Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi haʻawina i hoʻopau ʻia i ka nahele kūlanakauhale o San Jose ʻo San Jose ka lua wale nō ma hope o Los Angeles i ka uhi uhi ʻole. Ma hope o ka palapala ʻana i nā kumulāʻau o San Jose mai ka lewa me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lasers, ua ʻike nā mea noiʻi he 58 ka nui o ke kūlanakauhale i uhi ʻia me nā hale, asphalt a i ʻole ke kaʻa. A uhi ʻia ka 15.4 pakeneka i nā lāʻau.
ʻOiai ka ʻokoʻa koʻikoʻi o ka uhi kupapaʻu a me ka uhi paʻa, ke hoʻomau nei ka ululāʻau kūlanakauhale o San Jose e hoʻonui i ka waiwai waiwai o ke kūlanakauhale e $239 miliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki. He $5.7 biliona kēlā i nā makahiki he 100 e hiki mai ana.
ʻO ka hoʻolālā Green Vision a Mayor Chuck Reed, i manaʻo ʻia e kanu i 100,000 mau kumulāʻau hou ma ke kūlanakauhale e hoʻonui i ka uhi uhi ma lalo o hoʻokahi pakeneka. Aia 124,000 mau wahi i loaʻa no nā kumulāʻau alanui a me 1.9 miliona mau wahi no nā kumu lāʻau ma ka waiwai pilikino.
ʻO kā mākou Nahele Kulanakauhale, he mea waiwai ʻole ʻo San Jose, ua hoʻonohonoho i ke kanu ʻana i nā kumulāʻau 65,000 ma ia wahi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Rhonda Berry, ka Luna Hoʻokele o kā mākou Nahele Kulanakauhale, me ka hapa nui o nā wahi kanu i ke kūlanakauhale ma ka waiwai pilikino, aia kahi manawa kūpono e hoʻonui ai i ka uhi lāʻau o ke kūlanakauhale.
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