Patrick Donnelly lives and works in Death Valley, where properly preparing for 53°C summers is a matter of life and death. Kasia Delgado meets him
have been breaking out across Europe, what is it like to live in a place where record-breaking heat is normal for six months of the year? Patrick Donnelly, 40, has lived and worked, a national park on the border between California and Nevada, thought to be the hottest place on earth during the summer. The area, home to around 250 people, is in the northern Mojave Desert, bordering the Great Basin desert and below sea level. In July 2023, temperatures reached 53.
When I’m driving around in the summer, I always carry several gallons of water. When I first moved out here, there was no phone signal anywhere and when you found someone broken down in their car in the heat, a gallon of water could save their life. Even now with mobile phone service, I always carry water around in case my car breaks down or I find someone stranded, becausePeople die here every year because of the heat.
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