TED: COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON: WE'LL GET A MONSOON FORECAST AND HEAR ABOUT A NEW WAY TO RANK DUST STORM INTENSITY.

ALSO TONIGHT, THE DANGERS THAT COME WITH SUMMER HEAT, INCLUDING DEHYDRATION AND HOT SURFACES.

AND, A NON-PROFIT WORKS TO CLOSE THE GENDER PAY-GAP.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE, NEXT, ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

ANNOUNCE ARIZONA HORIZON IS MADE POSSIBLE BY: TED: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

ARIZONA'S MONSOONS ARE RAPIDLY APPROACHING, AND MANY OF THE THUNDER-STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY "DUST STORMS."

THERE'S A NEW SYSTEM OF RANKING THOSE DUST STORMS ON A SCALE OF ONE TO FIVE TO HELP RESIDENTS AND MUNICIPALITIES TO PREPARE FOR WHAT IS BLOWING IN THE WIND.

TO LEARN MORE, WE WELCOME ASU CLIMATOLOGIST RANDY CERVENY.

AND RYAN HEINTZMAN, FROM ASU'S SCHOOL OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCE AND URBAN PLANNING.

THE MONSOON MIGHT NOT BE HERE YET, BUT SUMMER IS UPON US, AND THOSE RISING TEMPERATURES ARE BRINGING INCREASED RISKS OF THINGS LIKE DEHYDRATION AND CONTACT WITH DANGEROUSLY HOT SURFACES, WITH >> THAT IS THE TECHNICAL START OF THE HURRICANE SEASON, SO WE HAVE DONE IT SO IT ALLOWS TIME FOR EVERYBODY TO GET PREPARED.

NORMALLY, WE ARE GOING TO GET OUR FIRST GOOD STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MONSOON AROUND THE FIRST WEEK OF JULY.

>> YEAH.

YEAH.

SPEAKING OF THE FORECAST FOR THE SEASONAL PRECIPITATION.

WE GOT A MAP HERE.

SOME SORT OF GRAPHIC THAT YOU BROUGHT ALONG.

IT LOOKS, TO ME, AT LEAST, AMATEUR CLIMATOLOGIST, RELATIVELY ENCOURAGING.

>> IT REALLY DOES.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BETTER CHANCE FOR A GOOD MONSOON THAN WHAT WE HAD FOR THE LAST TWO TO THREE YEARS.

TED: DO WE KNOW WHY?

>> YEAH.

WE DO.

IT IS PARTLY THE RESULT OF THE BIG EL NINO THAT IS DEVELOPING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

AS THE PACIFIC GETS WARMER, IT CREATES MORE HURRICANES IN.

THE MOISTURE CAN GET PUMPED UP TO THE GOLF OF CRA CLN AND US.

TED: WHEN WE SEE A MAP LIKE THIS.

WHAT DOES THAT TELL BUS FALL AND WINTER.

>> WELL, THE MONSOON IS NOT LINGED TO THE FALL AND WINTER.

BUT EL NINO IS.

THIS IS JUST SUCH A BILLING EL NINO EVENT GOING ON.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR ABOVE NORMAL WINTERTIME AND FALL PRECIPITATION.

TED: WE'LL GET TO YOU IN A SECOND HERE.

I GOT TO TICK WITH HIM.

YOU GOT ANOTHER MAP HERE WITH TEMPERATURES THAT WE ARE EXPECTING FOR THE REST OF THE SUMMER.

WHAT IS THAT SHOWING?

>> UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS TYPICAL ARIZONA.

WE ARE GOING TO GET HOT.

MAYBE NOT AS HOT AS WHAT IT HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

AS WE GET THE MOISTURE COMING UP THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA.

WE SHOULD GET MORE HUMIDITY.

HUMIDITY KEEPS THE TEMPERATURES DOWN.

>> THE NORTHWEST UNITED STATES LOOKS LIKE IT IS IN A FRYING PAN.

THAT HAS EL NINO FEEL TO IT, DOES IT NOT?

>> IT DOES.

AND TO SEE THAT ALREADY DEVELOPING IN THE SUMMERTIME TELLS US THAT THIS IS A VERY IMPRESSIVE EL NINO THAT IS BUILDING OUT IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

TED: ALL RIGHT.

