Alejandra Borunda
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325 appearances
5 recordings
2 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 4 Sep
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Because Arizona is like in the epicenter of the heat crisis.
Yeah.
And so they're putting a ton of effort into better tracking heat deaths.
In fact, those counties both counted more heat related deaths than our model predicted.
But I will say my reporting also found many people.
Who weren't included in those official counts.
So to me, that says both the model and the medical examiners are probably still under counting.
But I will say that Arizona and like the counties and cities within Arizona are doing a lot to experiment with ways to keep people safer.
For example, there was this rule that was keeping people from having outward-facing air conditioners sometimes when their landlords didn't want them to because of like aesthetics.
And the state was like, No, no, if you need an air conditioner, you can have one, even if it like, you know, uh affects how it doesn't look great.
Yeah, exactly.
And I will say like places like New York State and City are experimenting, for example, with moratoria where utilities aren't allowed to shut off people's power for nonpayment during heat waves.
Yeah, exactly.
And so like now it's clear that we need to figure something out like that for the summer as well.
But it's still pretty new approach in many parts of the country.
Yeah.
And you can't fix a problem until you know about it.
And you don't know if your solutions are working unless you're keeping track of them.
And so I just really hope this work can help with both of those things.
Yeah, thanks for talking about it.
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