The extreme heat in the DMV is pushing up the cost of cooling your home, sending those electric bills soaring. FOX 5 Meteorologist Jen Delgado joins us live from McLean, Virginia with more.
WASHINGTON — During the summer, Levena Lindahl closes off entire rooms, covers windows with blackout curtains and budgets to manage the“Going upstairs, it’s like walking into soup. It is so hot,” Lindahl said. “If I walk past my attic upstairs, you can feel the heat radiating through a closed door.”
The poll found that about 7 in 10 Americans have been personally affected by extremely hot weather or extreme heat waves over the past five years. To protect her feet, they head out for walks at 5:30 a.m. “This year it seems hotter than usual,” said Graham. Some might perceive that increase as insignificant, but temperatures are unevenly fluctuating across the planet and can be dangerous to human health.
Other aspects of daily life – like jobs and commutes, the timing of events like weddings and reunions, and travel and vacation plans – have been less broadly disrupted, but their impact is disproportionately felt among specific groups of Americans.
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