Humanity Is Dangerously Pushing Its Ability to Tolerate Heat
Humanity Is Dangerously Pushing Its Ability to Tolerate Heat
Extreme heat waves are already here, and they are killing tens of thousands of people. Blasting through 2 degrees Celsius of warming means they’ll happen many times more frequently.
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You just have to live somewhere with humidity. It doesn't get over 100F, it just gets soupier. It's like living in a hot armpit but at least it doesn't cook your insides.
Please for the love of Satan look up "Heat Index". A 100 degree day with 40% humidity is the same as a 120 degree day in a desert. It will absolutely cook you. A 90/90 is also equivalent to a 120 degree day. A smidge worse actually.
Nothing about this comment is accurate. Maybe where you're at doesn't get above 100f currently, but it can absolutely go above 100f in other areas. As for the humidity, the higher that is the worse people are at regulating temp because sweating stops doing anything. High enough humidity and the temp doesn't even need to hit 100f to kill people readily. The best place to handle high heat is somewhere dry and windy because you can keep chugging water and sweating buckets to maximize evaporative cooling
Yeah, no. Humidity kills faster and at lower temperatures than heat does. The higher the humidity, the less effective sweating is. You can easily die from heat stroke at sub-100°F temperatures if the humidity is high enough.
Nah man. When it's 35 degrees here with somewhat high humidity it's absolutely gross and doing anything is a task. When i was in australia in a dryer part, i would be active all day with 40 to almost 50 degrees.
If you can survive 95F at 100% humidity, you can survive 160F dry heat. No biggie. Roughly around 6 hours until you are dead in both cases though.
"At wet bulb temperatures above 35°C (95F) researchers estimate that even fit people will overheat and potentially die within 6 hours. Although that temperature might seem low, it equates to almost 45°C (113F) at 50% humidity, and what it would feel like 71°C (160F) using the U.S. National Weather Service heat index."
Hi there. IRL lived in Taiwan and Vietnam, totalling 13 years. It can and often does get up to 103/4F in absolute humidity (the max that is possible without it being a swimming pool). I know, I know, anecdotal etc etc.