Heat-related deaths in Phoenix, Arizona, have nearly doubled this year

The city just had its hottest June on record, with 175 possible heat deaths so far this year – an 84% increase

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I can't remember which TV show called Phoenix "a monument to man's arrogance." Last year, every day in July was over 100F.

It's going to keep getting worse. Everyone who isn't an actual lizard should leave that place.
- https://youtu.be/4PYt0SDnrBE
Maybe people should stop moving to the fucking desert.
- https://www.phoenix.gov/pio/city-publications/city-history
  
  They've been moving there since the 1860s. Maybe there's some other reason for this change?
  
  Maybe more than one thing can be true at a time.

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