WITH THE STORMS WE GET, SOMETIMES IT RAINS, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T.

DUST STORM, YOU CAME UP WITH A RANKING SYSTEMS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

HOW KALAMAZOO THIS COME ABOUT?

>> WELL, IT WAS MULTI YEAR PROCESS.

IT TOOK AWHILE, RANDY HERE WAS KIND OF ORIGINATOR FORGETTING ALL OF THE PEOPLE TOGETHER.

IT WAS TWO DOZEN STAKEHOLDERS FROM ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST THAT CAME TOGETHER TO DIVISION THIS RANKING THAT WE PUBLISHED.

TED: YEAH.

WE GOT A GRAPHIC FOR YOU AS WELL.

THIS IS THE DUST STORM RANKING INTENSITY.

IT IS LIKE ONE TO FIVE DEAL, RIGHT?

>> YEP.

YEP.

IT IS TIED TO DUST CONCENTRATION.

SO IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH DUSTING IS ACTUALLY IN THE AIR, EACH SCALE THAT WE HAVE, EACH VERSION OF ONE THROUGH FIVE IS LINKED TO THESE CONCENTRATIONS OF DUST.

TED: AND IT LOOKS LIKE ONE IS DUST, BUT FIVE, THEN AGAIN, WOULD THAT MEAN THAT FIVE IS THE ONE YOU REALLY GOT TO BE CAREFUL DRIVING THROUGH AND FOUR AND FIVES AND THESE SORTS OF THINGS?

>> THEY ARE TIED TO HIGH LEVEL OF DUST EXPOSURE.

YOU WOULDN'T WANT BE TO OUTSIDE FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME.

>> FIVE OF COURSE IS THE MOST EGREGIOUS.

TED: SO WOULD FIVE BE A THAT BE?

>> THEY WOULD BE DUST STORMS OR HABOOBS.

YES 60% HAVE BEEN CATEGORY ONE.

THOSE WOULD BE STILL SOMETHING THAT WOULD LEAD TO 2:00 HIGH DUST EXPOSURE AS WELL AS VISIBILITY AS WELL.

TED: THERE ARE OTHER VARIABILITIES INVOLVED HERE.

WIND SPEED, THAT READY SOV THING?

>> YEAH.

THERE IS PRIMARY WHICH IS DUST CONCENTRATIONS AND THINK ABOUT OTHER THINGS TIED TO THE EVENT LIKE DURATION, HOW LONG THIS IS EVENT LASTING.

LIKE THE WIDESPREAD OR ISOLATED HOW MUCH OF THE VALLEY IS BEING IMPACTED.

>> YEAH.

>> AS WELL AS WIND GUSTS WHICH ARE ALSO STRONG COMPONENT OF THIS DUST.

YOU COULD HAVE A STORM THAT COULD COVER THE ENTIRE VALLEY THAT MAY NOT BE AS CONCENTRATED BECAUSE IT IS SO BIG.

IS THAT RIGHT?

>> FO, THE PRIMARY SCALE IS THE DUST CONCENTRATION.

TED: OK.

I GOT ANOTHER ONE HERE.

THE DUST DASHBOARD.

WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?

>> THIS WAS CREATED BY SPECIALISTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN THE SCHOOL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES.

IT IS REALLY GREAT TOOL THAT ACTUALLY IN INCLUDES ARCHIVE OF THE DUST EVENTS THAT WE LOOKED AT.

YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE STATIONS ACROSS THE VALLEY WHERE THE DUST CONCENTRATIONS ARE BEING MEASURED TO SEE WHAT THE PEAK CONCENTRATION WAS DURING THE EVENT DURING THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WHAT DO THE NUMBERS MEAN AND THE COLORS MEAN?

>> SO THE DUST CONCENTRATION.

IT IS PM, WHICH IS ABOUT FIVE TIMES SMALLER THAN THEWIEST OF THE HUMAN HAIR AND THE NUMBERS ARE TIED TO BASICALLY, THE CONCENTRATION OF DUST, IT IS UNIT CALLED MICROGRAMS, BASICALLY, IT IS WEIGHT OF DUST IN THE AIR IN THE GIVEN VOLUME.

