because of the dependence upon air conditioning, if the power went out in phoenix for five days, there would be the study estimated and they made the point that this was conservative 800,000 emergency room visits and over 13,000 deaths, which is difficult to bend your mind around. but it really proves or shows the point that air conditioning for all of its sort of comforts that it brings us, it s also like a sort of dem a close hanging over the heads of these very hot cities. i m also joined by msnbc medical contributor dr. vin gupta. vin, jeff you just heard him talk about this in those dreaded scenarios. hospitals wouldn t be equipped to handle it. hundreds of thousands of visits. we know heat-related deaths are rising, they were up 88% in 2022 compared to just 2000.
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parts of the west and southern us. temperatures this weekend are expected to hit 100 degrees fahrenheit for multiple cities in the southwest and dozens of locations could see record highest by the end of the coming week. though for more of all this and the long-term trends, i m joined now by jeff goodell. he is the author of the new york times bestseller, the heat will kill you first, life and death on us scorched planet. thank you so much for being here with us. so i know you agree with this. i don t want to be all doom and gloom, but it is it ll to state the problem first, we can feel it. we live at every summer and it seems if the current high temperatures that i just mentioned or any indication this summer will be basically the same story. so put it into context for us, just how hot are things getting these days? well, one way to think about it is that the ten hottest years that human beings have
amazing job planting urban trees. a lot of cities are undertaking that. athens is rebuilding an ad and an aqueduct to bring more water into the city to help with cooling and watering of trees and other green spaces. so there s a lot that s being done, but there s a long way to go. a long way to go certainly a good mate to think about this, this today is global heat action de, really appreciate all of your expertise jeff goodell in austin, texas. thank you so much, really appreciate it thanks for having a voting will begin in just hours as mexico prepares for historic election after political cycle plague by deadly violence we ll have more on that next. stay with us russia. we re trying to spy on us. we were spying on them. this is a secret, war. secrets and spies premieres tonight at ten, once, when we say it will be on time, they