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CLIMATE ONE: This Year in Climate: 2021

Commonwealth Club of California Podcast

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How Much Does It Cost to Have a Heat Wave?

The way our cities are built is not helping. We have asphalt that absorbs heat and then it emanates at night. I think we also don't have a handle on it because there is still this lack of data. In some cities, r prepared. You expect a houston and mime to be really hot,. but you've said that people are kind of accustomed to it. What about cities that are less accustomed to heat waves? And the population is less accustomed to to living through them - so how much does it cost to prepare for one or to respond to one? Those are all things that we need to suss out.

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