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(962 posts) Fri May 23, 2025, 12:56 AM Yesterday

TRIVIA: in 1900 before air conditioning only 3 cities in the USA's western half were over 100,000 people:
#1 San Francisco, #2 Denver and #3 Los Angeles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_United_States_census#City_rankings

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First day in 2025 Las Vegas reached 100 degrees (Original Post) LVZ Yesterday OP

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1. Air conditioning makes heat islands worse. Hot places will become uninhabitable for poor. . . . nt

Fri May 23, 2025, 01:30 AM

23 hrs ago