Phoenicians head north to escape the heat - DC News FOX 5 DC
WTTG  Phoenicians head north to escape the heat  Posted:
Updated:  Some people hit their pools, some stay in air
conditioned buildings, while others just get out of town.  That
may be the best thing to do to avoid the heat.  It's about 30
degrees cooler in Flagstaff and it feels amazing.  As of 9 p.m.
Friday, it was 109 degrees in Phoenix and 79 degrees in
Flagstaff.  We had our windows rolled down and the air
conditioner off as we drove around town.   Getting there was the
hard part.  It was a mass exodus along Interstate 17 as
Phoenicians headed up north to escape the heat.  "I need to get
out of town," said Carrie Kozakiewicz.  I-17 was backed up for
miles after a crash blocked one lane.  What should have been a
two hour trip to Flagstaff turned out to be four hours on the
road.  Some cars didn't make it.  "We had a lot of heat --
trying to get out of the heat because we were stuck in that
traffic.. that accident for a long time and I'm still rea