>> STATE LAWMAKERS ALLOW TO VOTE ON A HALF CENT TRANSPORTATION TAX.

ALSO TONIGHT, WATER RATES ARE SAID TO INCREASE FOR RESIDENTS AND A WIDE RANGE OF HEALTH RISKS THAT COME FROM EXPOSURE TO EXTREME HEAT.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON."

>> Announcer: THIS HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS IS MADE POSSIBLE BY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE FRIENDS OF PBS, MEMBERS OF YOUR PBS STATION.

THANK YOU.

>> Ted: WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON."

I'M TED SIMONS.

THE STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TODAY PASSED A BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW MARICOPA COUNTY VOTERS TO DECIDE TO EXTEND THE HALF CENT SALES TAX TO FUND TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.

THE HOUSE THEN IMMEDIATELY VOTED THE SINE DI AND IT IS EXPECTED TO PASS AND STATE LAWMAKERS RETURNED TO THE CAPITOL TO VOTE ON THE PROBLEM 400 BILL AFTER A REPORTED DEAL NEGOTIATED BY THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATIVE LEADERS.

THAT INCLUDES AN INCREASE IN SPENDING FOR FREEWAYS AND ROADS AND THE TRANSIT FUNDS ARE LIMITED AND NO FUNDS TO EXTEND LIGHT RAIL AND ONLY 3.5% OF REVENUE FOR MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING LIGHT RAIL.

AGAIN, RIGHT NOW, AS WE RECORD OUR SHOW LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, THE BILL HAS PASSED THE HOUSE, NOW IN THE SENATE AND MORE ON PROP 400.

>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL VISIT ARIZONA NEXT WEEK AND THE PRESIDENT IS SCHEDULED FOR STOPS IN ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO AND UTAH FOR A WESTERN SWING STARTING MONDAY, AUGUST 7th.

THE PRESIDENT WILL USE A TRIP TO PROMOTE HIS ADMINISTRATION'S EARTHS TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE WITH SUPPORTING CLEAN ENERGY AND MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.

THE LAST VISIT WAS IN DECEMBER WHEN HE TOURED THE TAIWAN SEMIMANUFACTURING PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN NORTH PHOENIX.

>>> REPUBLICAN VOTERS FINDS THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS AN OVERWHELMING LEAD AGAINST G.O.P CANDIDATES.

THE NEW YORK TIMES S IRKIEN WITH 54% AND RON DeSANTIS AT 17 AND NO OTHER HOPEFUL GOT ABOVE 3%.

TRUMP SHOWING LEADS IN EVERY WING OF THE PARTY AND THIS DESPITE OR, PERHAPS, BECAUSE OF TRUMP FACING NUMEROUS LAWSUITS AND CHARGES ALONG WITH BEING IMPEACHED TWICE IN OFFICE AND LOSING HIS REELECTION BID.

>>> PEE-WEE HERMAN ACTOR, REUBENS DIED AT THE AGE OF 70 AFTER AN ACT WITH CANCER.

HE WAS LOOKING FOR ADVENTURES WITH A SLIGHT GRIN AND GOOFY LAUGH AND LEAD TO HBO SPECIALS AND A CULTURAL PHENOMENON THAT WAS DERAILED BY AN ARREST FOR UN-DESCENT SUPPORT IN 1991 AND ANOTHER SEX-RELATED CHARGE TEN YEARS LATER.

PAUL REUBENS, DEAD AT 70.

>>> THE LEGISLATURE AS OF OUR TAPING TIME IS SET TO PASS A BILL TO ALLOW MARICOPA COUNTY RESIDENTS TO DECIDE ON EXTENDING PROP 400, THE HALF CENT SALES FUND.

A RECENT POLL SUGGESTS THAT COUNTY RESIDENTS NOT ONLY WANT THE CHANCE TO VOTE ON THE EXTENSION BUT THEY'RE LIKELY TO APPROVE IT.

THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY THE PUBLIC AFFAIR'S GROUP, HIGH GROUND AND HERE IS PAUL BENTZ AND STRATEGY AND THANKS FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> Ted: FOR THOSE NOT FAMILIAR, GIVE ME THE DEFINITION OF PROP 400.

