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CNN 5 Things

One Thing: How Should We Dress for ‘Fire Weather’?

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Earlier this year, record-setting wildfires in eastern Canada sent plumes of unhealthy air over US cities normally unaccustomed to wildfire smoke. Experts say climate change is making fires like these more likely and more intense. In today’s episode, we hear how a previous blaze in Canada changed how firefighters do battle with the flames and what it can tell us about how the building industry needs to adapt.  Guest: John Vaillant, author of “Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World”  Read more at CNN’s Road to COP28 here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.0

When I was in Milwaukee a few months ago to cover the first Republican presidential debate,

0:38.0

I set aside a few hours beforehand for a little field trip.

0:41.0

So do you mind setting the scene?

0:43.0

What does it feel like out here?

0:45.0

Well, it's hot and muggy and windy,

0:48.0

because we're right on Lake Michigan, which is a good place to...

0:50.0

That's Eric Shambarger.

0:52.0

He's the director of environmental sustainability

0:54.4

for the city of Milwaukee.

0:56.3

And on what was he truly sweltering late August morning,

1:00.3

he took me to see something that is hard to miss if you're driving in towards downtown a wind turbine

1:06.1

Well, it's about 150 feet tall, so it's it's half the size of the ones you would see on a you know

1:11.2

In like the middle of a cornfield or something right exactly

1:14.0

but it's now I was curious about this turbine because you know you just don't really

1:18.2

see a lot of them in major cities especially not within city limits but chambarger says since this one was installed back in 2012,

1:26.0

it saved the Port of Milwaukee a total of about $200,000 on its electric bill since then.

1:32.0

Relative to an urban turbine, it performs very... $1,000 on its electric bill since then.

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