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  • 3 years ago
The homeless population in Phoenix are some of those most affected by the record heat wave hitting the US city. Daytime temperatures have been well above 110 degrees Fahrenheit for at least twenty days. Amy Schwabenlender of the Human Services Campus says it is a “life and death situation”.

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00:10 Anything over 90 is hot.
00:17 All it is is just hotter.
00:19 There's no degree of heat that would make a person comfortable once they become warm.
00:24 So best in any situation, like I said, water,
00:30 stay in the shade and don't move if you're outside.
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00:51 We offer spaces like this where people can come indoors, it's air conditioned,
00:56 it feels cooler.
00:57 We hand out tons of water, bottle after bottle of water,
01:01 trying to keep people hydrated.
01:04 We will see though, if this continues, we will see more heat related deaths,
01:09 because it is a life and death situation.
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