DeneGOLD- Free

Tomorrow: Elizabeth Weil

New York magazine|Aug 12 - 25, 2024
Killing Season Deaths from extreme heat are just beginning.
- Laura Thompson
Tomorrow: Elizabeth Weil

EARLY IN JULY, a smothering heat wave settled in over the western U.S.—124 degrees Fahrenheit in Palm Springs; 120 in Las Vegas; 119 in Redding, in far northern California. Dan Berc, a National Weather Service meteorologist, described the situation as “not normal … We’re talking ten to 12 degrees above normal for the hottest part of the year.” That first week of July, a thousand fish died in Lake Elizabeth, in Fremont, California— asphyxiation; the hotter the water, the less oxygen it holds. Still, in western Arizona, in the foothills of the Mohave Mountains, Alyssa Wroblewski assumed July 5 would be, as she later put it, “a regular, happy day” for her family. She and her husband, Matthew, a detective in the Riverside Police Department, would take their toddler and infant daughters out on a boat on Lake Havasu, a Colorado River reservoir.

The Wroblewskis did this all the time, strapping life preservers on their young kids. They boated in April, just weeks after Tanna Rae was born. They boated in May and June. That Fourth of July weekend, Alyssa and Matthew dressed their daughters in matching red, white, and blue swimsuits. Tanna’s diaper poked out between the suit’s leg band and her fat-rolled thigh.

Children’s bodies cool themselves less efficiently than adults’, and babies’ bodies cool even less efficiently than that. By afternoon, on the lake, the air temperature had climbed to 120. Around 5 p.m., Alyssa and Matthew realized Tanna wasn’t breathing. The parents performed CPR until the fire department arrived. Four-month-old Tanna was airlifted to Phoenix Children’s Hospital. But it was too late.

Bu hikaye New York magazine dergisinin Aug 12 - 25, 2024 sayısından alınmıştır.

Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.

Bu hikaye New York magazine dergisinin Aug 12 - 25, 2024 sayısından alınmıştır.

Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.

NEW YORK MAGAZINE DERGISINDEN DAHA FAZLA HIKAYETümünü görüntüle
Born This Way
New York magazine

Born This Way

Mother Monster throws her whole self into the pot.

time-read
5 dak  |
March 24 - April 6, 2025
A Death-Defying SEX CAPADE
New York magazine

A Death-Defying SEX CAPADE

MICHELLE WILLIAMS stars in a new FX show as a horny stage-four cancer patient on a quest to finally FIGURE OUT WHAT TURNS HER ON.

time-read
10+ dak  |
March 24 - April 6, 2025
John Mulaney's Playhouse
New York magazine

John Mulaney's Playhouse

On his new live talk show, the comedian can do whatever he wants. What exactly is that?

time-read
7 dak  |
March 24 - April 6, 2025
Brick Is Back
New York magazine

Brick Is Back

Even prolific builders of glass towers have rediscovered clay’s texture, shadow, and drama.

time-read
5 dak  |
March 24 - April 6, 2025
Married to the Job
New York magazine

Married to the Job

A slick thriller makes monogamy look hot.

time-read
4 dak  |
March 24 - April 6, 2025
Fast Car
New York magazine

Fast Car

Nuance and vulnerability sing in a visiting Tennessee Williams adaptation.

time-read
4 dak  |
March 24 - April 6, 2025
FAKE CENTENARIANS, FAULTY DATA, JUNK SCIENCE, AND CONTESTED "BLUE ZONES."
New York magazine

FAKE CENTENARIANS, FAULTY DATA, JUNK SCIENCE, AND CONTESTED "BLUE ZONES."

DEMOGRAPHERS AT WAR

time-read
10+ dak  |
March 24 - April 6, 2025
My Vanity Fair Hazing
New York magazine

My Vanity Fair Hazing

The staff hated me. The advertisers were in revolt. And the tabloids were saying my days were numbered before I had even begun. How on earth would I survive?

time-read
10+ dak  |
March 24 - April 6, 2025
This Is Fascism - The U.S. is starting to resemble El Salvador's brutal regime.
New York magazine

This Is Fascism - The U.S. is starting to resemble El Salvador's brutal regime.

When President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador eagerly volun- teered to receive 261 deportees the Trump administration had possibly illegally airlifted from the U.S. in mid-March, he instantly became one of the biggest stars in American conservative politics.

time-read
5 dak  |
March 24 - April 6, 2025
Severance's Biggest Wild Card
New York magazine

Severance's Biggest Wild Card

Britt Lower had to deepen the war within her character(s) in the show’s second season.

time-read
8 dak  |
March 24 - April 6, 2025

Hizmetlerimizi sunmak ve geliştirmek için çerezler kullanıyoruz. Sitemizi kullanarak çerezlere izin vermiş olursun. Learn more