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#climate · 3 voices

What people keep running into

• AC repair delays during extreme heat (4 voices)
• Repeated flooding with denied disaster status leaves residents without aid (1 voice)

Voices

• Just watched footage of a neighborhood I grew up in, completely destroyed by flooding. Third major flood event there in 5 years. FEMA keeps denying the area federal disaster status. The residents aren't wealthy. They can't just move. And now insurance companies are pulling out of the state entirely…
• It hit 118 degrees here yesterday. I know people say Phoenix always gets hot but this is different. We had 9 consecutive days above 115. My electric bill is $480 this month and I still feel guilty running the AC because my neighbor is elderly and I know she turns hers off to save money. This is a…
• My 7-year-old asked me why the sky is orange again this summer. I didn't have a good answer. Wildfire smoke has settled over our city for 3 weeks straight. Schools keep canceling outdoor recess. This is just our normal now?