Gee. Never in my life, ever, ever, have I seen asphalt soften and melt in the sun.
We are doomed, no doubt.
Asphalt melts and softens in Texas all the time. Especially squirt top roads you can see tire tracks and foot prints in it all the time. Same for squirt sealed parking lots that are jet black and can hit 140+ surface temps you can feel the heat coming through your soles stand too long and you can burn your feet even in shoes. Texas gets crazy hot. I have measured 245F on my black dashboard then proceeded to cook some cookies on it with my toaster oven pan and some dough cubes they turned out great just to prove a point to the students. We have also cooked bacon, eggs and made grilled cheese sandwich on black top it’s a great lesson in solar insolation. All of these are just what we in the South call summer.