BUT 1,000 IS THE CATEGORY ONE.

5,000 IS CATEGORY 5.

>> FOR THE COLORS, THE MORE RED.

YEAH.

THE RED OR DARK TER BROWN IS THE SCALE WE SEE.

SO MORE RED ON THE MAP, THE MORE CONCENTRATION.

>> SO YOU ARE DRIVING WEST AND YOU SEE, YOU TO GO THIS THING, WAIT A MINUTE.

A LOT OF RED OUT THERE.

>> WELL, THAT IS TALL LAY GOOD POINT.

THE SCAL IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A POST EVENT SYSTEM.

TED: OH.

OK.

ALL RIGHT.

>> THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO LOOK AT AND ACCESS WITHIN 24 HOURS WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE SOMETHING POSTED ABOUT IT?

ALL RIGHT, RANDY.

WE TALK ABOUT DUST STORMS, RANKING SYSTEM, ALL SORTS.

WHAT IS A DUST STORM?

I MEAN, CAN YOU, CAN YOU BE IN ONE SPOT AND SEE A DUST STORM FORM AND MOVE AWAY?

>> OH, YEAH.

OH, YEAH.

BASICALLY, A DUST STORM IS THE VISUAL KIND OF IDEA OF A THUNDERSTORM EXPLOSION, THAT WHEN A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPS, WHEN YOU, WHEN IT STARTS TO DIE, IT PUTS OUT A PULSE OF AIR DOWNWARD.

WHEN THE BOMB BLAST HITS THE GROUND, IT PICKS UP THE DUST, AND STARTS TO MOVE IT FORWARD.

WE SEE THAT AS DUST WALL THAT COMES THROUGH THE VALLEY.

TED: FANNED THE WIND IS GOING SOUTH TO NORTH, WHICH IT OFTEN DOES, HERE COMES THE DUST FROM SOUTHERN ARIZONA.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

IN FAB, MOST OF THE DUST STORMS THAT WE HAVE COMING TO PHOENIX DO ORIGINATE FROM DOWN TOWARD AND WORK THE WAY NORTH.

>> YOU CAN BE SOUTH OF WHERE, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW, BYE-BYE.

>> YEAH.

YOU WILL SEE THUNDERSTORM TO THE NORTH BUT YOU MAY NOT GET THE BIG DUST THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

TED: YEAH.

AS FAR AS DUST STORES ARE CONCERNED.

DO THEY ALWAYS?

IS RANULAS A POSSIBILITY AFTER OR CAN YOU HAVE RAIN AND THEN A DUST STORM?

>> USUALLY, IT IS GOING TO BE DUST STORM FIRST.

YOU COULD HAVE OTHER THUNDERSTORM CELLS THAT WOULD POP UP BEFORE THE DUST EVENT HAPPENED.

BUT IN MANY CASES WE SEE THE RAIN AFTER THE FACT, THEN THAT ACTUALLY PULLS DUST OUT OF THE AIR AND.

TED: HOW FAR DOGO LET'S SAY THEY HIT THE VALLEY.

WHERE DO THEY GO FROM THERE?

>> USUALLY THEY SPREAD OUT TOT THE READY NORTH AND THE WEST BUT IT DEPENDS ON HOW STRONG.

>> WE SEE THE HABOOBS COMING OVER AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE APOCALYPSE AND WE NEVER SEE IT.

THEY NEVER MAKE.

>> YEAH.

THE TERRAIN STOPS IT.

TED: THE TERRAIN DOES.

OK.

>> AS THEY WORK THROUGH THE VALLEY, IN THE THEY HIT THE NORTH SIDE OF THE VALLEY.

THEY ARE GOING TO COLLAPSE.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY MORE DUST HEADING OUT.

>> LAST QUESTION.

I ASK THIS EVERY YEAR.

BUT I WILL ASK YOU AGAIN.

BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN WATCHING EVERYWHERER.

WHAT CITY GETS THIS MOST RAIN DURING THE MONSOON?

>> OH.

FLAGSTAFF.

TED: BECAUSES?

>> BECAUSE OF THE UPLIFT.