>> THE HALF CENT SALES TAX TO FUND MARICOPA COUNTY'S REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

IT WAS PASSED IN 198 AND THE AS PROPOSITION 300 AND CONTINUED IN 2004 AS PROPOSITION 400 WHEN IT PASSED WITH 58% OF THE VOTE.

>> Ted: EXTENDED IN 2004 AND SET TO EXPIRE IN 2025, WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE TO GET IT ON THE BALLOT NEXT YEAR.

>> IT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR 40 YEARS NOW AND THIS IS A CONTINUATION, NOT AN INCREASE AND IT'S EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING HALF CENT SALES TAX AND EXPIRES IN 2025 AND THE GOAL ALL ALONG TO MAKE SURE IT GETS ON BALLOT BY 2024 AND VOTERS HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

>> Ted: LAST POINT ON THE BASICS, THIS IS A MARICOPA COUNTY VOTE AMONG MARICOPA COUNTY RESIDENTS AND THE LEGISLATURE HAS A SAY IN IT.

WHAT'S THAT ABOUT?

>> IN 1999, IT WAS AN ABILITY TO PLACE ISSUES ON THE BALLOT AWAY FROM THEM AND THEY NEED A LEGISLATIVE VOTE.

HOMELESSNESS ISMARICOPA COUNTY, THEY CAN PLACE THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION TAX AND THEIR OWN ISSUE WITHOUT LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL.

>> Ted: THAT EXPLAINS WHY THEY'RE DECIDING WHY WHAT MARICOPA COUNTY RESIDENTS CAN VOTE ON.

>> THIS IS A STATE-WIDE ISSUE AND MARICOPA COUNTY COUNTY IS THE LARGEST AND MOST POPULOUS AND THE GREAT STATE OF MARICOPA AND A MUCH LARGER, YOU KNOW, STATE THAN MARICOPA COUNTY BUT IN THIS CASE, IT'S A STATE-WIDE AFFAIR TO EVERYONE FOCUSED ON WHAT THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IS LIKE WITHIN THE REGION.

>> Ted: LET'S GET TO YOUR POLL AND THE HOUSE HAS PASSED IT AND THE SENATE IS EXPECTED IT TO AND IT'S GLARING GLARING BLARING HEADLINES TOMORROW.

IT SHOWS LOTS OF SUPPORT FOR IN MARICOPA COUNTY.

>> WE TESTED THE 2004 BALLOT LANGUAGE, A MODIFIED VERSION OF THAT THAT DESCRIBED FREEWAYS, STREETS, BUS, LIGHT RAIL MENTIONED, ALL DIFFERENT MODES AND KNOWING WHAT YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW, WOULD YOU VOTE YES OR NO AND 6% OF THE ELECTORATE WAS LIKELY TO VOTE YES ON THIS PROPOSAL.

>> Ted: THE NO'S ARE DOWN THERE AND ON THE SIDE OR HERE, WE'VE GOT WHETHER REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT, YOU'VE BROKEN DOWN THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND EVERY DEMOGRAPHIC IN EVERY DISTRICT SEEMS TO SHOW SUPPORT.

>> 25% SAID NO AND THAT'S THE 25% THAT SAYS NO TO BASICALLY EVERYTHING.

PUTWHEN CONGESTION, WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY, PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO INVEST IN TRANSPORTATION.

A MAJORITY OF ALL PARTISAN SEGMENTS AND ALL AN SEGMENTS AND REGIONALLY, WE SAW A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SUPPORT.

WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THAT IS, EVEN IN THE SUPERVISOR DISTRICTS THAT DON'T HAVE LIGHT RAIL IN THE NORTHWEST VALLEY AND SOUTHEAST VALLEY, OTHER PLACES THAT NEED STREETS AND FREEWAYS, AN OVERWHELMING SUPPORT.

THE FOLKS IN THE SUBURBS FOLKS DON'T WANT TRANSPORTATION IS JUST NOT TRUE.

