How the California Homeless were dealt an unexpected death blow in January of 2023.

I don't use heat in the winter. I have no hot water. I am fortunate to live in a residence but besides shelter my amenities are electricity, natural gas, plus storage for clothing and food.

January 03, 2022 my residence descended to 52 degrees. 

 

January 2023, I felt colder, much colder at 58 degrees then last year at 52 degrees because of one factor, the humidity. 75% humidity at 58 degrees is vastly colder than 52 degrees with lower humidity. 

 Right now, Thursday, January 19, 2023, the humidity has dropped from 75% to 70% indoors 

and I already notice it feels much warmer at the same 58 degrees as one day ago. I assume higher humidity moistens my clothing and that is not a good thing.

So while the homeless were dealing with similar cold temperatures as prior winters, they were also dealing with much higher humidity starting in December of 2022 and continuing through the first 18 days of January 19, 2021. 

Nobody should be outdoors in 30 to 50 degree weather and 75% humidity, nobody.  The unusually high humidity this winter probably helps explains how homeless have managed in prior winters when the humidity probably never goes above 50% unless it is raining.

You weather forecasters who care about the homeless, its not just the temperature, it's the overnight humidity that is probably killing the homeless in record numbers in Los Angeles and possibly other cities as well.