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Collected Item: “Record setting heat in California”

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Record setting heat in California

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my personal experience with the heat wave as well as the perspective of my family members who lived near the fires

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This year during the covid-19 pandemic there was a record-breaking Heat Wave across California the hottest place getting to 130 degrees Fahrenheit disaffected Millions across California and even caused disasters like wildfires that burned houses and many acres of land. I lived relatively far away from the fires so there was a slight risk but a small risk that my how would be burned by the fires this was still a cause for concern or my family and many of my relatives families who lived near the wildfires. The heat wave burn down people I knows homes a Cause millions in property damage and lots of emotional damage As people's personal belongings were burned. for me the heat wave cause discomfort nothing compared to people across California but still enough to make me lose sleep to cause me stress that my house may be burned down The fires as well as the covid-19 pandemic were not A good combination of disasters for one year have caused strive to many as there already at home 24/7 and that whole may have their homes and livelihoods torn down and burnt by wildfire.

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#California High School #American Studies #San Francisco #Bay Area #sensory history #San Ramon Valley Unified School District #fire #heatwave

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https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147256/california-heatwave-fits-a-trend#:~:text=In%20August%202020%2C%20Death%20Valley,of%20wildfires%20across%20the%20state.

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Kasha Patel

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2020-08
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