{"id":1985740,"date":"2023-07-29T11:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T15:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/phoenix-heat-killing-cacti-and-burning-locals-who-fall-on-pavement\/"},"modified":"2023-07-29T11:21:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T15:21:37","slug":"phoenix-heat-killing-cacti-and-burning-locals-who-fall-on-pavement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/phoenix-heat-killing-cacti-and-burning-locals-who-fall-on-pavement\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix&#8217;s scorching heat harms cacti and burns locals on hot pavement."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fphoenix-heat-killing-cacti-and-burning-locals-who-fall-on-pavement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1985740&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Record High Temperatures in Phoenix, Arizona<\/h2>\n<p>The scorching heat in Phoenix, Arizona is wreaking havoc on plant life and causing damage\u200c to\u200b infrastructure. The situation has become so dire that the Desert Botanical Garden \u200chas resorted to a unique solution &#8211; draping \u200dits \u200bcacti in dark\u2063 fabrics to shield them\u200c from the \u200crelentless sun. However, even this measure hasn&#8217;t been able to save the majestic saguaros, as they continue to succumb to the extreme heat. These towering cacti maintain their impressive\u2063 stature despite the scorching\u2064 temperatures, but eventually collapse from rotting on the inside.<\/p>\n<h3>Inflation Declined to 3% in June<\/h3>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/food-stamps-florida-snap-recipients-will-have-july-payments-friday\/\" title=\"Florida SNAP recipients will receive July payments on Friday.\">key gauge monitored<\/a> by the Federal Reserve, inflation in June dropped to 3%. This news comes as\u200b a relief amidst\u2062 the challenging circumstances faced by\u2062 the saguaros in the Desert Botanical Garden. Kimberlie McCue, \u200bthe Chief Science Officer, explains that while these cacti are \u200cremarkably adapted to heat and\u2063 aridity, they too have their limits. McCue recently revealed to CNN that there \u200bhas been an alarming increase in the number of cacti \u2062dying in the garden.<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to combat the scorching temperatures, \u2062the garden has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/phoenix-heat-killing-cacti-and-burning-locals-who-fall-on-pavement\/\" title=\"Phoenix's scorching heat harms cacti and burns locals on hot pavement.\">previously organized nighttime events<\/a>, allowing visitors \u200bto explore \u200boutside of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-jersey-paid-people-not-to-work-now-it-will-pay-people-to-work\/\" title=\"New Jersey Paid People Not To Work. Now It Will Pay People To Work\">regular hours<\/a>. However, even\u2063 these &#8220;Flashlight Nights&#8221; have \u2062been canceled due to the lingering high temperatures \u200cthat persist after the sun \u2063sets. Additionally, the garden has had to shorten its regular daytime \u2063hours in response to heat advisories during \u200ca recent 16-day \u200cstretch of temperatures exceeding 90 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>The blistering heat has also caused the asphalt to reach near-boiling temperatures, reaching a staggering\u2062 170 degrees. Unfortunately, this has resulted in severe burns\u200b for individuals who come into contact with the scorching\u2062 ground. Medical intervention is often required to treat these burns.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the burn \u200ccenter, we anticipate that the summertime will be our busiest season, with an increase in cases of people falling and sustaining burns like this,&#8221; explains Dr. \u2062Kevin Foster from the Arizona Burn Center. &#8220;However, we are witnessing an unprecedented spike \u200cin the frequency and severity of these burn\u2064 incidents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Foster highlights that the most affected demographics are the elderly, children, and those struggling with opioid addiction. The influence of heavy opiates can cause individuals\u2063 to remain in contact with the burning asphalt for longer periods without initially realizing the danger.<\/p>\n<p>Phoenix is bracing itself for\u2063 another scorching weekend and the following week, with temperatures expected to soar above 100 \u200ddegrees.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>dying, serving as a grim reminder of the devastating impact of the scorching temperatures on Phoenix&#8217;s plant life and infrastructure. To protect some cacti, the Desert Botanical Garden has resorted to using dark fabrics as shade, but even this measure has failed to save the towering saguaros, which stand tall as they succumb to the extreme heat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1985741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1985740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1985740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1985741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1985740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1985740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1985740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}