I have lived in the desert my whole life. So I guess Iâm an expert to and I can tell you that itâs hot as fuck and it can still kill me. No amount of planned âexposureâ is going to prevent dehydration or heat exhaustion.
Don't worry. Be happy. đ
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AzPsycho@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
vicfic@iusearchlinux.fyi â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Lack of humidity in the air is a big problem, buy op does have a point. As a person living near the equator Iâm surprised by how many people are intolerant to temperatures which I find comfortable.
HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Iâve heard too much humidity is a bigger problem. Keeps your body from being able to cool itself down with sweat, making you likely to overheat. With desert heat youâre probably fine if you have water and shelter from the sun.
gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Yeah actually itâs not even so much about the humans. Humans can deal with changing temperatures. Plants (that we eat) cannot.
bjg13@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Wet bulb temp of 95° F is the start of deadly heat for humans. Thatâd be about 109° @ 50% humidity, or 130° with dry air. Iâd say itâll be a crap shoot next year, when El Nino is in full swing, whether we see more crop or human death from the heat. But for a glorious moment, we created a lot of value for the shareholdersâŚ
THIS IS FINE!
LogLurker@mander.xyz â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
A recent study suggested that the safe upper limit in wet bulb conditions might be closer to 88F. Link to an article discussing the research
TokenBoomer@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Can I ask where you learned that info? Iâve never heard it put that way.
Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
As somebody who goes through the extremely hot August summer heat where I live I will tell you that no you donât get used to the heat if youâre exposed to too much heat youâll develop heat exhaustion, and if you keep going youâll get heat stroke which can kill you.
What Iâm wondering though is did Washington compost actually say this, or was it just made for the meme? Honestly if they did I would not be surprised in the slightest.
explodicle@local106.com â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
HelixDab2@lemm.ee â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
This is true, to a degree. People that live in hot climates slowly become more tolerant to heat in general. This isnât true in all cases, not is it true past a certain temperature. For instance, once you surpass the wet bulb temperature, itâs not going to matter how tolerant youâve become to heat, yoâre probably going to end up with heat exhaustion and/or heat stroke.
SeriousNick@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Actually true. Iâd been wearing an orthopedical corset for a good chunk of my life, now Iâm really tolerant to heat, like others may be literally dying while I would be alright.
thantik@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
This is the âAll Lives Matterâ of Climate change.
Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
âexpertsâ
Sneptaur@pawb.social â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Itâs a climate solution because using your A/C less uses less energy
andthenthreemore@startrek.website â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Actually using your AC is one thing, incorrectly disposing of it and the gases therein is another thing all together. A ton of the refrigerating gasses in an AC (or your fridge or freezer) is equivalent of up to 22,800 tons of CO2.
Sneptaur@pawb.social â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Interesting! Iâve never thrown one away and always sold it to the next person so I never looked into this
Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Love how they always say âthe expertsâ but never mention what fucking experts they are.
Give me some names instead of just saying âsome expert said itâ
thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
To be fair, they usually say which experts in the article. Just nobody reads the articles đ
Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Itâs a catch-all term from professional to nutcase lol.
buckykat@lemmy.blahaj.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Itâs always some think tank ghoul