When asked to describe how heat affects their mood, many North Texans used the same words. These included dramatic descriptors: “depressing,” “grueling,” “suffocating,” “oppressive” and “miserable.”
Dr. Courtney Cecale had been living in sunny, warm Los Angeles, but she still wasn’t prepared for what the heat would be like in North Texas. On the day of her move to the area in 2020, the temperature on her car’s dashboard soared well into the triple digits.
Others might not leave their home during the summer months or may refrain from cooking, she added. Staying indoors also leads to an increase in screen time. “Very often there’s a cultural [idea] like ‘toughen up, it’s just a hot day,’” Cecale said. “But people do die from this, and I just think it’s very important for people to take seriously that heat can be very, very deadly.”reported that since 2010, at least 53 workers have died in the intense Texas heat. Most were people of color.
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