In February (why then, I have no idea) I wrote in MNN about how technology was changing in ways that might solve our problems; looking at the growth of solar power, passive houses and electric cars, I wondered if my previous prescriptions of a city without cars and
homes without air conditioning still made sense.
Representatives of the Hollywood nursing home where a shocking number of people died after
days without air conditioning have said they acted prudently in not evacuating the building.
Also, I lived
without air conditioning for 4 years when I was on Long Island and I was miserable... but I did get used to living in warmer temps.
Here's where we see that this Topaz was likely specified for the mild Bay Area climate; it
goes without air conditioning ($ 1,700 adjusted for 2016) or the rear defogger ($ 315 adjusted).
A recent deposition shows Hollywood Fire Rescue crews were inside a nursing home numerous times in 60 - plus hours the facility was
without air conditioning after Hurricane Irma.
During the heat wave, the students
without air conditioning got about 6 percent fewer correct answers on the math problems and 10 percent fewer on the color problems than the students with air conditioning.
The deaths received national media attention after authorities revealed that more than 100 people were driven about 150 miles through Texas while crammed into the
trailer without air conditioning or water, while temperatures outside surpassed 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
That's half a year with Puerto Rico's 3.4 million residents relying on generators, half a
year without air conditioning in the tropical climate, half a year where electric pumps can't bring running water into homes, half a year where even the most basic tasks of modern life are made difficult.
An expert witness testified that portable coolers actually made things worse in a Hollywood, Fla. nursing home where patients
died without air conditioning during Hurricane Irma.
In that speech, she touted her accomplishments, including a ban on employers asking job applicants about their salary history, going to court to protect special needs children being forced to sit on dangerously hot
buses without air conditioning and creating the first city agency focused on veterans.
Describing their work in a recent issue of Science, the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the researchers suggested that this new family of fabrics could become the basis for garments that keep people cool in hot
climates without air conditioning.
Faced with the problem of operating
schools without air conditioning when temperatures soared above 90 degrees for several days in a row, district officials along the East Coast said they had little choice but to end the school day early.
The 2006 Tundra starts at $ 16,995 for a V -6-powered
model without air conditioning, and tops $ 30,000 for a four - wheel - drive, V -8-powered Access Cab model.