AS THESE DUST STORMS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE CREATED BY FLOW, THAT PUSHES UP THERE THE GOLF OF CALIFORNIA, AS THEY HIT THAT TERRAIN, THE RIM, THEY GET PUSHED UP, AND THAT IS CONSIST TEN.

THAT IS A DAILY TYPE OF THING, THEN, IN FLAGSTAFF.

THEY TEND TO GET ALMOST DAILY THUNDERSTORMS.

>> THEY GET THEM RELATIVELY EARLY IN THE DAY COMPARED TO US.

WE GOT THE DUST STORMS LATE IN THE DAY.

ALL RIGHT.

I GOT THAT FIGURED OUT.

GENTLEMEN, GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

RANDY, RYAN.

ALWAYS A PLEASURE.

GOO ARE GOOD YOU HAVE.

CONGRATS ON THE DUST STORM MODEL.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ TED: THE MONSOON MIGHT NOT BE HERE YET, BUT SUMMER IS UPON US, AND THOSE RISING TEMPERATURES ARE BRINGING INCREASED RISKS OF THINGS LIKE DEHYDRATION AND CONTACT WITH DANGEROUSLY HOT SURFACES, WITH OLDER ADULTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN THE MOST VULNERABLE.

HOW BEST TO PREPARE FOR THE HAZARDS OF SUMMER IN ARIZONA?

WE ASK DR.

MICHAEL WHITE, CHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER AT VALLEYWISE HEALTH.

GOOD TO SEE YOU GAIN.

THANKS FOR JOINING.

>> OUR PLEASURE.

TED: MAJOR WEATHER-RELATED -- WHAT IS THIS?

WHAT IS EXTREME HEAT?

>> YOU KNOW, EXTREME HEAT IS WHEN WE ARE SEEING OUR AIR TEMPERATURES OUTSIDE, THAT ARE GREATER THAN 100 DEGREES.

GREATER THAN OUR BODY TEMPERATURE, AROUND THAT, WHERE OUR BODY HAS TO BEGIN TO HELP US COMPENSATE, AND BE ABLE TO FUNCTION OUTSIDE THROUGH OUR NORMAL PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE.

SWEATING ET CETERA.

TED: HEAT-RAE RELATED DISORDERS?

>> HEAT-RELATED DISORDERS ARE BASED ON THE WAY PATIENTS PRESENT TO US WITH SYMPTOMS, WHETHER IT BE LIGHTHEADEDNESS OR DIZZINESS.

YOU KNOW, FEELING SHORT OF BREATH, AND SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

ALL THE WAY TO THE PROGRESS WHERE PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED.

PASSING OUT.

UNCONSCIOUS AROUND THAT.

WE HAVE A SPECTRUM OF THIS.

WE CAN SEE.

>> SO, DIFFERENTIATE IF YOU WOULD BETWEEN HEAT CRAMPS AND HACKETTES HAITIAN AND THEN, THE BIGGY, HEATSTROKE.

>> IT THAT IS SPECTRUM OF THAT.

AS PEOPLE BECOME MORE AND MORE DEHYDRATED.

YOU MAY START TO HAVE MILD SYMPTOMS.

CRAMS IN YOUR LEGS.

SOME A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT-HEADEDNESS,DY ZINESS.

YOU ARE NOT SWEAT AS MUCH AROUND THAT.

THEN, THAT IS CONTINUES TO GET WORSE, YOU BECOME MORE FATIGUED, YOU MAY BECOME SLIGHTLY DISORIENTED AROUND THAT.

THEN WHEN YOUR BODY TEMPERATURES GETS SO HIGH.

THEN, YOU KNOW, 105 PURCHASE 107-DEGREE RANGE.

YOU LOSE THE ABILITY TO FUNCTION.

THOSE PEOPLE MAY BE PASSING OUT.

THEY BECOME DIFFICULT TO WALK.

YOU KNOW, JUST ARE NOT THEMSELVES.

TED: YOUR BODY TEMPERATURE CAN GET THAT HOT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> YEAH.

IS IT SHALL IS IT TOO MUCH TIME IN THE HEAT?

IS IT OVER EXERTION DURING A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME OR A LITTLE BIT OF ALL?

