In sweltering Houston, children are forced indoors and outside workers are at risk — with no end in sight.
sat on his bicycle in the living room, watching cartoons.
Among the hottest neighborhoods was Gulfton, where Ramos lives. Its name belies the fact that the neighborhood is landlocked, about 50 miles from the Gulf of Mexico.
Nearby sat Elisabeth, 72, a retired Salvadoran hospital housekeeper who asked to be identified only by her first name for fear of getting evicted. She said the window units in her government-subsidized senior complex don’t cool her bedroom or those of her neighbors. She’s applied to move to a complex with central air, she said, but there is a waiting list.
Abdul Ghiasi, 35, arrived last month with his family from Kabul, where he worked as a U.S. Army interpreter. Electricity was so unreliable in Afghanistan, he said, that air conditioning wasn’t an option growing up. In his new neighborhood, even the mosque is air-conditioned during daily prayers.Ghiasi said he shuts off his Gulfton apartment’s window unit in the relatively cooler morning and evening “because of the expense.
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