NASA map shows temperatures up to 160 degrees on Phoenix streets

Phoenix "city planners" (do any cities actually do any intelligent planning?) must be the most pointless job in the world. "How can we design something so awful that it is nearly uninhabitable?" must be their design philosophy. Or perhaps I should give them more credit; it may be a high quality experiment in Martian landscaping and terraforming.

We have got to come up with an inexpensive and non-slippery solution for painting streets white in these cities. I know it’s possible, but all of the existing solutions seem to be really expensive or change the grip of the pavement, or else just don’t last very long.

NASA&#x27;s article has a bit more detail:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.jpl.nasa.gov&#x2F;news&#x2F;nasas-ecostress-maps-burn-risk-across-phoenix-streets" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.jpl.nasa.gov&#x2F;news&#x2F;nasas-ecostress-maps-burn-risk...</a><p>Poor pets.

All that shows is some surfaces at least 140°F. Which is still effing hot, but there are only three colors in the legend.

In hundreds of years some future religions will believe in the myth of Phoenix rising from its ashes.

71°C

...due to asphalt absorbing heat from unobstructed sun.<p>160&#x27;F is hot enough to boil an egg in under a couple of minutes.<p>My reaction: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;upload.wikimedia.org&#x2F;wikipedia&#x2F;commons&#x2F;c&#x2F;c5&#x2F;Edvard_Munch%2C_1893%2C_The_Scream%2C_oil%2C_tempera_and_pastel_on_cardboard%2C_91_x_73_cm%2C_National_Gallery_of_Norway.jpg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;upload.wikimedia.org&#x2F;wikipedia&#x2F;commons&#x2F;c&#x2F;c5&#x2F;Edvard_M...</a>

You only need 120 degrees and 45 mins to cook an egg on the pavement