THEY WANT A BALANCED REGIONAL PLAN THAT EVERYBODY CAN SUPPORT AND EVERYBODY GETS THE PIECE THEY NEED.

>> Ted: WERE YOU SURPRISE ED THIS 55% YES AND 39% NO AMONG REPUBLICANS?

>> A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED, BUT QUITE FRANKLY, REPUBLICANS DON'T WANT TO CALIFORNIA OUR ARIZONA, RIGHT?

THEY TALK ABOUT THAT A LOT AND WE LOOK AT CALIFORNIA AND IT HAS A LOT OF GRIDLOCK, A LOT OF CONGESTION AND ONE OF THE THING WE HAVE IS A WELL FUNCTIONING TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM BECAUSE WE'VE STAYED AHEAD OF IT.

I THINK REPUBLICANS UNDERSTAND THAT.

>> Ted: THE PND'S OR REAL INDEPENDENTS, PARTY NOT DISCLOSED, 72.7% AND THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT GROUP IN ALL ELECTIONS, ISN'T IT?

>> THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY IN SWING DISTRICTS.

I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE SEEING MOVEMENT WITHIN THE LEGISLATURE, PARTICULARLY AMONG SOME OF THE REPUBLICANS THAT REPRESENT SWING DISTRICT AREAS.

UNAFFILIATED VOTERS ARE WINNING THOSE RACES AND 70% OF UN-I OF UNAFFILIATED SAY THAT THEY NEED TO LISTEN.

THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR GOVERNOR HOBBS TO PUT A BIG WIN ON THE BALLOT AND TAKE CREDIT.

>> Ted: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LEGISLATURE IN THE NEXT POLL HERE RECORDING 55% THINK THE LEGISLATURE AND LEADERSHIP NOT FOCUSED ON TRANSPORTATION ISSUES THAT YOU CARE ABOUT.

THERE IT IS.

>> AND ONLY 38% TRUSTED THEM.

THE LEGISLATURE IS WORKING AT A DEFICIT WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND EVEN A PLURALITY DO NOT BELIEVE THEY'RE DELIVERING ON THE RUMS THEYRESULTS THEY NEED.

>> Ted: ARE THEY NOT LISTENING?

>> IT'S SURPRISING AND MORE OF A WAKE-UP CALL FOR THE LEGISLATURE AND WHY THEY'RE HERE BECAUSE THEY WERE ON THE WRONG SIDE AS WE ARE THE FASTEST GROWING COUNTY IN THE COUNTRY WITH NOT A WINNING PROPOSITION.

THEY NEED TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF IT AND DELIVER RESULTS TO THE INDIVIDUALS, ESPECIALLY THE SUBURBAN LEGISLATORS TO GET THE STREETS AND FREEWAYS, OTHER PARTS OF THE REGION HAVE NEEDS.

>> Ted: WE LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND EVERY DISTRICT, THEY LIKE THIS IDEA AND THEY LIKE THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.

>> THEYTHEY HAVE CONCERNS AND EVERY PORTION OF THIS ELECTORATE, AGE, PARTY, REGION, IT SHARES CONCERNS AS WE SEE POST PANDEMIC CONGESTION INCREASE, PEOPLE'S COMMUTES TO WORK TAKING LONGER AND THE LARGE NUMBER OF ROOFTOPS, WE SEE THE GROWTH COMING AND THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING.

>> Ted: THE TRUE INDEPENDENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT HAPPY WITH EITHER ONE, THAT'S THE HIGHEST PERCENT OF NO AND THEY THINK LAWMAKERS AREN'T LISTENING TO THEM.

>> UNAFFILIATED VOTERS CARE ABOUT PARTICULAR THINGS LIKE TRANSPORTATION AND THEY CARE ABOUT EDUCATION.

IN THE LAST ELECTION WE SAW THAT THEY DID NOT BELIEVE THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN AND WANTED TO MAINTAIN EARLY VOTING AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT REPUBLICAN STRUGGLED WITH AND PART OF THE REASON THEY TOOK SETTLE LOSSES AND THIS IS ANOTHER ISSUE THAT INDEPENDENTS CARE ABOUT.

