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Scorpion cooling off in the pool, Oto glaring at the 6:30 am heat and sun, a person who collapsed from heat stroke, melted shoes, the Librarian, and a Welcome to Phoenix sign.
In 2022, Maricopa County recorded 425 heat-related deaths. That's one county out of 15.
Flights to and from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport were cancelled because the weather was hotter than the operating temperatures of some of the smaller aircraft.
Melted shoes:
"John Janezic is a librarian at Sanborn Elementary School in Chandler, Arizona, and often helps with crosswalk duties when the bell rings after school.
Janezic was outside Thursday during the peak of the hot weather, guiding kids through the crosswalk. He was only out for 30 minutes when he decided to head inside and almost fell because his shoes suddenly felt different."
" “I was crossing the students, crossing the parents. And all of a sudden, when I was done, I turn around and I’m sweating, I’m tired, I want to come back to the library where it’s nice and air-conditioned. As I’m walking back, I trip,” Janezic said.
" Janezic said the soles of his shoes had melted off because of the hot pavement.
“I’m like, ‘What just happened?’ And I tripped because this part of the shoe was like this,” said Janezic said, showing the sole of his shoes, that had come apart from the rest of the shoe.
Although Janezic said he can no longer wear those shoes, the experience will not stop him from helping students stay safe when leaving school."
And a totally preventable death near Buckeye, when a wife spoke to fire station staff at 1:45 pm on Sunday:
" She explained her husband, a man in his 70s, called her earlier in the day to say his bike got a flat tire in a desert area west of the fire station and that he was attempting to walk to the fire station where she could pick him up," Buckeye Fire said.
Police and fire crews started looking for the man and found him dead in a desert area. He was identified as 73-year-old James Van de Voorde."
Bikers should carry an emergency patch kit, extra water, and they SHOULDN'T GO BIKING IN THE DESERT, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, WHEN IT'S 116°.
Another death:
" A woman died on an 8-mile hike in the Grand Canyon in triple-digit heat, park officials said. The 57-year-old hiker was trekking “in the remote Tuweep area” of Grand Canyon National Park, where the high temperature “was well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit,” on Sunday, July 2. "
" After the woman fell unconscious, rangers said they got a call about a “distressed day hiker” at around 6:30 p.m.
However, getting to the remote area of the park is a challenge, as “there is no water, gas, food, or cell service.
A ranger made it on scene around 1 a.m. on July 3 and declared the woman dead, park officials said."
School librarian says his shoes melted while helping kids cross the street
The librarian said he was only outside for about 30 minutes when the hot pavement melted the soles of his shoes.
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Man found dead in Buckeye desert after going on bike ride and getting a flat tire, Buckeye PD says
The Buckeye Police Department is investigating what it believes was a heat-related death on Sunday afternoon. A man reportedly went on a bike ride and got a flat tire so he told his wife he was going to walk to a fire station to meet her.
P. S. Here's James Van de Voorde, a Vietnam vet, volunteered at a local no-kill animal shelter, moved to Arizona 5 years ago with his wife after retiring.
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