“My mom lives paycheck to paycheck and if the AC breaks down in the summer and you can’t afford to fix it, you will die here. My dad proves that.”

Richest country in the world.

They say.

It is surprising how quickly it can hit though. I had an AC unit break on me a 95 degree night while we were all sleeping. Woke up feeling like my whole body was melting and all the water had been drained. The animals took it way worse and were pretty lethargic for a few hours while we cooled them off

Arizona is fucking crazy

Drill baby drill.

which way did they vote, though? I don't really care about them if they voted for this stuff to happen

What do you mean by "we are no longer a functioning society"?

The death was a tragedy, but it seemed to be caused more by the family not wanting to move him until it was too late.

Arizona is a state where air conditioning is considered to be a tenant's right, so the state has some protections for people renting. It is also common for cities to have official cooling centers to help people stay cool during the day, including Bullhead City. Even without that access, indoor commercial spaces are commonly cooled.

The article doesn't state that the family tried to contact emergency services before finally calling the ER. Once doing so, the man was removed from his home and moved to a cooler place, even if they couldn't cool him down in time. The man also had better air conditioning before it broke. What was society supposed to do?

What a shithole.

It's a quadruple punch: climate change, energy costs, poverty, and obesity.

We need more AC than ever, it costs more than it used to, we have less money than we used to, and humans don't have the evolutionary traits to be large bodied mammals in the heat.

It's too many problems to ignore at once.