Item
Record setting heat in California
Title (Dublin Core)
Record setting heat in California
Disclaimer (Dublin Core)
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Description (Dublin Core)
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.
Date (Dublin Core)
August 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Kasha Patel for Earth Observatory
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Tristan Mai
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
AmericanStudies
Partner (Dublin Core)
California High School
San Ramon Valley Unified School District
Type (Dublin Core)
my personal experience with the heat wave as well as the perspective of my family members who lived near the fires
Link (Bibliographic Ontology)
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Community & Community Organizations
English
Emotion
English
Cities & Suburbs
English
Events
English
Home & Family Life
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
California
fire
community
heatwave
temperature records
loss
home
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
California High School
American Studies
San Francisco Bay Area
sensory history
San Ramon Valley Unified School District
fire
heatwave
Collection (Dublin Core)
San Francisco Bay Area
K-12
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
10/27/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
11/1/2020
11/12/2023
This item was submitted on October 27, 2020 by Tristan Mai using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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