9:51pm August 11, 2013

➸ Keep Us Cool

camwyn:

youneedacat:

Our housing authority has banned the only truly effective kind of air conditioning, leaving us with something that will only cool a room two degrees if anything.  We are seniors and disabled who are among the most vulnerable to heat injury and death.  When a heat wave hit Chicago after they banned air conditioning, mass graves had to be dug for seniors.

tumblr saved my life this spring. I know people can do something about this.  If you can, please go to the website linked above, read up on it, follow the instructions — only if you’re capable and have five minutes, of course. And please signal boost.

This matters a lot to a lot of people.  We are too poor to get expensive lawyers or even the expensive air conditioners they’re expecting us to use. (I got mine as part of the pilot program.)  Many of us would have trouble noticing we are getting overheated, or understanding what to do about it. Any action you take could save our lives.

Memo to self: make phone call tomorrow when the Chicago city offices are open.

I referenced something that happened in Chicago, but this is Burlington Vermont.

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