As we sweat through a streak of triple-digit days, Laura Patiño says the city is preparing for things to get worse. It's working on a heat resilience playbook centered on equity.
— pushing out information, creating awareness of what to do: how to recognize the signs of heat stress and heat stroke; how to stay hydrated; where to stay hydrated; how to stay cool; and so forth.
And in case residents don't have access to a cool area or cool space nearby, they can access that facility during hours. “One of the really interesting projects that is also moving forward is with Cap Metro. It's about is a big topic right now. As we look around at what's happening globally, cities across the world are experiencing these record temperatures. It's not just Austin — not just Texas — stuck in heat domes or that are experiencing these record temperatures. One thing I do like to remind myself is that even though it is hotter than we've ever experienced here in Texas and in Austin, there are locations in the global South that are even experiencing hotter temperatures.
One of the key elements of resilience is that it's centered in equity and that there's not a resilient city where they don't center equity in all conversations because we are as strong as our most vulnerable. And so if we don't focus on our most vulnerable communities and uplift them and allow all communities to thrive, then we're not getting anywhere in terms of being able to be more resilient.
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