Europeans seem to enjoy mocking American fondness for air-conditioning (including, occasionally, on this forum). But heatwaves in the US don't kill tens of thousands of people [0]. The forecast for Phoenix this week is north of 105F/40C every day this week and gets up to 110F/43C, and while summer in Arizona is hardly pleasant, it doesn't have disastrous results.<p>[0]: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_European_heat_wave" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_European_heat_wave</a>