"Urban heat island effect making temperatures 8F hotter in 65 US cities – study
Nearly 34 million people in those cities, or 15% of the US population, experiencing temperatures higher than in surrounding areas
That is largely due to built environments like parking lots and asphalt sidewalks, and a lack of trees, that contribute to what’s known as the urban heat island effect.
The research found the urban heat island effect was strongest in New York City, where the built environment can push temperatures more than 9F higher than nearby areas. "
Those areas really got forgotten by a lot of the planners, and as their land values went down, big developments like the freeways or big box stores would go to those areas,” said Shandas. “What we end up seeing is this vicious cycle of how a federally codified policy from the 1930s has a long legacy effect to what we’re seeing today. The communities that live around these areas are the ones who face it
Some of the ways to reduce the impact of heat include planting trees and shrubs along streets and roadways.
Converting asphalt-heavy infrastructure like parking lots into parks and green spaces can be essential in creating additional shade, while allowing the sun’s radiation to dissipate more quickly."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/10/heat-us-cities-study
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"Las Vegas on track to set record for most consecutive days over 115F
This is the most extreme heatwave in the history of record-keeping in Las Vegas since 1937,” said meteorologist John Adair, a veteran of three decades at the National Weather Service office in southern Nevada."
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"Phillip Gene Ruffin (born March 14, 1935) is an American Mafia Fascist.
He owns the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino and Circus Circus Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas,
in addition to a number of other enterprises including hotels,
casinos,
greyhound racing tracks,
oil production,
convenience stores,
real estate,
and the world's largest manufacturer of hand trucks.
He is also a business partner of former United States President Donald Trump, with whom he co-owns the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas. On the Forbes 2019 list of the world's billionaires, he was ranked No. 838 with a net worth of US$3.1 billion"
"Ruffin was born in Potter County near Amarillo, Texas, the son of Blanche (née Cohlmia) and Roy J. Ruffin.
He is of Lebanese descent (his family's surname was originally "Rufan")
He was raised in Wichita,
Ruffin is a longtime friend and business partner of Former President Donald Trump, who was the best man at Ruffin's third wedding in 2008.[26] "Few know Trump as well, or in as many capacities, as Ruffin," reported the Associated Press in March 2017.[citation needed] They met at Trump Tower "in the early 2000s" when Ruffin was considering adding a Trump hotel to his Treasure Island casino.
Ruffin may have become an important witness in the Trump-Russia Investigation and to disputed allegations in the related Steele dossier.
Trump had flown on Ruffin's private jet to Moscow in 2013 for the Trump-owned Miss Universe Pageant.
(Car wreck on 82nd)
At the time Ruffin himself was married to a former Miss Universe, Ukrainian supermodel, Oleksandra Nikolayenko.
Trump has since been accused of having engaged with prostitutes
at a hotel room during that trip in urolagna-related sexual activities
, and that those activities were filmed
by Russian agents intended for the
blackmailing of Donald Trump (kompromat). '
On that same trip. Ruffin may also have attended a meeting with Trump, Trump's bodyguard Keith Schiller, and local Russian officials regarding the development of a Trump Tower Moscow, another important aspect of the Trump-Russia Investigation
In 2015, Trump also mentioned Ruffin as a person that he would send as an envoy to China if elected president. Ruffin said later that the remark was a joke.[26] Ruffin loaned Trump his personal 737 BBJ jet to fly to Mexico City to meet with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on August 31, 2016.[citation needed]
Ruffin gave $1 million in 2015 to the Make America Great Again PAC, a super PAC supporting the Trump's campaign for the presidency.
Ruffin's contribution made up more than half of all of the contributions received by the super PAC ($1.74 million). The super PAC shut down and refunded Ruffin's money after the Washington Post reported on its close association with Trump's campaign.
[26] At an event in January 2016, Trump praised Ruffin for making a $1 million donation to veterans' groups."
Together with his spouse, Ruffin contributed a total of $1.5 million to Trump's 2020 presidential campaign.[33] In 2023, Ruffin contributed $2 million to Trump's Make America Great Again (MAGA Inc.) super PAC.
February 2019, during a meeting of the US House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Congresswoman Jackie Speier suggested "a Kansan", later revealed to be Ruffin, had paid $25 million to satisfy Trump's liability in the Trump University judgement. Ruffin admitted to paying Trump $28 million in 2018, but claimed it was for "back-fees"
J'anuary 6, 2008, the then-72-year-old Ruffin married the then-26-year-old supermodel and Miss Ukraine 2004 title '
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