Posted on 01/12/2022 10:30:48 AM PST by Vendome
Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration this week announced a plan for addressing extreme heat that includes recommendations on how to monitor deaths caused by heat waves and the possible establishment of temperature limits for residential units.
The release of the plan follows the publication of a Los Angeles Times investigation that revealed that California has done a poor job tracking the number of people who have died due to extreme heat and has largely failed to provide resources to communities that are most vulnerable to the effects of heat and global warming.
"Extreme heat threatens public health and safety, economic prosperity and communities and natural systems, with profoundly disproportionate consequences for the most vulnerable Californians," California Natural Resources Agency officials said in a statement.
The Extreme Heat Action Plan, released Monday, is essentially an update of the state's 2013 recommendations.
While there is some funding, Parfrey said, there needs to be additional significant investment for pilot programs that he believes could yield tremendous returns in the future. Some of these programs could be as simple as building shelters and water fountains at key bus stops or as complex as finding ways to reduce the heat captured in cities.
Perhaps one of the most significant recommendations looks into establishing a temperature limit for residences. California law and building codes require residential units to have heating, but there is no requirement for air conditioning.
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“... temperature limits for residential units.”
But not for HIM, or any of our Betters, that’s for sure.
The house I grew up in...did not have A/C...
We had windows....and we had a swimming pool.
Yeah we had some hot weather...Santa Ana winds...etc
But never had A/C.
“Limit temperatures within housing units”
Within days there will be thermostat “fixers” sold on the black market that lower or raise the reported temp by N number of degrees.
Over the history, humans had to always live with extreme heat. See like “Minoan climate optimum.”
Heating (fire) was with us always, cooling, never.
People just hid in shade and drank a lot of water. Everybody survived!
(Unless there were stupid and did not follow the above!)
As a matter of fact, most Ca (except the SE) does not get that hot anyway.
I wonder why they called it Greenland?
Ditto here but without the A/C. My parents should shut the windows and no cooking. I remember the heavy smog in the 60s. We couldn’t even see the saddleback mountains several miles away.
How did we ever survive as a species without an all powerful government to care for us?
Adding on to the faux statement :
“If your building exceeds the settled limits, as collected by the required monitoring, you will be forced to vacate the building in the name of public health.
“The building will be summarily demolished and turned into a nice park for community enjoyment.”
well, it used to be called air conditioning...
And why not temperature limits for humans units as well. Exceeding 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit punishable by $1,000 fine per half degree. Come into the ER with 100.6 degree fever? Here ya' go: $2,000 fine & doctor's order to knock it off and cool down, stat!
Um, a well insulated house can help.
People think of it mostly in light of the cold, but insulation can keep the house from becoming too warm as well. It will keep the air conditioning temperatures down.
I expect him to pass out fans made of stiff paper stapled to a thin piece of wood, like one found in churches and funeral homes in the 1950’s. And he will have them printed with his photo and the phrase: “Praise Gov. Newsom, from whom all cooling flows. And for him saving the environment for making electricity to costly to run air conditioners.”
houses in the san Fernando valley has swamp coolers on the roof, had one on the house my family lived in. kept the house cool in the summer, no pool.
1: Mandate A/C for all dwellings.
2: Force rolling blackouts because of Global Warming® and strain on electric grid.
3: ????
4: Profit!
Hi.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but large parts of CA are desert. Has been for thousands of years.
There is a reason for that, and it ain’t humans.
5.56mm
Yep.
California is generally considered to have both a low desert and high desert geography.
It has always been a dry climate with typically warm weather.
When I moved back to California from Oklahoma 30 years ago my Mom remarked “You will no longer have four seasons”.
“That’s right. We skipped two of the ones I don’t like anyway” was my reply.
Newsome therefore owes me a house in Newport Beach. It’s much too hot in inland OC.
“It was ridiculously expensive to live there then”
currently $600/sq ft for just average property in Bubble Land.
A lot more folks die of the cold than the heat.
“A lot more folks die of the cold than the heat.”
In Orange County parkas come out when it hits 49.
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