We’re a lil behind the times.
Angely Mercado
angelymercado
Queens NY born and bred writer who covers environmental justice, climate, science. Hates Robert Moses. Ok at best. Pls send me tips amercado@gizmodo.com
NYC too, I’ve chopped down so many.
yup, the trees (and the bugs) are all over NYC now.
Scotch broom wakes up every day, and chooses violence.
Thank you for sharing the link!
There are some parts of the state that can become pretty cold, I think that’s why heat pumps are being pushed as an alternative.
yup
I keep telling friends to donate to mutual aid orgs like Casa Pueblo. And it’s insane, the bridges in Santa Ana near Coamo were messed up by the water. My relatives keep sending images of damaged roads and light poles. People are lucky that they have a (slower) alternative route. It’s frustrating that things weren’t… Read more
Majority BIPOC cities like Jackson are not the ones denying climate issues, they’re the victims of systemic racism.
what.
YUP
I constantly get texts from relatives about outages, brownouts, and even water outages. Some of those relatives have chronic health issues and this has been so stressful.
YES. HOT GURL TURTLE SUMMER DOWN IN MIAMI.
I was shocked when I first heard that.
As an NYer, I can confirm that it was absolutely miserable and sweaty here over the weekend.
Always good to have an “open in case of emergency” cash envelope.
That’s why it’s a public safety concern... there are a lot of area where the nighttime temperature isn’t dropping as much as it used to, so residents are stuck in too hot temperatures for days on end.
After 6 a.m. but before 10 a.m.
I think that’s what makes a lot of this research very jarring... the changes will be stark in half a century, but they’re already so noticeable to locals.
In the case of this post, I put unusual because it was the driest in more than 120 years. But yeah, they are sadly going to become our norm :/