IF YOU WANT TO WIN INDEPENDENTS OVER, PAY ATTENTION TO THAT.

>> Ted: WHAT DO WE TAKE FROM THIS POLL?

>> PROP 400, THE EXTENSION IS INCREDIBLY POPULAR.

IF THE LEGISLATURE WERE TO SEND IT TO THE GOVERNOR AND IF THE GOVERNOR WERE TO SIGN IT, IT WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL IN NOVEMBER NEXT YEAR.

>> Ted: THANKS FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> Ted: UP NEXT, DETAILS ON AN INCREASE IN WATER RATES FOR PHOENIX RESIDENTS.

>> PHOENIX RESIDENTS WILL NEED TO CUT BACK ON WATER USAGE, A TWO-YEAR SET BEGINS IN OCTOBER AND FOR MORE ON THIS, WE WELCOME TROY HAYES AND SAM MAX WILSON.

TROY, TWO YEAR SET OF RATE HIKES IN OCTOBER AND THEN, WHAT, AGAIN IN MARCH OF NEXT YEAR AND HOW DOES THIS WORK?

>> SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE HAD IS THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED ON JUNE 28th OF THIS YEAR TO SET ASIDE THREE INCREASES IN OUR WATER AND WASTE WATER RATES AND THE FIRST ONE IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR AND THAT WOULD BE A 6.5% IN OCTOBER OF '23 AND 6.5% IN MARCH OF '24 AND THAT'S FOLLOWED WITH A 13% MARCH OF '25.

THEN WE COME BACK AND HAVE THAT ANALYSIS AGAIN.

>> Ted: SAME AMOUNT OF WATER OVER THIS THREE-YEAR PERIOD AND WHAT ABOUT THE PHOENIX WATER X TIMES, WHAT, LIKE 48%?

>> SO IT'S NOT.

IT'S ACTUALLY JUST THE PROPORTION OF THE BILL THAT IS OF A VARIABLE COMPONENT.

OUR BILL IS COMPLICATED IN THE SENSE WE HAVE A FIXED FEE COMPONENT IN WHICH YOU GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WATER AND FOR MOST OF OUR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS, THAT'S $5 OR OF DOLLARS A MONTH.

THE PORTION THAT CHANGED IS THE VARIABLE COMPONENT OR THE AMOUNT THAT'S USED ABOVE THAT FIXED COMPONENT.

>> Ted: YOU GET AN ALLOWANCE AND HOW YOU DO THE ALLOWANCE IS HOW YOUR BILL IS REFLECTED?

>> YES.

SO THE ALLOWANCE IS FUNDAMENTALLY THE AMOUNT OF WATER YOU GET INCLUDED WITH YOUR BILL EVERY MONTH THAT TROY WAS MENTIONED.

IF YOU STAY UNDER THAT, YOUR BILL WON'T CHANGE.

>> IT'S INCENTIVIZING OUR CUSTOMERS TO BE MINDFUL OF THE AMOUNT OF WATER THEY USE AND THE WATER LEVELS, AS WE SAID.

>> Ted: THERE'S A THREE-ASPECT PART OF THE PHOENIX BILL.

IT'S SERVICE, SEASONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL AND THIS IS SEASONAL?

>> SO THIS IS, YEAH, THE VARIABLE COMPONENT, WHICH IS CHANGES PER SEASON AND OUR BILL IS SEASONABLE AND THE COST GOES UP IN THE SUMMERTIME AND DOWN IN THE COOLER MONTHS AND INCENTIVIZING WHEN WE'RE USING THE WATER.

>> Ted: HOW ARE THEY DOING AS FAR AS THE BASE AMOUNT?

>> THE AMOUNT OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE BENEATH THE ALLOWANCE, IT TENDS TO CHANGE YEAR TO YEAR WHEN ALL OF US WERE AT HOME USING A LOT MORE WATER AT HOME AND THAT WATER WENT WAY, WAY UP.

