The government was already receiving reports at that time that up to 50 per cent of children were dying in residential schools, said Blackstock. Statistics showed that students in residential schools were dying at rates between 24 to 69 per cent. Bryce was sent to study what was happening.
In 1907, Bryce submitted a report critical of the health conditions in residential schools. He blamed the federal government for negligence that led to the high death rates.
Fuck this motherfucking heat. It got to 104 today, 104 is forecasted for tomorrow (given today’s forecast of 99 I expect it to be even higher), and 109 is forecast for Monday. Like much of the Seattle area, I have no central air and the portable ACs that I do have aren’t doing jack shit. Fuck this shit so much.
That sounds brutal. Hasn’t been quite that hot here (yet), but we’re in the same boat in Maine re:no central air. We (personally) don’t even have window units. When it’s been high 90’s for days on end the only thing I’ve found than helps is having a long, cool soak in the bath, if you have time. We also do a lot of management in those times, like opening everything up at night and putting box fans in the windows to flush out the house, then closing it up and drawing the curtains in the morning to try to preserve what little bit of coolness we got and reduce heat gain for a few hours.
Good luck, try to stay cool.
I am kicking myself. AMC Theater stock was plummeting like a rock in the ocean at the start of the pandemic bottoming at $2 a share. Had I included it in my disaster investing plan, I would have 25x my money. I thought it would go bankrupt and was afraid to buy it.
Nothing hurts quite like the profit you didn’t make… if it makes you feel better, here’s Bessemer Venture Partners list of investments they declined. They passed on Ebay, Facebook, Apple’s IPO; they are good sports for posting this.
On the upside the companies I did invest in (Disney, Marriott, American Airlines and Dupont) did much better than usual with 50-100% gains).
Being a cynical bastard, one company I thought would do well, was Service Corporation International, the top owner of funeral homes and private cemeteries. It was ok.
Funny you should use that example. Did you know?
After is was invented to stop paper from getting ruined in high humidity, all the employees started taking their lunch breaks in those rooms. But it was too expensive for general use. Theaters were the first “early adopters” of air conditioning for public spaces. It made sense, financially, because it brought so many people in the doors:
106F today. Supposed to get to 109F tomorrow but judging by the trends it’ll actually be 111 or 112. Even with ACs running on max it’s 82 in my bedroom and 90 in the living room. They just can’t keep up with the heat. Temperatures are finally dropping outside but agonizingly slowly. I had to go out earlier and it was like stepping into a blast furnace.
I ordered another AC for the living room last week in preparation for the ongoing summer hellscape here and it arrives tomorrow (hopefully). It’s more powerful than the one I’m currently using in the living room (which normally lives in the second bedroom aka the home office) and it’ll hopefully make tomorrow slightly more tolerable. But I’m not feeling hopeful right now.
I know of two people waiting for repairs to their A/C one on your side one on mine with similar or hotter houses. Fortunately I am close enough to the coast that the heat is manageable if extremely unpleasant.
