Jack moved to Phoenix in 2021, chasing stories about the fast-growing American West.
And this week, he filed a remarkable article about the withering heat wave currently scorching the Southwest.
As the climate warms, forecasters say that dangerous levels of heat crank up earlier in the year, last longer — often well past Halloween — and lock America’s hottest big city in a sweltering straitjacket.
“In triple-digit heat, monkey bars singe children’s hands, water bottles warp and seatbelts feel like hot irons.
Neighborhoods feel like ghost towns at midday, with rumbling rooftop air-conditioners offering the only sign of life.”
Persons:
Jack Healy, Jack, “ Summers, ”
Locations:
Phoenix