Summer in Miami is getting longer and hotter. When people have air conditioning units in their home, it helps cool down their core body temperature. And that can greatly reduce the risks of a heat-related illness or even death.
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| Attempting to stay cool in Miami. |
But not everyone can afford an air conditioner. That means low-income residents must rely on places like malls or libraries when temperatures get dangerously hot. And there are a lot of low-income people in Miami-Dade County. About one-fifth of residents live below the federal poverty level. So it puts a lot of pressure on cooling centers.
Caroline Lewis, the executive director of the nonprofit CLEO Institute says cooling centers are not a perfect fix. For example, people do not always know where they are or have a way to get to them.
Read/listen to the Yale Climate Connections story - “In hot weather, air conditioning can save lives.”
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