To the editor: I’ve lived in Laguna Seashore for greater than 50 years and never till the previous few years have my spouse and I wanted air-con. Beforehand, we simply opened our home windows and refreshing Pacific breezes swept in. We now use our electrical warmth pump to chill our residence throughout warmth waves. Lots of our neighbors, equally, are discovering the necessity to set up cooling methods as coastal temperatures rise.
With the present Southland warmth wave in thoughts, we hoped for cooler temperatures by driving up the coast to Large Sur, from the place I’m writing (“Dozens of temperature records shattered across SoCal as historic March heat wave sizzles on,” March 18). However the sizzling climate appears to have adopted us. Within the 50 years our household has been coming as much as this iconic coastal dreamscape, we’ve by no means skilled spring climate this boiling — within the mid-80s.
To dramatically curb the carbon emissions heating the planet, Congress should put a polluters price on the fossil fuels endangering a livable local weather.
Tom Osborne, Laguna Seashore
