Apologies for digressing somewhat into the weeds: the point is that all of this figuring-stuff-out on an #AISH (provincial #disability pension) that has not risen since 2016, is expensive, time- and (personal)energy-intensive AND are all genuinely monumental accomplishments given my disabilities and lack of functionality in extreme heat.
My #mitigations don't even necessarily make things comfortable, they just make it less-likely I'll die from preventable consquences of #ExtremeHeat.
And this point is important, because I HAVE been successful in not-dying (yay! 🙂), but the mitigations are NOT SUFFICIENT for me to live a 'normal life' (my normal, under my normal range of restrictions/challenges) during the #FireSeason and #HeatSeason.
IOW, not a lot of extras get done during these extended periods.
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An intetesting peculiarity of living in #SocialHousing is that we are explicitly banned from having window-based #AC in our units.
While I live in #Alberta, my understanding is that this ban is found throughout social housing #leases in #Canada.
Granted, the writing style and language choices strongly suggest such leases were drafted in the early 1970s at the latest, and back then I would have easily agreed that #AirConditioning would not be necessary.
However, 50-some years on, the heat is routinely a bajillion (estimated 😛) degrees higher and #disabled folks and others in social housing are BANNED* from installing what is literally life-saving equipment under the 'new normal' of our #FireSeason summers.
*TBC: portable AC units are not explicitly banned (not commercially-available yet when the leases were written??? 🤔) but these have limited range and are usually energy-inefficient compared to modern AC window units
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🚒 Ten rural fire departments in Mendocino and Humboldt counties now have new Type 6 engines, improving wildfire, rescue and medical response in difficult terrain.
Funded through $2 million in state support, the engines arrive just ahead of fire season.
#Mendocino #Humboldt #WildfirePreparedness #FireSeason #Firefighting
Victoria’s fire season officially begins
#ausnews #vicnews #CFA #fireseason #fire #safety #summer #bushfires
Total Fire Ban declared for Mallee region
#cfa #tfb #fireban #summer #Mallee #fires #TotalFireBan #fireseason
Triangle of success
#ausnews #vicnews #CFA #Marysville #Buxton #Narbethong #triangle #fireseason #Region12
‘Pray for rain’: wildfires in Canada are now burning where they never used to
#Canada’s response to the extreme weather threat is being upended as the traditional epicentre of the blazes shifts as the #climate warms
“Conditions are really dry, there’s no rain in sight, the risk is extremely high in #NovaScotia,” the province’s premier, Tim Houston, told reporters. “I’m happy to make sure that we’re doing everything we can to protect people, to protect property and try to just get through this #FireSeason and really just pray for rain.”
Fires have even erupted in #Ontario’s #Kawartha Lakes region, a collection of rural communities less than 100 miles (160km) north of #Toronto that are a popular summer destination for residents of Canada’s largest city.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/17/new-canada-wildfires-locations
The province is a tinder box. So there will be no walking or biking on the trails we have been planning to go on, at least until October.
And no cool place to walk Joni through our woods either. But I get it.. It's scary, honestly.
"The Nova Scotia government has announced it's banning hiking, camping, fishing and use of vehicles such as ATVs in the woods as of 4 p.m. Tuesday due to an elevated wildfire risk.
Camping in campgrounds is still permitted, but trail systems through woods are off-limits under the new rules.
The rules are in place for provincial Crown and private land until Oct. 15 or until weather conditions allow them to be lifted.
The fine for violating the ban is $25,000."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/hiking-ban-vehicles-wildfire-concerns-1.7019695
'Dirty August': Peak #FireSeason is here and 4 national parks are on fire
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The Mendocino Voice
The Victorian News
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