>> EXACTLY.

A COMBINATION OF THOSE THINGS.

CERTAINLY WE KNOW THE LONGER THAT WE EXPOSE OURSELVES TO THOSE EXTREME TEMPERATURES, WHICH ALLOWS OUR BODY TEMPERATURE TO RISE, WE OVERWHELM OUR BODY'S ABILITY TO COMPENSATE.

YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE MAY BECOME DEHYDRATED ENOUGH WE DON'T SWEAT ANY MORE.

SWEAT OF ONE OF THOSE NATURAL WAYS THAT OUR BODY COOLS.

WE OVERWELL THAM SYSTEM.

ALLOWS OUR BODY TEMPERATURE TO GET HIGHER AND HIGHER.

SO AS YOU EX HERT YOURSELF WHEN YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY IN THESE EXTREME TEMPERATURES, YOU CAN REACH THAT OVERWHELM OF THOSE SYSTEMS, EVEN FASTER.

>> DIFFERENT RATE AGAIN HERE NOW BETWEEN TRY HEAT, WE ARE GETTING NOW.

WHAT WE ARE GOING TO GET IN A MONTH OR SO AS FAR AS THE HUMAN?

I YEAH.

THE DRY HEAT IS CERTAINLY HARDER FOR YOUR BODY TO OVERCOME BECAUSE YOU MAY NOTICE YOU ARE NOT SWEATING AS MUCH.

BUT HUMID HEAT IS JUST THE SAME.

YOU KNOW YOU?

MAY NOT SWEAT AND EVAPORATE AS FAST AROUND THAT.

BUT IT IS STILL DANGEROUS TO BE OUT IN THOSE HIGH TEMPERATURES.

TED: NOW PEOPLE MOST AT RISK AS I MENTION.

OLDER FOLKS, THE YOUNG, WHO ELSE NEEDS TO WATCH IT.

WHO NEEDS TO ESPECIALLY WATCH IT?

>> CERTAINLY THOSE FOLKS WHO HAVE OTHER CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS, AGAIN, ANYTHING THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE YOUR BODY'S ABILITY TO RESPOND TO THE HEA, OLDER ADULTS ARE ONE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, CLASSIC POPULATIONS, AS WE GET HOLD OLDER, OUR BODY TEMPERATURE BECOMES A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING TO REGULATE.

SO AS WE SPEND MORE TIME OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, OUR BODY MAY NOT COMPENSATE AS FAST THEN YOUNGER CHILDREN, THE SAME THING, WE HAVE NOT DEVELOPED THOSE AS WELL YET.

TED: IS IT TRUE, AS YOU GET OLDER, THE THIRST RESPONSE IS NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE?

IT USED TO BE, YOU ARE THIRSTY ALL THE TIME.

MAYBE NOT SO.

YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE THE HEAT LIKE YOU USED TO?

>> CORRECT.

SOME OF THOSE NORMAL AGING ROG SESS THAT WE HAD.

ARE CORRECT.

OUR BODY CHANGES SO SOME OF THOSE ADAPTIVE RESPONSES THAT WE HAVE ARE NOT AS VISIBLE.

WE DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THEM AS MUCH AS WE GET OLDER.

TED: WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST REGARDING HOT SURFACESTURING THE SUMMER.

PAVEMENT, THINGS IN YOUR CAR, AND HOW OFTEN DO YOU SEE BURNS WITH THIS KIND OF A SITUATION IN YEAH.

YOU KNOW?

AT THE DIANA ARIZONA BURN CENTER WHICH IS HOUSED WITH US AT HEALTH AROUND THAT?

WE TRITOCONE TABLE BURNS ALL SUMMER LONG.

YOU SNOW FOR EXAMPLE.

LAST SUMMER, WE HAD OVER 160 PATIENTS THAT HAD SENNED TO OUR SPECIALIZED EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT FOR BURNS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CONTACT INJURY AND SOME OF THOSE ALMOST A THIRD OF THEM ACTUALLY WERE BAD ENOUGH THEY ENDED UP IN THE IC YOU FOR A PERIOD OF TIME FOR FALLING ON THOSE HOT PAVEMENTS.

