Post #1320861

2026-03-29 20:01 UTC

Since those days, and the present ability to obtain #allergy-safe (for me) #silicone #ElastomericRespirators, the tool has sat unused among many items from those early desperate days. As locals will recall, 2020 was when #Edmonton experienced the beginning of the #pandemic. 2021 was our first-ever #HeatDome. 2022 and thereafter to the present has seen long stretches of #ExtremeHeat and the switch from #SummerSeason to #WildfireSeason, adding frequently horrendous #AirQuality to the sustained heat. #yeg #ClimateChange #wildfires 4/x

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@likelyjanlukas@mstdn.ca 2026-03-29 20:09

From social media posts and various discussions among those I know, these many changes have been challenging. Yet I think I am not overstating it to say that for #disabled people like me, these events have been a relentless cascade of complications--ranging from minor to massive--in our already #complicated lives. I am far from alone in that my disabilities or #medications or both make me very #HeatSensitive. When we hit 24°C, I am (metaphorically) melting and not particularly physically or mentally functional until temperatures cool below that threshhold. The heat alone is enough to make me feel as though I am utterly exhausted, even if I have somehow managed to get a decent sleep *despite* the heat -- the heat saps it all away, regardless. ☹️ 5/x #heat #HeatStress #HeatDistress #HeatExhaustion

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