the city running during these challenging times. there have been some records for power usage. speaking of records, phoenix is not the only place breaking records. they are not used to all this extreme heat, many areas in this location. what advise do you have for them when they have never experienced this heat before? i have spoken with several mayors about what has worked well for us. the city has a network of cooling centers alongside faith partners and non-profits and we hand out cooling kits. we have learned to be better about communicating the locations of those cooling centers. another piece of advice i have to set up a single point of contact around heat issues. phoenix is the first city in the country to have a publically funded office focused on heat. that s been a one-stop shop for great ideas around heat. our firefighters come up with
americans are going to be in places where climate change is having a pretty devastating impact. let me show you where our movements are. obviously the fastest growing cities in america are in the southwest and in the west. you already can see where we re headed. the number one thing that brings up is the issue of water and drought issues, as you can see here. some of the fastest growing counties are in places that are basically water-stressed. we already know with the colorado river and restrictions going there. yet the fastest growing areas are in phoenix. are they going to be able to have enough water? then you ve got the issue of rising heat issues. well, guess what? some of the fastest growing places in the southwest also are going to be places where we ll have some extreme heat. we already saw what happened with extreme cold weather in the texas power grid. that s going to have more implications there. then, of course, we saw this week what happens when you get extreme rainfall in
having a pretty devastating impact. let me show you where our movements are. obviously the fastest growing cities in america, look at them, they re in the southwest and the west. you already can see where we re headed. the number one thing that brings up is the issue of water and drought issues, as you can see here. some of the fastest growing counties are in places that are basically water stressed. we already know with the colorado river and restrictions going there. yet the fastest growing areas are in phoenix. are they going to be able to have enough water? then you ve got the issue of rising heat issues. well, guess what, some of the fastest growing places in the southwest are also going to be places where we re going to have some extreme heat. we already saw what happened with extreme cold weather in the texas power grid. that s going to have more implications there. then, of course, we saw this week what happens when you get extreme rainfall in the northeast and whether the infr
obviously the fastest growing cities in america are in the southwest and in the west. you already can see where we re headed. the number one thing that brings up is the issue of water and drought issues, as you can see here. some of the fastest growing counties are in places that are basically water stressed. we already know with the colorado river and restrictions going there. yet the fastest growing areas are in phoenix. are they going to be able to have enough water? then you ve got the issue of rising heat issues. some of the fastest growing places in the southwest also are going to be places where we ll have some extreme heat. we already saw what happened with extreme cold weather in the texas power grid. that s going to have more implications there. then, of course, we saw this week what happens when you get extreme rainfall in the northeast and whether the infrastructure there is going to hold up, but where you have some fast growing populations in places that are also getting e