TED: AGAIN.

IF YOU FALLEN THE HOT PAVEMENT, IT IS REALLY, REALLY HOT.

JUST CONE TABLE.

THAT IS IT?

YOU DON'T HAVE TO LAY THERE.

JUST HITTING IT IS GOING TO CAUSE A ONE?

>> MUCH LIKE TOUCHING THE STOVE.

THE STOVE WAS HOT.

JUST THAT AMOUNT OF CONTACT THE PAVEMENT CAN GET SO HOT, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY THE LONGER YOU ARE INCONNU TABLE WILT.

THE MORE SEVERE THE INJURY WILL BE.

BUT YES, WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN PREVENT PEOPLE FROM BECOMING INCONNU TABLE WITH THOSE TYPES OF SERVICE.

IT IS WEARING GOOD SHOES WHEN YOU ARE OUT AND THIS TYPE OF SUMMER HEAT.

TO YOUR COMMENT AROUND THE CAR.

YOU KNOW, TOUCHING THAT WITH SOMETHING OVER YOUR FINGERS AS YOU ARE GRABBING THOSE HANDLES ITEMS TO HELP PREVENT THOSE CONTACT BURNS IN.

ARE YOU SEEING THE CONTACT BURNS IN THE PAVEMENT AND FALLS.

AGAIN, OLDER ADULTS MAYBE THOSE UNSHELTERED IS THAT FACTORED THERE?

>> YEAH.

IT DOES.

WE CAN SITE ACROSS ANY PATIENT POPULATION ARRANGE THAT CERTAINLY THOSE THAT ARE MORE VULNERABLE OR DIFFICULTY WALK AND THOSE THAT ARE SUBJECT TO TOUGH FALLS IN THOSE AREAS.

THEY ARE CERTAINLY AT HIGHER RISK NOR.

>> AS FAR AS HOW HOT LET'S SAY THE PAVEMENT, WE USE PAVEMENT AS AN EXAMPLE.

HOW HOT DOES IT NEED TO BE OUT THERE FOR THE PAVEMENT TO BE DANGEROUS?

THE PAVEMENT IS DANGEROUS IN DAYS LIKE TODAY.

WHERE IT IS OVER 100 DEGREES OUTSIDE.

THAT PAVEMENT, THAT DARK PAVEMENT WILL ABSORB THAT HEAT, BECOME HOTTER THAN YOU BELIEVE IT IS.

JU ARE SAYING YOU ARE SEEING INCREASE IN THESE CONTACT BURNS?

>> WE ARE.

WE ARE SEEING THIS OVER, THE POPULATION OF MARICOPA COUNTY GROWS.

WE Z SEE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE OUTSIDE MORE OFTEN, IN SOME OF THE HEAT CONDITIONS, MAY EXPERIENCE THE FALLS.

WE ARE SEEING THE RISE OF CONTACT BURPS.

THAT RATE HANES CREASED FOR US.

THE BEST ADVICE FOR THOSE WATCHING WHO MAY HAVE FOLKS THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT OR JUST FOR THEMSELVES, TO AVOID THIS KIND OF A THING?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

YOU KNOW, IS TAKING CAUTION.

YOU KNOW, IF WE KNOW THE DAY IS GOING TO BE HOT.

IT IS DOING THOSE ACTIVITIES AS EARLY IN THE DAY AS POSSIBLE.

AVOIDING BEING OUTSIDE IN THE HEAT OF THE DAYTIME, IT IS BEST AS YOU CAN.

THERE ARE TIMES, IT IS NOT VOIDABLE.

IF YOU HAVE TO BE OUT IN THERE MAKING SURE YOU STAY WELL HYDRATED AND MAKING SURE ARE DRINKING AND DON'T BECOME DEHYDRATED AND THAT HEAT EXHAUSTION AND THOSE HEATSTROKES, AGAIN, IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE WALKING AND THOSE THINGS, GOOD STEADY SHOES, IF YOU NEED ASSIST DEVICE, A CANE, MAKE SURE HAVE WITH IT WITH YOU.

AVOID THOSE ABILITIES TO FALL.

TED: FIND SHADE AS BEST AS YOU CAN ON THE WAX.