WE DO FEEL CONFIDENT THAT CUSTOMERS IN GENERAL CAN CONSERVE THE AMOUNT OF WATER WE'RE SEEING THESE ALLOWANCE CHANGES GO ABOUT.

MOST ARE OVERWATERING THE PLANTS IN THEIR YARDS AND LEAKS INSIDE THEIR HOUSE AND LOTS OF THINGS TO OFFSET THESE INCREASES.

>> Ted: THIS IS AN INCENTIVE.

>> WE'RE TRYING TO DRIVE HOME THAT AS YOU USE MORE WATER, YOUR BILL GOES UP AND DOWN AND IF YOU STAY BELOW THE ALLOWANCE, THE BILL DOESN'T CHANGE AND IT SENDS A PRICE SIGNAL TO THE CUSTOMERS TO THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH WATER WE'RE USING AND DOING THAT UNDER THIS WATER ALERT THAT WE'RE UNDER NOW BEFORE WE GO FURTHER INTO THE DROUGHT.

>> Ted: REVENUE, HOW MUCH REVENUE WILL THIS BRING IN?

>> IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT -- SO THE PERCENTAGES ARE REVENUE AND ABOUT 6.5% REVENUE INCREASE IN THE OCTOBER CHANGE AND 6% IN THE MARCH CHANGE AND ALL OF THOSE ARE REVENUE CHANGE.

>> Ted: I THOUGHT I READ 32% AND THAT IS, WHAT, INFRASTRUCTURE?

I KNOW THE BIG WATER PURIFICATION, WILL THAT GO THERE?

>> THIS IS NORMAL DOING BUSINESS AND THE COST OF INFLATION AND ALL OF THAT THAT WE'VE HAD ON CHEMICALS AND ELECTRICITY AND IT HAS ON OUR RAW WATER AND WE'RE PAYING MORE FOR THE DAY-TO-DAY THINGS TO PROVIDE SERVICE AND SO THAT IS TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL OF THOSE.

>> WITH A LOT OF THOSE OTHER ISSUES, WE'RE WORKING ON A LARGE NUMBER OF GRANTS AND FEDERAL MONIES TO OFFSET THE ADDITIONAL COSTS TO BE BORNE BY THE CUSTOMER.

>> Ted: BUT, I MEAN, THERE IS A REVENUE INCREASE AND IF PEOPLE DON'T STOP WATERING, WE'LL GET MORE IN THERE TO HELP, I GUESS, INFRASTRUCTURE AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE DOING THE WATERING.

>> I GUESS IT'S PAYING FOR THE DAY-TO-DAY THINGS TO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY.

WE HAVE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS AND REPLACING SEWER LINES.

>> Ted: WALKTALK ABOUT IN SHIFTING THE OVERALL PERCEPTION OF WATER USE.

>> WELL, WHAT I WOULD SAY ALL THAT WE ASK AT THE CITY OF PHOENIX, WHEN YOU USE WATER, IS THIS THE BEST THING I CAN POSSIBLY BE USING IN FOR AND AM I GETTING WHAT I WANT OUT OF EVERY DROP OF WATER I'M USING GOING FORWARD.

THOSE DROPS OF WATER GET MORE VALUABLE, WE HOPE PEOPLE WILL THINK ABOUT IT MORE AS IT COMES OUT OF THE TAP.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOLKS TO DO, AS THEY'RE USING WATER, IS THIS THE RIGHT USE AND IS THIS THE BEST THING TO GET OUT OF THIS DROP?

IF THE ANSWER IS YES, DO IT AND WE WANT TO SEE PEOPLE USING WATER AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE THEIR LIVES BETTER TO LIVE IN THIS GREAT VALLEY VALLEY.

>> Ted: COME OCTOBER, PEOPLE WILL SAY WHAT HAPPENED HERE?

>> PUSH IN WATER BILLS AS WELL AS ADVERTISING TO REMIND CHANGES OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

>> Ted: THE GOOD NEWS, WE HAVE INVESTED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DECADES ON ALL OF THE TYPES OF TOOLS TO REDUCE YOUR WATER USE LIKE THIS AND SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE WATERING YOUR PLANTS AND JUST GUESSING, WE HAVE TEXT-TO-WATER SERVICES.

