Comment on Dead Monkeys Are Falling From Trees Amid Brutal Heat in Mexico
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 6 months agoLook up what wet bulb temperatures mean, because no, you don’t love 44° Celsius at high humidity:
Even heat-adapted people cannot carry out normal outdoor activities past a wet-bulb temperature of 32 °C (90 °F), equivalent to a heat index of 55 °C (131 °F). A reading of 35 °C (95 °F) – equivalent to a heat index of 71 °C (160 °F) – is considered the theoretical human survivability limit for up to six hours of exposure.
_sideffect@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Thanks for telling me what I like and what my body is capable of! I had no idea
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 6 months ago
My guy, you’re not some mega special advanced human that can somehow live in higher wet-bulb temperatures than everyone else. You’d die just like me and any other human.
_sideffect@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Lmao… Ok, so I’m wrong about enjoying 40 degrees celcius.
All you downvoters need to seriously reexamine your lives, it’s sad.
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You didn’t read properly, I was specifically talking about high humidity. That’s the situation the monkeys who have died were in. Temperatures feel completely different based on the humidity - 35°C at 100% humidity is equivalent to 71°C at 0% humidity.