Comments on: California being warmed by urbanization http://polizeros.com/2007/03/31/california-being-warmed-by-urbanization/ Musings on politics: anti-war, global warming, peak oil and otherwise Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:09:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Bob Morris http://polizeros.com/2007/03/31/california-being-warmed-by-urbanization/#comment-118685 Bob Morris Sun, 01 Apr 2007 00:44:37 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/03/31/california-being-warmed-by-urbanization/#comment-118685 Many the millions more people in LA since '79 means hundreds of thousands more swimming pools with accompanying water evaporation which makes the climate more humid? Many the millions more people in LA since ‘79 means hundreds of thousands more swimming pools with accompanying water evaporation which makes the climate more humid?

]]> By: dj http://polizeros.com/2007/03/31/california-being-warmed-by-urbanization/#comment-118509 dj Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:46:54 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/03/31/california-being-warmed-by-urbanization/#comment-118509 So is pavement. It absorbs and holds the heat of the sun, and stays warm many hours into the night. Concrete, too-- which is found not only in roads and sidewalks, but buildings. What I'm curious about is the humidity. I lived 25 years in LA, and the last few summers were far more humid than when I moved out in '79. My wife, a Venice native, agrees. That's not from concrete... and, unlike Vegas, I don't see a vast increase in irrigated lawns. So is pavement. It absorbs and holds the heat of the sun, and stays warm many hours into the night. Concrete, too– which is found not only in roads and sidewalks, but buildings.

What I’m curious about is the humidity. I lived 25 years in LA, and the last few summers were far more humid than when I moved out in ‘79. My wife, a Venice native, agrees. That’s not from concrete… and, unlike Vegas, I don’t see a vast increase in irrigated lawns.

]]> By: Eli Stephens http://polizeros.com/2007/03/31/california-being-warmed-by-urbanization/#comment-118478 Eli Stephens Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:34:57 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/03/31/california-being-warmed-by-urbanization/#comment-118478 If you ever commuted to work by bike, as I did for seven years, you would know this in your bones. Pull up next to a car at a red light and your legs are immediately many degrees warmer. And it most definitely is not just SUVs; all cars are culprits in this problem. If you ever commuted to work by bike, as I did for seven years, you would know this in your bones. Pull up next to a car at a red light and your legs are immediately many degrees warmer.

And it most definitely is not just SUVs; all cars are culprits in this problem.

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