Comment on The true hero of summer
rockSlayer@lemmy.world 3 months agoHeat in excess of 80 degrees increases everyone’s risk for heat injuries, especially for workers. The heat in the last 5 years is undeniably caused by climate change, and creates a lethal threat to outdoor workers. It’s not “just a little heat”.
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 3 months ago
I’m not talking about climate change; I’m talking about individual adaptation.
rockSlayer@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Individuals don’t have control over the weather. You cannot reasonably expect everyone to adjust to the same acclimation as you.
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 3 months ago
People do, in general, if they’re healthy, acclimate to the area that they live in. Fairly quickly at that. It doesn’t take more than a summer or two before people that grow up in Minnesota ore used to Florida, and vice versa
rockSlayer@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Exactly. Innumerable health issues can be worsened by excessive heat and heat injuries, like heat exhaustion or heat stroke. The reason heat is such a big deal is the capacity to get hurt just by being outdoors. Climate change absolutely plays a factor in this equation, because the subtropical states are reaching highs of well over 100 degrees. There’s no acclimating out of a heat stroke.