Then the sheriffs came and cut down all our children and ended up dismissing the charges after doing about a hundred grand in damage. Good ole' fuckin' amuuurica.
Please tell me you sued the city afterward
As for the insulation, the point is to keep the environments isolated - yes it keeps the hot air in, but it also keeps ambient hot air out. I brought my attic insulation from R30 up to R60 last fall and drastically reduced my heating costs in the winter, and my cooling costs in the late spring/summer.
Then I started mining and threw those savings away
Who's got the coin to sue Los Angeles? We wrote it off as a 'well, that sucks, but at least we're not in jail' loss.
BTW, raid was not in response to heat/smell/power consumption...it was dispute with a landlord (who signed a lease that stated we were using the property to cultivate medical cannabis and then narced on us after two years because he got a better offer for the space).