA, soon the nba, your water. Never forget 9/11 tho

[-] Decoy321@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Thankfully the new governor Katie Hobbs is doing a lot to curb this nonsense.

[-] kescusay@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

But it's been like that for two solid weeks. A lot of people simply can't handle long stretches of heat that simply don't stop.

[-] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The only time I've been was during a layover our way to California. It was 105F outside on the tarmac. It felt weirdly nice. I get the whole dry heat thing now (I'm in Atlanta).

[-] henfredemars 2 points 1 year ago

This reminds me of Minnesota residents. The cold just feels like pain and after a little bit you don't feel the pain anymore.

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The fact that there are so many tournament class golf courses there is what always perplexes me

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