Opinion: Our cities and towns are not prepared for extreme heat, nor for floods or fire. Again one has the impression that there are no plans should catastrophe occur, HeatherMallick writes.
As this heat wave begins, remember that Toronto has always been intolerably hot in the summer. People who move here go into shock when they first encounter the swampy heat considered normal in Toronto’s least enchanting months.prevent cooling breezes coming in from Lake Ontario
This makes sense: black roads and black roofs absorb and radiate heat; densely built streets can’t always accommodate the large trees the suburbs mystifyingly decline to plant; a blizzard of air conditioning creates more external heat; even parked cars send out heat so intensely that it’s noticeable when you pass on the sidewalk.
Classrooms are hotter in spring and fall, and children wilt. Even gardens are hotter. Plants are stressed, with succulents normally fat with water turning limp and then crisp., but I believe that a sturdy plant like box would have thrived had our climate not changed so quickly and harshly. I have gardened in Toronto since my 20s. What a new garden needs is leathery plants with leaves like bark.. Hostas are hardy, albeit unattractive. Ugly plants often do very well.
Some people bask in heat. My neighbours from West Africa are finding this Toronto summer too cold. But I find heat so difficult that I installed a heat pump on the roof, because cool air wasn’t reaching the second floor. The cost was ludicrous. I was sweaty and past caring.
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