British media: What is the Phoenix of the United States under 43 degrees Celsius

The British "Guardian" June 20 article, original title: homelessness in the coolness of Phoenix: "If you can't keep it cool, I will die." When the emergency staff found David Spel, it was already a David Spel, it was already a David Spel, it was already a David Spel, it was At around 3 pm, he collapsed under a bus waiting for a bus without response. The temperature outside the pavilion is close to 43 degrees Celsius, which is the hottest day of Phoenix in the United States since this year. The 50 -year -old Spel felt hot and tired when working at a car auction, but could not rest. After get off work, he sat in a bench under the waiting pavilion and started drinking drinks. He remembered that he ate some canned catfish, opened the third bottle of sweet wine, and then didn't know what happened until he was awakened by the emergency staff.

Sper was taken to a homeless return in the shelter with air -conditioning. At night, he was still dizzy, but he returned to the place where he often rest was ride on a bicycle: a quiet and obscure church door, the cool air flowed out of the gap in the mailbox, and there was a power socket that could charge mobile phones. Essence But that was a uncomfortable night, the temperature dropped only to 29 degrees Celsius, and there was no breeze or tap water for him to cool down. "It's too hot. If I can't get cold and replenish water, I will die here." The machine repairman from Buffalo, New York.

For the increasingly homeless people in Spel and Phoenix, it is the most difficult in this kind of sweltering weather. Phoenix is ​​one of the fastest -growing cities in the United States, and is facing the problem of extremely hot and economic affordable housing. Since 2016, the number of deaths related to the hot -related deaths in Marco County, where the city is located, has invested in 40%of the homeless returnees. "We are at the forefront of climate change and housing crisis, but people have not clarified the context." Said Patryia Solz, a scholar at Arizona University.

Phoenix is ​​accustomed to the hot desert climate, but under the influence of global warming and the development of cities, the local hot season has been extended, and the number of hot days is increasing. In addition, due to the decrease in the stock of affordable housing, coupled with the 11%of the local inflation rate is the highest in the United States. Since the beginning of this year Essence "Fundamentally, in order to prevent death and disease related to high temperature, we must pay attention to housing and propose system solutions for innovative city and state."

The 69 -year -old Cradon Hartfield is watching a documentary with the center of the air -conditioned space for the elderly without home, and at the same time charging his fan. He came to Phoenix from Edhata to Phoenix 6 months ago to find a job but failed to do so, and then lived in the tent. His social security is not enough to pay rent, and his health is constantly worse. The 1/4 home of Phoenix is ​​over 55 years old. In all parts of the United States, the elderly are also the fastest -growing homeless group. Many people have been on the street for the first time because they cannot afford rent, medical debt, unstable work, and family breakdown. "I have never experienced such a hot summer," Hartfield said. Right now, he can survive only every day to buy ice cubes to buy ice cubes.

For 17 years, Speel has been sleeping intermittently at the door of the church. He is worried that he is too old and he cannot survive on the street. On the morning of the next day after the coma, when he reached the place where he was usually cool, the temperature was as high as 42 degrees Celsius. He was weak, pretending to find a lost item so that he could take a cold for an hour without being asked to leave. He is hot and unbearable. He recently applied for public housing. Although he meets the conditions, the waiting list is long. "I'm tired of flowing on the street, I'm too old to bear. I don't want to die here." He said. (Author Nina Racani, translated by Ding 玎)

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