Melanie Floyd took her kids to the zoo in Phoenix in the morning, when temperatures in the heat wave roasting the city and much of the US southwest were still bearable.
Standing before a turtle exhibit, she downplayed this extreme weather event in a world grappling with climate change.
"As long as we have AC and as long as everyone is making smart choices," this stay-at-home mother aged 32 told AFP, "staying hydrated, going in the shade, staying cool, not overexerting themselves, I think it's tolerable."
At her home it is, indeed, nice and cool. She keeps the air conditioning between 23 and 26 degrees Celsius so she can look after her kids, aged two and six, comfortably as they play with colouring books and crafts.
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