We got the situation solved.



On Friday, after one of the worst heat waves in recent memory, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill authored by Assemblywoman Luz Rivas that would require the state to devise a "a statewide extreme heat ranking system" no later than Jan. 1, 2025. The bill's text says the system — which would be the first in the nation for heat waves — should be modeled after "red flag" warnings for wildfires, as well as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's naming and ranking system for hurricanes and tropical storms.

"Ranking heat waves will be a powerful new tool to protect all Californians alongside Governor Gavin Newsom’s Extreme Heat Action Plan,” Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said in a statement. “I applaud the Governor’s and the bill’s joint authors’ continued leadership on these necessary extreme heat investments and policies that will save lives and close the protection gap for our most at-risk communities as we face more heat waves in the years ahead.”

HockeyDad wrote:

I think California republican voters understand an official virtue signaling laws isn’t going to effect a thermometer.

But I could be wrong.

Commiefornia is a different place.

ZRX1200 wrote:

The Right has long proclaimed that climate change is “fake”. And that things like heat waves are overstated and of no cause to make changes.

In Texas our sh1t power grid caused deaths from people freezing. Our strong Right leadership minimized it and said it would be fixed - promptly doing nothing at all. Cause, hey - who funds them and keeps them in office?

Don’t underestimate the power of the leadership telling us everything is ok - when it is not.

Brewha wrote:

Texas has more wind power than any other state. California has more solar than any other state. Sucks when it lets you down.

Climate change has always happened. The difference now is we have progressed to the point of arrogance that we believe that with enough trillions of dollars we can stop climate change. That arrogance is funding my career and future retirement.

Spoiler alert: When the USA reaches carbon neutral, we will still have climate change. I am confident that with a few more trillions and we can beat this existential threat.

HockeyDad wrote: