[ansel12]

Try staying outdoors in that heat for a while doing things people normally do outside.

Phoenix will get around 110 today and that is hot no matter how dry it is, they can go months of days exceeding 100 and have reached into the 120s, and not every single person in America’s 5th largest city is sitting in the shade drinking iced tea when outdoors, things still have to get done there.

Heat is a killer and Phoenix has it in abundance.

[dfwgator]

You’d think people would know that before deciding to move there.

[Dr. Sivana]

things still have to get done there.

I have lived here for five years and I have not heard of a single construction worker dropping dead in the work zone. A lot of the work is done at dusk/night and especially from October to May. Free bottled water is widely available in professional offices and commercial locations (e.g. banks).

You are right that heat can kill, but if you expect it you (and employers, and the rhythms of the area) adjust for it.

[Bob434]

Yep, good points- life must go on even in extreme heat and cold even. It takes a body in good physical condition to work in such extremes.

I went to Florida for 1 semester of college, and wow was the heat plus humidity brutal, and that was when I was feeling better, and in better health- i could have wo4ked in those comditions back then, but I don’t even want to try it these days— 100 plus humid is enough to sideline me these days

[Mr Rogers]

“Try staying outdoors in that heat for a while doing things people normally do outside.”

South of Tucson here. Not AS hot as Phoenix but I spend a lot of time outdoors, to include jogging during the afternoon.

OTOH, would NOT want to be a roofer in Phoenix!