Phoenix Heat Wave - 31 dead in 5 days (country, house, punk)

Fenixpunk · 07-21-2005, 02:36 PM

PHOENIX — A record heat wave has led to the deaths of 18 people in the Phoenix metropolitan area, nearly all them homeless, leaving officials scrambling to provide water and shelter to the city's transient population.

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shandapanda · 07-21-2005, 02:39 PM

wow, i lived in a country usually stricken with drought, and lived like 3 hours from the desert and i've never heard of that before!!
is phoenix a dry place?

SATCHMO · 07-21-2005, 02:44 PM

I was in Flagstaff 4 years ago and this was a huge problem at that time. I think a lot of it is alcohol consumption combined with prolonged exposure to the heat. There were groups on every other block passing out water bottles. Can't say I didn't take advantage of that. Technically I was homeless at the time.

Fenixpunk · 07-21-2005, 03:05 PM

from what ive read 13 have been homeless, the other 5 were elderly people with no air conditioning in their house. The body they found last night was in a house that was over 107 degrees inside. i also just read that in addition to the 18, are another 13 that have died trying to get through the desert into phx from mexico, but for some reason they dont add them in with the rest. so that would bring the total up to 31!!

PhishFood · 07-21-2005, 08:12 PM

man thats horrible

bobinatcat · 07-21-2005, 09:42 PM

okay so i dont know much about this bout what would all this relate to in degrees celcius? i am from oz so i dont know anything about farenheight

HasBeenCorrected · 07-21-2005, 10:03 PM

RvB Quote: Church- "It's currently 23 degrees out here."
Tucker- "Ya-Wait... 23 degrees... thats freezing."
Church- "Celsius Tucker."
Tucker- "Aw-Dude, Celsius sucks."

But seriously... I've been to Phoenix... it is rather hot there... and thats coming from a Texan.

Trauma · 07-21-2005, 11:26 PM

107 Fahrenheit must be at least 48 Celsius.

I'm too lazy to do the math conversion.

HomesickAtSpaceCamp · 07-22-2005, 12:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fenixpunk

the other 5 were elderly people with no air conditioning in their house.

How can you not have AC in Phoenix?
Well I guess if the elderly have lived there for a long time....... hmmm

blackTshirt · 07-22-2005, 12:29 AM

man, the weather's so ****ed up.....
where i live, people are dying cause of the heavy rains and floods...
and now it's incredibly hot... but we're expecting more storms...

it sucks, if you check out the news, you'll see that's happening all over the globe, not just in the States

07-21-2005, 02:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
Fenixpunk The Erroneous Hoodlum Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: West Side Phoenix Posts: 2,057	Phoenix Heat Wave - 31 dead in 5 days PHOENIX — A record heat wave has led to the deaths of 18 people in the Phoenix metropolitan area, nearly all them homeless, leaving officials scrambling to provide water and shelter to the city's transient population. complete story __________________ This message has been approved by Shawn Erroneous - The Declaimed

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shandapanda Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: bababbabababaaa Posts: 354	wow, i lived in a country usually stricken with drought, and lived like 3 hours from the desert and i've never heard of that before!! is phoenix a dry place? __________________ The Law of Awesome states: Those who are more awesome will cast down those less awesome than themselves, thus climbing the Hierarchy of Awesome and maintaining a balance in the world of Awesome Me poo you

07-21-2005, 03:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
Fenixpunk The Erroneous Hoodlum Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: West Side Phoenix Posts: 2,057	from what ive read 13 have been homeless, the other 5 were elderly people with no air conditioning in their house. The body they found last night was in a house that was over 107 degrees inside. i also just read that in addition to the 18, are another 13 that have died trying to get through the desert into phx from mexico, but for some reason they dont add them in with the rest. so that would bring the total up to 31!! __________________ This message has been approved by Shawn Erroneous - The Declaimed

07-21-2005, 08:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
PhishFood Bottom-Feeder Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: The American Dreamscape Posts: 316	man thats horrible __________________ Winos don't march

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07-21-2005, 02:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
SATCHMO Al Dente Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,708	I was in Flagstaff 4 years ago and this was a huge problem at that time. I think a lot of it is alcohol consumption combined with prolonged exposure to the heat. There were groups on every other block passing out water bottles. Can't say I didn't take advantage of that. Technically I was homeless at the time.

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07-21-2005, 11:26 PM	#8 (permalink)
Trauma snickers Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: detroit Posts: 2,194	107 Fahrenheit must be at least 48 Celsius. I'm too lazy to do the math conversion. __________________ A mi no me importa nada Para mi la vida es un sueño

07-22-2005, 12:29 AM	#10 (permalink)
blackTshirt The Randomness Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: romania.. shut up Posts: 854	man, the weather's so ****ed up..... where i live, people are dying cause of the heavy rains and floods... and now it's incredibly hot... but we're expecting more storms... it sucks, if you check out the news, you'll see that's happening all over the globe, not just in the States __________________ My rims never spin, to the contrary You'll find that they're quite stationary.