SPOKANE, Wash. — Four years after a deadly heat dome killed 19 people in Spokane County, the community remains unprepared for another severe heat wave, according to a climate expert.
Heat represents a constant and often underestimated threat, according to Dr. Brian G. Henning, director of the Gonzaga Climate Institute.
“We feel like we’re used to it sometimes we don’t really realize the underlying dangers that we might be under because the severity of some of the extreme heat waves we’re getting are more intense,” Henning said…