building a tolerance to heat, drinking a cup of cool water every 15 minutes with mandatory breaks in the shade to recover. we are going to be doing proactiv inspections in over 70 industries that we have identified where we have a high number of heat related illnesses and fatalities. reporter: how much harder is your wor under these types of conditions it s brutal this is hot. this is hot. you got to take it easy pace yourself. reporter: at the university of north florida researchers study hot spot to set a baseline to shape future strategies by midday here in jacksonville you can see on thermal camera surface temperatures soaring to dangerous levels in the parking lot where there s absolutely no shade. experts say this offers a snapshot of disparities fueled by heat. in higher income neighborhoods you tend to have houses that are further apart, buildings that are further apart. more tree coverage lower income neighborhoods is less tree coverage and buildings that are closer
It’s been about 14 years since Chesapeake last took a full inventory of its tree canopy. Back then, the city found that trees covered about 36% of land, a 2% drop from a decade prior. Some worry tree cover has been on the decline since, in part due to development, trees getting old and dying and homeowners cutting them down over fears of falling on the house. The implications are big: .
chris, thank you so much. again all of our hearts go out to those west of tallahassee who bore the brunt of the storm surge that came ashore. we ve seen the disturbing catastrophic images of the storm surge just rushing through mexico beach. we re here to be their neighbors. we, in fact, took in a number of folks who evacuated and came to our area to wait out the storm. my community, it was a different nature, it was one of wind. as i talk to you, i m in a utility vehicle moving around my city as we observe street after street, road after road with huge trees strewn across it, utility poles that are down. we could have had it much worse in the area, considering we have an area that s about 50% tree coverage here. about 30 minutes ago we released our ems, fire and police, along with the utility to get back on the street.
[ cheers and applause ] hey,ship, the nypd on motorcycles. we re watching. okay, the nypd on motorcycles they took off on central park south. right now they are appearing to be preparing for the pope to be heading. i can t see the pope where i am because i m covered by tree coverage. is he moving? he s on screen what he actually did was transfer from the pope mobile to the fiat and the fiat is not yet on the move but it is about to be and it s beginning of this 8-foot high fence. i hope we never have to see anything in new york again. it s unfortunate we have to seal him off because they would never do that in rome but i guess the security challenges here in the united states i suppose they felt like they had to do it, julie. it s interesting when you
backed out of my driveway and got on to sunset, and i was engulfed in smoke. i pulled this off of one of shelves in the living room. a couple pictures. it s gone. i can t cry over it it. it s replaceable. lives aren t. reporter: these fires are treacherous when the tree coverage is extremely dry. humidity this week has hovered around 4%. and when the santa ana winds shift at high speeds. these are winds that blow northeast to southwest. they are very dry, very warm and very strong. reporter: the result demonstrated over a furious two dads where first responders battle for control of two wildfires which is a hint of a fire season that could be as deadly as any in memory. this is a wakeup call for