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  • It can be an easy thing to test yourself, depending on local geography. Go for a walk in a forested area, even lightly, and then walk in an open field, then walk on a street. The temperature difference is easy to notice.

    There’s a trail nearby that goes from lightly forested to pavement next to a road, and then back to lightly forested. There’s easily a 5-10*c difference when on the pavement, it’s like hitting a wall of heat.

    Edit: this is to say: there should be no doubt about the effectiveness and necessity of urban tree cover. Green walls/roofs, light coloured roofs, green covered parking lots, etc. Solar panels also work well to block the sun, and provide extra power as well.







  • phone rings, main character picks it up

    “I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don’t have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that’ll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don’t, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.” - MC

    “Uhh, I’m just calling about your extended car warranty…” - poor bastard










  • Mechanical contraction of veins in your lower legs from muscle contractions (walking generally, but could just be clenching) is what “pumps” that blood back to the heart. Once blood enters the capillaries, the blood pressure is quite low and not sufficient to return to the heart.

    This is why people can faint when standing for too long, commonly seen in military parades. It’s also why members are taught to clench the calves repeatedly/wiggle their toes to prevent this.