I do lawn care and I’ve had heat exhaustion/minor heat stroke more times this year than every other year combined. I’m in Canada and I remember when 30 celsius with the humidex was hot. Now it’s getting to nearly 40 fairly consistently.
Honestly, with how crap everything is getting and how many times governments have had to give out various relief funds the past few years, why do we not have a universal basic income yet? At least that way they wouldn’t have to pass a new law every few months to give out a bit of pocket change that doesn’t actually make a difference with how high the cost of living is now.
Unusually very hot here in the Philippines too but for several days every two weeks it gets cancelled out by the biweekly typhoon.
Wouldn’t that imply that the federal government needs to do something to prevent similar events in the future? Like actually doing something to reduce CO2 emissions in the US?
It would activate the FEMA fund and allow for a pool of executive spending for disaster relief, yes.
Oh you mean, oh no, big oil and legacy auto are struggling with the switch to EV… they need relief money so they can destroy the ecosystem and come up with a 0 emission plan by 2050…
It’s been over 100°F for two or three weeks here. Of course I live in a redhat reichwing state and people are quick to point out “yeah, it’s always 104° in July” the problem is its been over 100° every day since June. That’s unusual. Or it was unusual.
Let’s declare summer a federal disaster. But sure, it’s primarily Arizona and Nevada. Two states that shouldn’t exist and already receive more than their fair share of federal aid. Why not add a few more bucks who cares?
While this is a pretty callous take, I do think it that a mass relocation effort from desert cities primarily reliant on the rerouting of rivers that are beginning to shrink due to climate change (i.e. Colorado River) needs to start being considered. What are they going to do once their water source is completely gone?
