The 68-year-old covers his windows with mattress foam to insulate against the heat and sleeps in the concrete basement. He knows high temperatures can cause heat stroke and death, and his lung condition makes him more susceptible. But the retired brick layer, who survives on about $1,000 a month largely from Social Security, says air conditioning is out of reach. 'Take me about 12 years to save up for something like that,' he said. 'If it's hard to breathe, I'll get down to emergency.' As climate change fans hotter and longer heat waves, breaking record temperatures across the U.

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