More trees less concrete. This truly great journalism and good humanitarian awareness.

The fact that pavement vegetation is directly related to income of the neighborhood is crazy

Excellent work as always, David. I live in the northern Midwest where the temperature rarely goes above 100 F but we are seeing the impact of global warming in the form of stronger thunderstorms producing larger and more damaging hail. Earlier this year we got hail the size of a quarter and now I need a new roof. All the local car dealers are selling hail damaged cars at reduced prices. Outside of extremely rare tornadoes, we always considered ourselves safe from most natural disasters. Now we are seeing that nature can hit in a wide variety of ways.

More trees less concrete

The fact people STILL don't believe in climate change is freaking insane to me.

I was astounded when it was 116 where I'm from in Vancouver, WA.

We’re literally killing ourselves.

Heat island affect is something every city should be addressing. Trees and shrubs are a start, but we need to look at how buildings are built like ovens with dark colored roofs and heat absorbing materials that heat up then use energy (burn fossil fuels) for AC to take all that heat and push it outside.

Saw on Twitter we should name the heat domes after oil companies so everyone can be reminded of why this happens

Clear sunny days might seem like good weather...but we are finding out that is not always the case 🥵

In my opinion, Fema should act more on Extreme Heat Dome situations, which are aggravating each year

The same old barn closes the door after the horse gets out. We knew this WAS COMING now you act like oh my goodness. 😅😅😅😅😅

This summer is nothing. It's going to get a lot hotter next year and even more the year after and so on. And idiotically, these are the places Americans are moving to in droves. Good luck out there. You're going to need it. Your life depends on it.

....And They just realized THIS.... Really unbelievable how No one could have thought about This....... LOL... just my opinion

Please get that woman a fabric steering wheel cover 🤦‍♀️

Politicos who are vocal in their denial of climate change (and its human cause) need to be voted out of office. Unless they become active in mitigating the industries and practices that are responsible. // I still see cars in parking lots with their engines idling. Great way to keep those asphalt expanses as hot as possible.

It's not absurd to think that Phoenix and other cities build in an actual desert, will cease to exist in 20-40 years

This has been a thing. Too many naysayers and now here we are - they are looking like deer in headlights and getting ready to get run over. The signs were there, no one wanted to believe

People in the US in 2023 without electricity and running water is just unacceptable

Strategic green planting requires people to tend to them.

Watching this from San Antonio which today heat index forecast is 112.

The climate is now outside the design parameters of most infrastructure and mechanical equipment.

my cousin that moved from mich to az back in the 70's had a job with the electric Co in the 2000's and got call after call with people saying their electric bill had to be a mistake, she asked them where they came from and many said northern states. He answer to them was "go back home where you came from".

Everyone forgets about winter weather in the summer as extreme cold weather is also considered in the climate change. And from what I have been reading this coming up winter will be extremely cold 🥶.

heat warms the tundra releasing methane cases another green house gas.

For thunder, we have the Thunder Dome

This truly great journalism and good humanitarian awareness

Definitely been a hot one!

Someone needs to start a GoFundMe for the man with no AC.

I’m so grateful to be living in a cooler environment.

How about a federal push for mandatory solar infrastructure by descending order of plant hardiness zones (13 to 1)? Seems to me solar power plants could significantly reduce the cost of powering AC units where it’s needed most.

david should have spoken about the smoke in ny this past july in nyc from canada fires

We’re all gonna diiiiiiiiieeeeee. Thanks, Boomers.

I turn myself into a walking swamp cooler during the summer here near Phoenix. Because the humidity is so low most of the time here, evaporative cooling works very well here.

Yes. Yes! And Yes.

I work in it every day so it doesn’t bother me I like it better than cold

People who want to reverse this - get rid of all the cars and vehicles. Even EV is not great because of all the lithium mining that is bad for environments. And how about no fuel and electricity (no coal, no burning fuel)? If you think humans can live without cars and electricity, then that is an unrealistic thought. A lot of people will lose jobs and money and a domino effect. That is why nobody is taking serious action on this because it is a conflict to human interest.

Thank god for airconditioning .

