On the day that Salem, Oregon, smashed the record for the highest known temperature west of the Cascade Mountains two summers ago, FedEx driver Austin Trent was roasting inside of an un-air-conditioned delivery truck.
Trent’s main source of relief, a small fan he keeps in his cabin, had to be pointed at his navigation screen, which was also overheating. As the temperature inched toward 117 degrees Fahrenheit (47 degrees Celsius) outside, he searched for a package in his cargo hold, where it was considerably hotter. Suddenly a tingling feeling began in Trent’s hands and feet. “Then the world started to feel like it was going black,” he says.
Trent called his
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