Local town budgets are like 80% police, 10% schools, 10% everything else. Here in NJ the attitude has always been that the kids and staff suffer through a couple weeks of hot weather in June and it's not a big deal, but now we're getting 90+ degree days starting in early May so it's a much bigger problem.
Most school buildings in my area are at 70+ years old. They are poorly insulated, heated with central boilers and radiators, and it would be very expensive to either retrofit the building with a central AC system or put a mini split in every classroom.
I’m not saying it’s needed everywhere, I mean schools specifically. Schools should have top of the line HVAC systems along with a bunch of other stuff because they’re used as shelters in emergencies. You should put AC in your schools even when it normally doesn’t get above 70F in the summer so when a heat wave hits people have somewhere to go.
Similarly schools in Florida should have heat systems with much greater capacity than has ever been needed
But also many parts of the EU that “don’t need AC” absolutely do. I’m looking at you Italy, you have the same climate as Florida you’re just delusional. But even the UK gets a couple weeks of “heat wave” (summer) every year and the whole island whines like it’s never happened before and they could never have thought to prepare.
Yeah I've been to Italy and it can feel like opening a boiling pot of water into your face for 12 hours at a time, and their solution is a fan, or if you're lucky it's some weird fucking AC that has like a quarter the power of a regular small window AC unit, and you can kind of stand under it and die slightly less quickly
That's such bullshit. You DO need air conditioning. It's part of the basic needs of housing - being able to control the temperature!
I remember when I moved to LA, I asked my new roommate where the AC control was. He said there wasn't one. Evidently I had the funniest expression on my face, according to my brother.
They said, Oh, LA doesn't get that hot, you won't need it! Bullshit, it gets hot enough. Just open the windows, they said! I did. Then the noise from the street came in. Then a big truck drove by and stunk up the place with exhaust fumes. Then the wind stopped blowing for a few minutes and I got to sweat.
I don't care where you are, air conditioning is an absolute necessity.
That’s such bullshit. You DO need air conditioning. It’s part of the basic needs of housing - being able to control the temperature!
Imagine building a house, they put in a thermostat, and you go “To control the temperature, right?” and they go “Yeah but you can only make it hotter” Utterly deranged
Pretty much this, most buildings and homes for the most part still don't have AC up here which makes it pretty miserable whenever there's a heatwave. Thankfully its been a dry heat.
Homes I get it. Personally when I move out of this hell if my place doesn’t have AC I’m getting a window unit day 1 so that I at least have one room to retreat to in the heat. But I get why they don’t have it central AC for sure. But schools are frequently used as shelters in extreme weather and other emergency - They should have good climate control.
Maybe they could’ve used that money they were given for covid specifically to upgrade ventilation systems to upgrade ventilation systems instead of just paying for more cops :amerikkka:
I was in middle school in the 00's and my school in a southern state didn't have AC. Of course this was like 15+ years ago so the earth hadnt melted as much.
As a Floridian, why in the fuck are there schools in the US outside of maybe Alaska that don’t have AC wtf are y’all doing up there
Local town budgets are like 80% police, 10% schools, 10% everything else. Here in NJ the attitude has always been that the kids and staff suffer through a couple weeks of hot weather in June and it's not a big deal, but now we're getting 90+ degree days starting in early May so it's a much bigger problem.
Most school buildings in my area are at 70+ years old. They are poorly insulated, heated with central boilers and radiators, and it would be very expensive to either retrofit the building with a central AC system or put a mini split in every classroom.
Meanwhile, cops idle their SUV patrol cars for hours blasting the AC while browsing Tinder.
My favorite is when they do that shit while "protecting" the utility guys while they're working on the road in the summer heat for less pay.
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this my family is dying from heat stroke
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I’m not saying it’s needed everywhere, I mean schools specifically. Schools should have top of the line HVAC systems along with a bunch of other stuff because they’re used as shelters in emergencies. You should put AC in your schools even when it normally doesn’t get above 70F in the summer so when a heat wave hits people have somewhere to go.
Similarly schools in Florida should have heat systems with much greater capacity than has ever been needed
But also many parts of the EU that “don’t need AC” absolutely do. I’m looking at you Italy, you have the same climate as Florida you’re just delusional. But even the UK gets a couple weeks of “heat wave” (summer) every year and the whole island whines like it’s never happened before and they could never have thought to prepare.
Lockheed Martin doesn’t make air conditioners bucko
Yeah. But we don't have money for schools to have books, let alone top of the line ac units. Only money for the police.
Yeah I've been to Italy and it can feel like opening a boiling pot of water into your face for 12 hours at a time, and their solution is a fan, or if you're lucky it's some weird fucking AC that has like a quarter the power of a regular small window AC unit, and you can kind of stand under it and die slightly less quickly
Simply switch to a toga, just air it out
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Sorry wasn’t meaning to be a dick, just yelling at the situation in general. Rhetorical ranting
That's such bullshit. You DO need air conditioning. It's part of the basic needs of housing - being able to control the temperature!
I remember when I moved to LA, I asked my new roommate where the AC control was. He said there wasn't one. Evidently I had the funniest expression on my face, according to my brother.
They said, Oh, LA doesn't get that hot, you won't need it! Bullshit, it gets hot enough. Just open the windows, they said! I did. Then the noise from the street came in. Then a big truck drove by and stunk up the place with exhaust fumes. Then the wind stopped blowing for a few minutes and I got to sweat.
I don't care where you are, air conditioning is an absolute necessity.
Imagine building a house, they put in a thermostat, and you go “To control the temperature, right?” and they go “Yeah but you can only make it hotter” Utterly deranged
Pretty much this, most buildings and homes for the most part still don't have AC up here which makes it pretty miserable whenever there's a heatwave. Thankfully its been a dry heat.
Homes I get it. Personally when I move out of this hell if my place doesn’t have AC I’m getting a window unit day 1 so that I at least have one room to retreat to in the heat. But I get why they don’t have it central AC for sure. But schools are frequently used as shelters in extreme weather and other emergency - They should have good climate control.
Maybe they could’ve used that money they were given for covid specifically to upgrade ventilation systems to upgrade ventilation systems instead of just paying for more cops :amerikkka:
Murica schools are supposed to double as shelter's but let's be real, that's too much domestic planning for the likes of this country.
My school didnt have AC and we never got days off for heat
Same reason why florida doesnt have legions of snow plows
We don’t have snow plows but we do have central heating
I was in middle school in the 00's and my school in a southern state didn't have AC. Of course this was like 15+ years ago so the earth hadnt melted as much.