Yes give names and attention to this disaster

I live in Mexico City and it is impossible to live like this, oil companies are doing anything about climate change while people are dying of heat in my country because of the heat. 45c - 113 f 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Look up the North American heat wave of 1936 and what happened the following winter.

this is only the beginning!

Phoenix is unlivable.

This. Is. Not. Normal. Summer. Heat. But we are making extremes into the new normal with our actions and inactions. If we don't take comprehensive action as a species, with heavy government enforcement, we're going to see the world we knew unravel. And your prepper buddies won't be able to shoot the heat or storms away.

For now at least, the residents of Phoenix can use an alternative technology to keep their homes comfortable: evaporative coolers. These devices work especially well in dry air such as the desert air in Phoenix. It is, by far, cheaper to operate an evaporative cooler in Phoenix than it is to operate an air conditioner. This is because an evaporative cooler doesn't have that power-guzzling component known as a compressor. An evaporative cooler works by blowing air across a moistened surface; and the evaporation of the water from that surface cools the air down. Unfortunately, as Global Warming continues, it might become possible for even Phoenix to experience both extreme heat and extreme humidity, just like in Persian Gulf cities such as Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. This is because the heat dome that forms in the Desert Southwest might, in the future, extend out into the Pacific Ocean so that the air in the heat dome will pick up a great deal of moisture from the ocean and make possible temperature/dewpoint configurations such as 108/96 (yes, that would be 108 degrees F. for the actual air temperature, and a dewpoint of 96 degrees F.)! So... how can there possibly be that kind of temperature/dewpoint configuration without any storm at all arising from it? Here's how: the temperature inversion caused by all that sinking air effectively prevents the extremely hot and humid air from rising up to the local Lifted Condensation Level (LCL). This means that in the future, Phoenix could possibly be faced with Wet Bulb Emergencies, whereby the Wet Bulb Temperature reaches or exceeds 95 degrees F. At that point, the body cannot cool itself off through sweating. At that point, conventional air conditioning becomes an absolute necessity for survival, rather than a luxury!

The CDC says cold kills more. NOAA says heat kills more. Make it make sense.

Besides reducing emissions they should consider Terra forming ways to cool down because every activity we do leaves a carbon footprint and there is no definte solution to erase that foot print only reduce it and we should start with the activities that are top on the list

You could include Mexico & Canada in the graphics.

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I really hope that we haven't done permanent damage to our planet but we have start doing everything we can do reverse this effect. It will only get worse!!!!!😢

We can’t allow people to just die in this heat because they don’t have a cool, air conditioned room to go to during emergencies or the money to pay for the outrageous energy prices that have been allowed enrich the oil companies each and every time they decide to declare an emergency for themselves ‼️

"Heat won't get enough love" until the wealthy can't turn on their A C...SMH

Global warming is hitting me hard up here in Fairbanks Alaska, barely broke 80 maybe once this summer 😂 , I’ve lived in Scottsdale AZ, and grew up mostly in Merritt island Florida , those places were hot as hell for the entire time I lived there , before it became political , global warming 😂 Imagine doing a piece on why one of the hottest places on the planet is , get this , hot 🙈

Phoenix is in the middle of a desert.

Trees!! Plant more trees!

"Control the WEATHER, and we will control the WORLD." LBJ 1962 p.s. What's the latest on 1977's UN "World Weather Warfare" treaty ??????

My question is what will they do about people who work in non climate control plants, bc if it's 114 out side my God it's gotta be 130 inside!

$450 a MONTH???

If there is money in it, all of corporate America will be on board. If not, welllll........ The fact the planet supports life is not something they recognize as profitable.

WELCOME TO FLORIDA....

I’m just waiting for the comments that say “it’s Summer it’s supposed to be hot” (not knowing how temperature anomalies work) or “the weather has been cool where I am therefore *GLOBAL* Warming and *CLIMATE* Change can’t be occurring” Denying Global Warming shouldn’t be a political issue. I really don’t understand why conservatives deny it. We can literally solve it using the power of free market Capitalism. I don’t get it.

Shut down all the government weather modifications platforms!!!