REAL QUICKLY, I HEARD IF YOU ARE THIRSTY, YOU ARE OUTSIDE IN THE HEAT, YOU FEEL THIRSTY, YOU SHOULD HAVE HAD LIQUID A LONG TIME AGO.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO STAY YOU ARE STAYING HYDRATED THE ENTIRE TIME.

DRINK WHEN YOU DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO DRINK.

TED: GREAT STUFF.

VALLEY-WISE HEALTH.

GOOD TO SEE YOU GAIN.

THANKS FOR THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

>> OUR PLEASURE.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ WOMEN IN THE U.S.

MAKE AN AVERAGE OF 84-CENTS PER EVERY DOLLAR OF THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS.

THE DISPARITY IS EVEN GREATER FOR WOMEN OF COLOR.

A NONPROFIT KNOWN AS "YOUNG AND EMPOWERED WOMEN" AIMS TO COMBAT THIS GENDER PAY-GAP WHILE AT THE SAME TIME FOSTER THE NEXT GENERATION OF WOMEN LEADERS.

JOINING US NOW IS VERONICA AGUILAR, THE FOUNDER AND CHAIR OF "YOUNG AND EMPOWERED WOMEN."

SHE'S ALSO "TEACH FOR AMERICA'S" VICE PRESIDENT OF RECROUTMENT.

WELCOME.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

TED: YOUNG AND EMPOWERED WOMEN.

IT IS ITSELF EXPLANATORY TITLE?

WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?

>> EVERYONE IS YOUNG.

EVERYONE IS EMPOWERED.

WELL A START OFF THERE.

THE WHOLE GOAL IS TO CLOSE THE WAGE AND GENDER GAP YOU DISCUSSED IN.

THAT IS THE FOCUS FOR US TO ADDRESS HERE IN ARIZONA.

AND WE ARE OPEN TO WOMEN THAT WANT TO BECOME MENS IN OUR ORGANIZATION.

THEN WE HAVE A MENTOR OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.

TED:WAY.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THOSE IN A SECOND.

OF COURSE, THE GOAL OF CLOSING THE GENDER GAP.

HOW DO YOU DO THAT WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

>> IT IS A BIG THING TO WORK TO CLOSE.

RIGHT.

AND SO FOR US WHERE SHALL WHAT WE HAVE SEEN, WE FOCUS IN ON OUR THREE PILLARS WITH YOUNG AND EMPOWERED WOMEN.

THAT IS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

MENTORSHIP, NETWORKING SO OUR MEMBERS WHICH WE HAVE OVER 250 NOW HERE IN ARIZONA THEY RECEIVE BIMONTHLY PROGRAMMING, THAT SUPPORTS THEM THROUGH CAREER COACHING, NEGOTIATING SALARIES WHERE SHALL RIGHT?

AND THEY ALSO RECEIVE ONE-ON-ONE MENTORSHIP WITH THE SWEET LEADER IS A CROSS THE VALLEY THEN THEY HAVE ACCESS TO AMAZING NETWORK BECAUSE WHO YOU KNOW MATTERS?

RIGHT INWE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THAT?

>> AGAIN, THE IDEA IS TO HELP ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT.

>> EXACTLY.

YEAH.

HOW DO YOU DEFINE THAT?

>> YEAH.

WHAT WHAT WE ARE SEEING NOW IN ARIZONA, IT IS IN CREDLY IMPORTANT.

THE STATE OF ARIZONA IS GROWING RIGHT?

IT IS THE FASTEST GROWING STATES IN THE COUNTRY.

WE ARE HAVING NEW COMPANIES, INDUSTRIES COME, WOMEN ARE A HUGE PART OF THAT FROTH, RIGHT.

AND SO, WHEN WE, WHEN WE LEAVE TOWN ON THE TABLE, WHICH IS TIMES WHAT HAPPEN WHENS WE DON'T HAVE BEEN THE TOOLS FOR WOMEN TO ADVANCE IN THE CAREERS THEN WE ARE RECEIVE LEAVING, ARIZONA POTENTIAL ON THE TABLE, TOO.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT CLOSING THE WAGE GAP, IT IS NOT THE RIGHT THING, IT IS NOT SOCIAL, IT IS A SOCIAL ISSUE FOR WOMEN.

