Wow, interesting study in that LA Times Article: "How Blackouts during Heat Waves Amplify Mortality and Morbidity Risk" "....Our results highlight the need for enhanced electrical grid resilience and support a more spatially expansive use of tree canopy and high albedo roofing materials to lessen heat exposures during compound climate and infrastructure failure events." #heatwaves #blackouts #disasters #prevention #study https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.2c09588

More #flooding in #Vermont. #VTwx https://vtdigger.org/2023/08/04/middlebury-floods-as-up-to-6-inches-of-rain-hammer-addison-county/

Free National Park entrance day. Hint: if you're going to Death Valley, take extra water and travel with more than one vehicle. Not record-breaking, but really... 114F #DeathValleyNationalPark #DeathValley #NPS #National #Park #NationalPark

#Arizona's extreme #heatwave is killing off all the #honeybees. "Phoenix-based beekeeper Cricket Aldridge, who now spends many of her days saving bees from the heat, told CNN “bees’ homes are being melted” and “other bee colonies are attacking honeybee colonies due to food scarcity.” " #beekeeping #climate #heatwaves https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/arizonas-extreme-heat-is-killing-honeybees-and-melting-their-homes/1566910?utm_campaign=accuweather&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

This tells you a lot about who you are supporting if you use #Nostr or #BlueSky... active pushing of #conspiracy theories and #RFKJR : https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/jack-dorsey-block-nostr-kennedy-twitter-conspiracy-theories-vaccine-rcna86063