Phoenix, My Skin Is Stretching
Why An Arizona Summer Is Like a Minnesota Winter
A hot day can shut down scholastic and extracurricular activities back east. Here in Phoenix, you learn fast that a heat advisory is only issued when temperatures are expected to exceed 105 for two consecutive days. If it’s 112 one day and 104 the next, no advisory.
Do a search and you’ll find articles written about how high school runners here have it tough. Does the heat stop them from running? Nope.
It’s only a dry heat.
Phoenix is an island. It burns.
Here we maneuver from one air-conditioned building to another. Imagine the …