IT IS THE SMART THING TO DO FOR OUR STATE.

BUT AGAIN, YOU TA TALK ABOUT NAVIGATING THE PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPE FOR WOMEN.

>> YEP.

TED: AGAIN THAT SOUNDS LIKE A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING.

>> IT IS.

IT IS.

I THINK FOR US, WHAT WE TRY TO DO, MAKE THE BIG SMALL.

RIGHT.

SO FOCUSING ON THE INDIVIDUAL, A WE CAN CONTROL, RIGHT, SO AS I MENTIONED YOUNG AND EMPOWERED, WE ARE NONPROFIT THAT IS LOCAL HERE.

WHAT WE HOPE TO DO IS PROVIDE THE MEMBERS THE RESOURCES THEY MAY NEED TO BE ABLE TO SNEAP THE ROOM TO BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE THE SALARY FOR THE FIRST TIME.

RIGHT.

WE CANNOT CONTROL EVERYTHING.

WE CANNOT CONTROL WHAT EMPLOYER DOES OR HOW A COMPANY RESPONDS BUT DO OUR BEST TO ENSURE THEY HAVE THE TOOLS AND RESOURCE AND THE MENTORSHIP TO HELP THEM OVERCOME.

TED: WHEN YOU SAY OVERCOME.

AGAIN.

THE BAY BARRIER IS ADVANCED SOMETHING LIKE TO.

WHAM ARE THE OTHER BARRIERS.

YEAH.

WE ARE SEEING NOW.

WITH NEGOTIATING SALARIES.

WOMEN ARE LESS LIKELY TO DO THAT RIGHT?

STATISTICALLY.

SOMETHING ELSE WE ARE SEEING WITH WOMEN RIGHT NOW, IT IS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE INDUSTRIES FOR EXAM BELL THE PANDEMIC, RIGHT.

THE SHOE SESSION.

WE SAW A LOT OF INDUSTRIES, THAT MAJORITY OF WOMEN WERE EMPLOY WHY EM MO EMPLOYED BY.

THEY LOST THEIR JOB, THEY QUIT THE JOB BECAUSE DAYCARE BECAME TOO EXPENSE OF, RIGHT?

I WAS ACTUALLY IN NBA COURSE, THAT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY.

AND WE ARE ABLE TO START THIS PROGRAM, BECAUSE OF WHAT WE SAW, NOT JUST DURING THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS EXISTS FOR SO LONG.

BUT WE WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT IN THAT MOMENT TO PROVIDE A SPACE FOR THE WOMEN TO COME.

YOU GOT AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE COMING UP, CORRECT.

THE IMPORTANCE OF NETWORKING.

A LOT OF NETWORKING IS GOING ON.

HOW BIG OF A DEAL IS THAT?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, WHO YOU KNOW MATTERS, FLIGHT WE BELIEVE WOMEN SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE SOCIAL CAPITAL AND I AM A FIRST GENERATION WOMAN BY SELF.

COLLEGE WOMAN.

A LOT OF TIMES FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE SOCIAL CAPITA.

SO A BIG PART OF YOUNG AND EMPOWERED WOMEN DOES AND WHAT WE ARE DOING AT THE CONFERENCE IS EXPANDING THE NETWORK.

WE HAVE OVER 300 ATTENDEES THERE.

WE HAVE OVER Z EXECUTIVE LEADERS, POWERHOUSE LEADERS WHERES, THAT ARE THERE DOING SPEED NETWORKING SESSION FORCE THE ATTENDEES TO MEET WITH THEM AND CONNECT WITH THEM.

GIVE ME A THERE IS NO GO TO.

>> WE ARE GOING TO SUN DEVIL STADIUM.

PROUD SUN DEVIL HERE.

SATURDAY AT SUN DEVIL STADIUM.

WELL BE A THERE.

IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN NETWORKING THAT IS THE PLACE TO BE.

TED: VERONICA AGUILAR, AGAIN, GOOD LUCKING WITH THE CONFERENCE.

THANKS SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, TED.

TED: YOU BET.

I AM TED SIMONS.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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