It is going to be 115+ for the next five days in Phoenix. UPS drivers have NO A/C

[Coventina]

in their vans (I just learned this!)

Inside a non-a/c vehicle, even with the windows open, it can get to 130 or more.

This is insanity!!!!!

[MLAA]

1. The last few weeks I've been putting lots of bottles of water in fridge and freezer and offering

to delivery folks. I put a sign on front door offering cold drinks since most times by the time I answer the doorbell they are halfway down the driveway. So far none have turned them down.

[brush]

2. And their trucks painted dark brown makes it worst.

[happybird]

3. *laughs in mid-Atlantic line cook*

It’s 92 here, with 68% humidity and I’m standing next to 3 steam tables and across from 4 deep fryers, a grill, and an oven. No A/C.

We exist on electrolyte popsicles. No one has passed out yet this year but it’s only mid July. Yay!

[moonscape]

4. Wow.

[happybird]

5. A thunderstorm has moved in

The breeze is glorious. We’ve performed a top secret ritual with the food runners to ensure the power goes out and we can go home.

[Coventina]

6. I think you guys should threaten to strike as well! n/t

[kimbutgar]

7. My right wing brother in law who lives in Phoenix is a mail carrier for usps

His wife told us he drinks water with electrolytes to say hydrated and has comes home some nights and goes to bed. He has a/c in his van but it’s weak.

[Hortensis]

9. Going to bed doesn't sound good as a base to get worse from.

Hope your BIL's very concerned and careful.

[Hortensis]

8. It's unlikely that power would fail, or for long, with Phoenix's "robust"

power grid, but extremely dangerous to many if it happened. A recent study focused on Phoenix said in a worst case half the population could end up in the ER (and thousands dead), but...

About 79.6 million people — 24 percent of the population of the contiguous United States — live in the areas expected to have dangerous levels of heat.

Planning is in order.