![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/woman-with-no-air-con-fears-getting-heatstroke-in-uninhabitable-super-hot-city/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_woman.jpg&description=Hope McNally, 73, has been without air-con for two months in her Phoenix, Arizona, home as the city faces one of the hottest summers on record with blistering temperatures for days on end A woman living in what's been deemed the world's first city to be "uninhabitable without air con" has been living without it for almost 80 DAYS. It comes as scientists warned thousands of residents could die if the power goes out - and many would need emergency care.. 73-year-old Hope McNally has been living through the sweltering Arizona summer heat, with her thermostat reading 37.2C inside her home. The woman, from Phoenix, is on a fixed income and says she can't afford a new air conditioning system, which would set her back $8,000. "It's miserable in here," says Hope McNally. "I can't stand too much more of it. I'm afraid I'm going to have a heat stroke of something." She said it was hard to keep hope as she lived in the scorching conditions. Her husband, who would have fixed the system by now, died three years ago. Meteorologist Laura Tobin said Phoenix, Arizona, is "one of the first cities in the world to become uninhabitable unless they have air conditioning". Pavements reached a blistering 71C in the city, which has seen record-breaking temperatures during the severe heatwave. Almost one in three Americans are under some form of heat warning due to the deadly El Nino phenomenon. With the excruciating temperatures in Phoenix, air conditioning will have to be on almost continuously - putting a huge strain on the city's power grid. Scientists looking into the impact found a multi-day power outage could lead to more than 50 per cent of the city's residents needing emergency care, and could cause as many as 13,250 deaths. But help was at hand. Local news outlet AZ Family contacted their partner, Parker and Sons, who agreed to give Hope a new air-con system for free. "You're not going to worry about any costs whatsoever, and we're going to get this thing swapped out for you," said){kind=link}
Hope McNally, 73, has been without air-con for two months in her Phoenix, Arizona, home as the city faces one of the hottest summers on record with blistering temperatures for days on end
A woman living in what’s been deemed the world’s first city to be “uninhabitable without air con” has been living without it for almost 80 DAYS.
It comes as scientists warned thousands of residents could die if the power goes out – and many would need emergency care..
73-year-old Hope McNally has been living through the sweltering Arizona summer heat, with her thermostat reading 37.2C inside her home.
The woman, from Phoenix, is on a fixed income and says she can’t afford a new air conditioning system, which would set her back $8,000.