WE'LL TELL YOU HOW TO WATER EVERY PLANT IN YOUR YARD EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK.

WE HAVE THESE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN OFFSET THESE IMPACTS.

THAT'S WIN-TO-CAUGHT TO 33222.

WE'LL SEND YOU A GUIDE TO SET THAT CONTROLLER ON YOUR HOUSE.

>> Ted: COLORADO RIVER HAS THESE PROBLEMS RIGHT NOW AND I KNOW THE WATER PURIFICATION IS A BIG THING WITH THE CITY AND ARE THERE BACKUP CONTINGENCY PLANS IF THIS DOESN'T IMPROVE.

>> THE CITY OF PHOENIX IS IN A GOOD POSITION WITH DROUGHT AND NOT RESTING ON THAT AND SO WE'RE OUT WORKING WITH OUR VALLEY PARTNERS OF EXPANDING THE BARTLET DAM AND WE WOULD CAPTURE THAT AND LOOKING AT WASTE WATER AND HOW TO BEST PUT THAT TO USE.

>> Ted: GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND WE'LL SEE IF PHOENIX RESIDENTS HAVE QUESTIONS AND GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH.

>> Ted: TEMPERATURES TODAY ACROSS ARIZONA WERE NOTICEABLY SEVERE WHICH RESULTED IN HEAT RECORDS AND THOSE TEMPERATURES RESULTED IN AN INCREASED RISK OF ALL HEAT-RELATED ISSUES FROM STROKE AND HEART ATTACKS TO DEHYDRATION AND DR. JESSE BRACAMONTE IS A FAMILY DOCTOR AND HE HAS MORE.

DOCTOR, THANKS FOR JOINING US.

IN GENERAL, WE LIVE IN ARIZONA AND WE'RE USED TO HOT WEATHER AND ARE WE AWARE OF HOW SERIOUS THIS IS?

>> I THINK BEING IN ARIZONA, WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THAT WE CAN ACTUALLYACCLIMATE AND THE HEAT TAKES A TOLL ON EVERYBODY, PARTICULARLY WITH CERTAIN ILLNESSES.

>> Ted: WHAT IS A BIGGER FACTOR, THE HEAT OR HUMIDITY?

>> I SAY ARIZONA, IT'S THE HEAT AND THEY BOTH CAN AND I KNOW OVER 70% OF HUMIDITY CAN CAUSE ILLNESS AND IN ARIZONA, 110°, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR ILLNESS.

>> Ted: BLOOD PRESSURE, HEART DISEASE AND STROKE AND THOSE ARE THE BIGGIES AND HOW ARE THEY AFFECTED BY HEAT?

>> A LOT OF MEDICAL ILLNESSES, THE HEAT CAN EXACERBATE.

THERE'S CARDIOVASCULAR AND HAVING KIDNEY DISEASE CAN CAUSE YOUR CIRCULAR SIR COO CIRCULATORY SYSTEM.

>> Ted: THE MEDICATION ASPECT OF THIS, ARE WE REALLY AWARE OF HOW THAT WORKS, THAT DYNAMIC?

>> I DON'T THINK WE ARE.

I THINK PEOPLE THAT TAKE FOR GRANTED, PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.

IF YOU HAVE DISNEY DIABETES OR STROKE, THEY AFFECT THE BODY TO URINATE MORE AND TAKE THE EXTRA SALTS OUT THIS WHICH PUT YOU AT RISK FOR DEHYDRATION.

>> Ted: IN TERMS OF VOLUME, THOUGH, THE LOSS OF FLUID, HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THINGS?

>> IT'S SIGNIFICANT.

THE COOLER YOUR BODY IS AND EASIER FOR YOUR BODY TO KEEP COOL AND WHEN IT'S DEHYDRATED, YOU KEEP COOL AND YOUR BODY TO SWEAT DIMINISHES AND YOUR BODY OVERHEATS AND PUTS YOUR BODY AT RISK.