Wait until it gets really hot. You’ll see. Many of us will see.

ive never had a $400 electric bill in Phoenix, but im also not one of those iditos that insists on keeping it set at 60 all day every day. You let yourself acclimate to the heat and then having ac at 80 feels normal. Then in November when outside temps plunge down into the 70s, you break out the hoodies.

Vehicle emissions are a fraction of the problem Look at coal power plants, factories and the travel industry before you start focusing in people driving cars

WE HAD A HEAT DOME IN THE UK LAST YEAR. luckily we havent had that this year! it was honestly scary....

Basement flooding can be caused by a lot of different things, such as not cleaning out your gutters. Saying it's a sign of climate change is irresponsible, and makes people who worry about climate change look ignorant.

More proof that people effect temps more than they're willing to admit

don't live in the middle of a desert? idk I mean uhh even without a heat dome it's not the best idea

😂😂😂😂 this planet has gone through many changes!!! That’s all it is!! Tell the government officials to STOP playing with the weather that’s the problem for weather problems. Wake up people!!! Don’t let them fool you!!!!

Filmed in 1978: An inquiry into whether the dramatic weather changes in America's northern states mean that a new ice age is approaching. “...Climate experts believe the next ice age is on its way...” Leonard Nimoy

Authority may take heat as alarm if heatwave cause many people fatalities and huge financial losses to forest fire.

Now imagine how hot it would be if we were in the beginnings of an El Niño phase and there was a recent volcanic eruption in the south Pacific which expelled an unprecedented amount of water into the atmosphere which caused a temporary increase in global surface temperatures? That would be like a totally not good scenario to have to deal with.

I like how he's in 118 degree heat and not sweating...

How about being proactive people!!!!! Plant trees!!!!!

So the heat dome is like a giant crotch?

I wish this show was still good. Because this is unwatchable.

heat domes

The woman who introduced this piece said that this was going to be an explanation of the science of how a heat dome works. The science wasn’t explained.

I bet Agricultural Farm Worker's are acclimated to HEAT!

" HOTTEST EVER MEASURED !!!!"" yeah, not... 1933, 1923, 1896, sheesh... really skewed propaganda here... it is ARIZONA !!! A DESERT !!! sheesh...

Without massive action, we will be starving by 2030. Think food prices are high now? By the end of this decade.

Ice age

So they built a city in the desert and now they’re wondering why it’s hot.

Is because the solar panels and the artificial son.

The science behind heat domes… except there’s no science at all

take globiAL warming serious

In tha midl 60s thae sed we wer heding tu a nu ice age by the earli 70s-well it didnt hapn; in tha dust bowl yearz temps wer soaring for 12 yearz 100 degreez or higher-in tha 50s I remembr horibl hot sumrz & ac wuz veri rare & it wuz hot in tha 60s-70s etc.This iz nuthing nu it's hapnd lots uf timez in the past-thae kald thm heat waves & heat domes-its just the earth going thru its syeklz

I been in a cave Forty days Only a spark To light my way I wanna give out I wanna give in This is our crime This is our sin But I still believe I still believe Through the pain And through the grief Through the lies Through the storms Through the cries And through the wars Oh, I still believe Oh, I still believe I'll march this road I'll climb this hill Upon my knees If I have to Oh, I still believe And I still believe Oh, I still believe Oh, I still believe

Don’t forget the evil twin of extreme heat 🥵, extreme cold in Winter.

Who dares question our great cult leader who says climate change is a Chinese conspiracy theory? The great one has spoken now you must follow. Sarcasm.

You mean it got hot in August? The end is near! 😂😂😂😂😂

I cannot believe I am saying it, but we need at least a tropical storm, or two, or three.

Almighty God bless everyone in the Global World 🌍

Cold kills more. Are we going to declare cold disasters too?

5G and satellites.

SERIOUSLY WHERE DOES THE DUDE LIVE WITH NO ELECTRICITY OR WATER!?!?!? I WILL PAY FOR HIS WATER PLEASE TELL ME!

It's only 0.7 degree warmer..we will adapt easily... they had to rename it from global warming to climate change because we were setting record lows...it's cyclical, not man made..

This is all a lie !!!

Imagine how hot it would be if any of this childish hoax was true.