Now, state leaders are unveiling new plans to prepare for more extreme heat emergencies.
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Facts: California is hot. It's always been hot. It will continue to be hot.
When I was a kid, it seemed like every day in the summer was above 100 degrees.
I remember about 10 years ago the San Joaquin Valley had 30 days in a row above 100 degrees, followed by 3 days above 110, topped off by a 116 degree day. It was so fucking hot that last week that we were sopping wet just standing around inside the warehouse. What really sucked was I was loading trailers, so I'd get an empty to my dock doors, and when I opened the trailer door to start my next load, I'd get hit with what felt like a blast furnace. It was so fucking hot inside those trailers you couldn't breathe.
The next day it dropped to the high 90s and everybody was talking about how nice and cool it was.