>> Ted: REAL WORD COMPLICATIONS, WHAT ARE THEY?

>> SYMPTOMS, CRAMPS, NAUSEA AND HEADACHE AND THEN SEVERE CASES, YOU CAN GET CONFUSED AND YOU'RE PROBABLY SEEKING EMERGENCY CARE.

>> Ted: OVERWEIGHT, HIGHER AGE GROUPS AND PROBLEMS, CONSISTENT PROBLEM AND ALWAYS INCREASE RISK FACTORS.

>> YOU'RE POINT ON, EXACTLY.

PARTICULARLY OVER 50 AND THOSE OVER 65, AT HIGHER RISK FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESS.

>> Ted: WE TALKED ABOUT PLAIN OLD HEAT AND WHAT ABOUT DEHYDRATION?

>> MEDICATIONS THAT CAN CAUSE DEHYDRATION OR DIE YOU'RE DIURETICS AND COMMON ONES ARE ANTIHISTAMINES FOR ALLERGIES.

AND THEY CAN MAKE YOU DEHYDRATED AND DRY YOU OUT AND NASAL DECON CONJESSDECONJESS TENANTS.

>> YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT BEING DEHYDRATED.

>> MAKE SURE YOU SEEK SHADE, AND A COOL PLACE, PARTICULARLY WITH THESE MEDICATIONS, BECAUSE IN A SMALL AMOUNT OF TIME IN THE HOT SUN PUTS YOU AT RISK.

>> Ted: IF YOU HAVE AN APPLE WATCH AND OUT WALKING OR DOING SOMETHING, WHAT DO YOU WATCH FOR AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW THIS IS MUCH?

>> YOUR APPLE WATCH TELLS YOU ABOUT YOUR HEART RATE AND PUT IT ASIDE AND LISTEN TO YOUR BODY AND LOOK AT HEADACHES?

ARE YOU SWEATING, SWEATING TOO MUCH AND DO YOU FEEL WARM?

IS YOUR SKIN NOT AS COOL AS IT WOULD BE AND CRAMPING OR NAUSEA.

YOU'RE IN THE HEAT TOO MUCH OR TOO LONG AND SEEK SOME SHADE.

>> Ted: I READ IT AS WELL, SWELLING OF ARMS AND LEGS AND THAT WOULD BE A PRETTY CLEAR WARNING SIGN?

>> I THINK THAT'S AN END POINT, SOME OF THE CASES THAT HAPPENS AND THAT'S YOUR CARDIOVASCULAR WORKING OVERTIME.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE A HEAT-RELATED SIGNIFICANT EXHAUSTION OR SIGNIFICANT MIDDLE.

I THINK THE MOST COMMON EFFECTS THAT WE ELUDED TO.

>> Ted: LET'S SAY THERE'S A CHANCE TO COOL DOWN AND COOL DOWN SLOWLY OR JUMP INTO AN ICE COLD POOL?

WHAT'S THE BEST WAY?

TWO PART YES, QUESTION.

WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE THIS AND THE BEST WAY TO SHOCK YOUR BOUGHT WITH A COLD SWIMMING POOL?

>> YOU'RE PROBABLY IN THE HEAT SOMEWHERE AND SEEK SHADE AND COOL, VENTILATED AREA AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND FIND SHELTER AND GET COOL AND LET YOUR BECAUSE ACCLIMATE.

RUSH INTO GET INTO THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE AND AIR CONDITIONED PLACE TOO SOON.

THE SOONER, THE BETTER.

>> Ted: LAST QUESTION ON THIS, HOW DO WE GET THE INFORMATION, OUT THERE?

>> THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES ABOUT HOW TO STAY COOL AND HYDRATED AND GIVES YOU RESOURCES THERE.

START WITH THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH THAT HAS RESOURCES TO DEAL WITH THE HEAT.

>> Ted: BE SMART AND CAREFUL OUT THERE.

>> IF YOU HAVE A NICE AIR CONDITIONED POOL, I WOULD USE IT.

>> Ted: DR. JESSE BRACAMONTE, MAYO CLINIC, GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: AND THAT IS IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.