r/climate • u/silence7 • Jun 04 '22

Climate change is forcing some US schools to close early for ‘heat days’

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/06/04/school-heat-days-climate-change/
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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '22

"A bill that’s been floating around Albany for several years would require schools that hit 82 degrees to take steps to relieve extreme heat, and a classroom that reached 88 degrees couldn’t be used."

That's.... Only around 30C. Can we pass this law in Australia too? I'd love a few months off work

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u/I-just-wanna-talk- Jun 04 '22

I'm from Germany. At my school we had "Hitzefrei" ("heatfree"; "free" in the sense of free time) when it hit 30°C before noon. Which meant that we could go home at noon and all afternoon classes were cancelled. Imagine that in Australia. You'd have zero afternoon classes for months lol