InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-22 months agoMore than 400 people suspected to have died from extreme heat in Arizona county. August is on track to be hottest on record, with temperatures hitting at least 110F (43C) nearly every day.www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down10
arrow-up1100arrow-down1external-linkMore than 400 people suspected to have died from extreme heat in Arizona county. August is on track to be hottest on record, with temperatures hitting at least 110F (43C) nearly every day.www.theguardian.comInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareOptimusSubprime [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·edit-22 months agoNo, just Phoenix and Tucson. The Arizona high country to the north has much lower temps than those main cities. So first, Phoenix and Tucson will invade the Verde valley and Sedona, then move on to Flagstaff. Then they’ll move out of state.
minus-squareBeamBrain [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·edit-22 months agodeleted by creator
minus-squarespudnik [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 months agoOnce the water runs out, the temperatures don’t matter. Basically the entire population of the state depends on either Lake Mead or wells, and neither of those is going to outlast my lifetime
minus-squareCommCat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoI read they also use a whole lot of water for intensive alfafa farming to sell to the Middle East, gotta love capitalism
minus-squareWrongOnTheInternet [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 months agoArizona uses ~3.5 million Olympic sized swimming pools of water a year, mostly for farming silly crops The future earth is hot and wet, on average
No, just Phoenix and Tucson. The Arizona high country to the north has much lower temps than those main cities.
So first, Phoenix and Tucson will invade the Verde valley and Sedona, then move on to Flagstaff. Then they’ll move out of state.
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Once the water runs out, the temperatures don’t matter. Basically the entire population of the state depends on either Lake Mead or wells, and neither of those is going to outlast my lifetime
I read they also use a whole lot of water for intensive alfafa farming to sell to the Middle East, gotta love capitalism
Arizona uses ~3.5 million Olympic sized swimming pools of water a year, mostly for farming silly crops
The future earth is hot and wet, on average