New interview with @NPR.org's On Point: "Whether we declare it as a disaster or not, extreme heat is a disaster, right? ... the federal government has gone a long way to increase its ability to respond to extreme heat, but we still have quite a long way to go." www.wbur.org/onpoint...#extremeheat

Is extreme heat an extreme disaster?

Phoenix, Arizona has crossed a troubling milestone. More than one hundred days of temperatures over 100 degrees. Across the country, extreme heat kills more Americans than hurricanes, floods and tornadoes combined. So why don’t we label is a disaster?