Texas asks people to avoid using their cars
Texas asks people to avoid using their cars
Ozone pollution is expected to reach a concerning level on Friday.
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Well, better get started on my three hour walk to the grocery store...
I can ride my bike to work as its about 10k away, but it's so damn hot im sure I'll get heat exhaustion before I get there. In May there was a heat advisory and basically told people, unless you have to, stay indoors after 10. The only way to be outside is in the shade in front of a fan drinking something cold.
Plus, riding your bike while the air quality is at "concerning" levels just doesn't seem like the ideal solution. You screw up your lungs to make a teaspoon of a difference while every factory in the area keeps churning out buckets of pollution.
Yup, Texas is a petro-state. They don't give a fuck about you. Unless you fuck with their profits.
North of 95F your body will start having trouble regulating temperature and hydration, ventilation, and shade become critical. On a bike you can only reasonably control hydration (can't depend on strong wind, moving at a constant speed, or staying under building and foliage shade) so basically 9 months of the year you're putting your health at risk to commute by bike. Riding a bike to the nearest bus stop and going from there might be the best middle ground.
Good thing you don't live in a 15 minute city, you'd starve! /s
I cannot fathom living a three hour walk from a grocery store.
I live in a suburb myself, but I'm still <30 minutes walking distance to a grocery store. Only 10 minutes by bike.
If you live that far out, that's both a failure of city design as well as personal choice.