@AmeliasBrain @HyL

Thank you for the #intel!

The decorative lampposts sound lovely, but yeah, not helpful for the problems of heat and #asphalt.

The thing is, that even in advance of #HeatDomes and serial #heatwaves neighbourhoods like mine are unwalkable in the summer from heat alone.

In the winter, the sloped sidewalk concrete that almost-seamlessly joins the asphalt roadway AND lack of routine snow clearance means that street parkers are often parked somewhat on the sidewalk itself.

This is particularly easy to do when the #snowpack on the road is higher than the sidewalk, which is most winters, even ones with relatively little snow.

This narrows the sidewalks to the point that even if cleared, they are not necessarily wide enough to use with #AssistiveDevices such as #rollators and #wheelchairs.

I really want #yegAccessible, year-round!

#yeg
#accessibility
#ClimateChange
#heat
#HeatIsland
#liveability
#survivability

@steveboots.bsky.social discusses the DANGEROUS heat wave currently hitting the East coast of #Canada, #heatwaves and #heatdomes are becoming an increasingly troublesome issue to #Canadians. Take care out there brothers and sisters. πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ youtu.be/t7_N-Mu3CJI?...

Canada Gets Hit With An Extrem...
Steve Boots (@steveboots.bsky.social)

YouTuber, Twitch Streamer, Sarcastic Socialist. Cat pics. https://linktr.ee/steveboots

Bluesky Social

"How can we dismiss the #Climate crisis? It's real, it's happening. We have #HeatDomes people are dying from. We have #wildfires. That has to be one of your top agendas β€” not just the economy and business to Canada. You have to address the #ClimateCrisis."

~ Chief Judy Wilson, Neskonlith Indian Band in B.C. at Assembly of First Nations (AFN) meeting addressing πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Conservative leader's speech (July 11, 2024)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-first-nations-afn-1.7259828

Poilievre promises less interference, more economic control in speech to Assembly of First Nations | CBC News

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre made his first in-person speech to the Assembly of First Nations Thursday, promising the chiefs gathered in Montreal to reduce the federal government's role in their lives and give them more say over their economic future. 

CBC
Extreme Wildfires Have Doubled in 2 Decades, Study Finds

In a changing climate, extreme wildfire events are becoming far more common and more intense, according to a new analysis.

The New York Times

@JeremyMallin

Watch for neighbours in trouble everyone.

#Climate #Globalwarming #HeatDomes #ecoCollapse

#HeatDomes Everyone stay safe

@petergleick

It would be good to make a regular practice of highlighting the growing range for crops.

It's too easy for people to look at this and think it's about when A/C or a trip to the beach is needed (though we do now have stories saying the beach water isn't so cold as it once was).

I'm betting most people don't realize that even though humans can tolerate a wide range of temperatures, some things we critically depend upon cannot.

#climate #Heat #HeatRecords #warming #HeatDome #HeatDomes #crops #FoodSecurity

California, Texas and Arizona Bake Under Heat Dome’s High Temperatures

It’s the first big heat wave of the year.

The New York Times
Of course it did. It has also created the #Desertification of the #PNW.
#ClimateEmergency #HeatDomes. @kuow_bot

Hi Mastodon, do you have ideas about what people in #Lethbridge, #Alberta, should do this summer, when we expect some degree of #water scarcity, to manage extreme #heat emergencies, that is, #heatwaves and #heatdomes?

#drought #WaterScarcity #disaster #emergencypreparedness #disastermanagement

... it seems to me that so many of the methods for surviving extreme heat depend on there being plenty of water to use...