Pacific Northwest heatwave.
Portland, Oregon. Thread.
This 3-person team consisting of PortlandFire, street response, and emergency management bureau are passing out water, ice, and snacks along the spring water trail.
Michael Silva @PDXFire explains how their out today to provide water and aid to vulnerable populations living outside.
95°F
Alex Dolle, a 17-year old high student works for @MultCoEM, he explains what his job is out here today
Alex Dolle explains what “meeting them where they are” means
Haika Mushi is with @PDXStResponse, she explains why they’re out here today
95°F
@PDXFire, @PDXStResponse, and @MultCoEM giving aid along the spring water trail
Kristle aelihanty is handing out water and food for houseless folks in lents park, she’s with @pdxsaintslove
Spencer with east Portland collective is helping distribute food. He says all the supplies to @pdxsaintslove are donations.
99°F
Kristle delihanty explains how @pdxsaintslove goes to houseless folks where they are, rather than expecting them to go to a cooling center
Attending to a woman showing signs of heat related illness, @PDXFire @PDXStResponse @PortlandBEM
99°F
Chad Draizin is driving around giving away ice cream to the houseless
Chad Draizin is driving around giving away ice buckets and ice cream to the houseless
“Coffee or French toast ice cream?”
Portland business owner Chad Draizin is spending some time during the heatwave handing out free ice cream to houseless folks
This man says it feels *hotter* than the last heatwave
99°F
James Hamby is used to the heat, but he’s from south Florida
Dr. Vivek Shandas is a professor at Portland State researching climate adaption.
His work looks at micro climates in a city, how the absence of green spaces can heat up a neighborhood
90°F shaded area
98°F standing in the sun
110°F on the mural
125°F on the asphalt
121°F on the asphalt in the industrial district in Portland, Oregon
“This gets into the shade equity question: who has shade in a city and who doesn’t?”
Dr. Vivek Shandas shows how even just some greenery can create a micro climate and cool an area 10 degrees
Look at a neighborhood through the eyes of Dr. Vivek Shandas
“This building is a very typical example of where people died.”
Dr. Vivek Shandas shows how some buildings handle heat poorly
Dr. Vivek Shandas shows how in this building less than a quarter of the windows have A.C. units, putting a strain on them.
“When they run overtime they tend to crap out.”
“Some the people who died in this last heatwave had A.C, they were running it, and it broke.”
We can’t see green within our field of vision.
Dr. Vivek Shandas explains how heat is trapped in such an environment.
“It creates what’s called an Urban Canyon effect”
Dr. Vivek Shandas explains the economics of adding green to our neighborhoods
“I moved up here from California to get away from this kind of shit” says Kevin Mace, about the heatwave hitting the Pacific Northwest
Here’s screenshots from the infrared camera Dr. Vivek Shandas was using.
Surface area temperature range from 98°F to 124°F
For everyone messaging me about the gadgets Dr. Vivek Shandas is using, here he is explaining them
I am out of the heat.
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