# "You can't afford t

By [renollettl](https://paragraph.com/@celesita) · 2022-07-20

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"You can't afford to turn your air on anymore. That's very sad," said Morris, who is also staying home more because of [high gas prices](https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2022/07/10/d1.cnn). "Any other summers, I will turn my air on. But this summer, it's just way too expensive."

[Heat waves](https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/18/weather/record-heat-midwest-southeast-weekend/index.html) have impacted the vast majority of the US during the first half of the summer, forcing Americans to deal with sweltering conditions. More than 100 million people [were under heat alerts on Tuesday.](https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/19/weather/us-heat-extreme-warning-forecast/index.html)

High-temperature spells have become more frequent and intense with each passing decade\*\*,\*\* and they last longer than they did before, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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*Originally published on [renollettl](https://paragraph.com/@celesita/you-can-t-afford-t)*