I have lived in the desert my whole life. So I guess I’m an expert to and I can tell you that it’s hot as fuck and it can still kill me. No amount of planned “exposure” is going to prevent dehydration or heat exhaustion.
Don't worry. Be happy. 🙃
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AzPsycho@lemmy.world 1 year ago
vicfic@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 year ago
Lack of humidity in the air is a big problem, buy op does have a point. As a person living near the equator I’m surprised by how many people are intolerant to temperatures which I find comfortable.
HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I’ve 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 you’re probably fine if you have water and shelter from the sun.
gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de 1 year ago
Yeah actually it’s not even so much about the humans. Humans can deal with changing temperatures. Plants (that we eat) cannot.
bjg13@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Wet bulb temp of 95° F is the start of deadly heat for humans. That’d be about 109° @ 50% humidity, or 130° with dry air. I’d say it’ll 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 shareholders…
THIS IS FINE!
LogLurker@mander.xyz 1 year 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 1 year ago
Can I ask where you learned that info? I’ve never heard it put that way.
Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world 1 year ago
As somebody who goes through the extremely hot August summer heat where I live I will tell you that no you don’t get used to the heat if you’re exposed to too much heat you’ll develop heat exhaustion, and if you keep going you’ll get heat stroke which can kill you.
What I’m 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.
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 1 year ago
This is true, to a degree. People that live in hot climates slowly become more tolerant to heat in general. This isn’t true in all cases, not is it true past a certain temperature. For instance, once you surpass the wet bulb temperature, it’s not going to matter how tolerant you’ve become to heat, yo’re probably going to end up with heat exhaustion and/or heat stroke.
SeriousNick@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Actually true. I’d been wearing an orthopedical corset for a good chunk of my life, now I’m really tolerant to heat, like others may be literally dying while I would be alright.
thantik@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This is the “All Lives Matter” of Climate change.
Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world 1 year ago
“experts”
Sneptaur@pawb.social 1 year ago
It’s a climate solution because using your A/C less uses less energy
andthenthreemore@startrek.website 1 year 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 1 year ago
Interesting! I’ve never thrown one away and always sold it to the next person so I never looked into this
Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Love how they always say “the experts” but never mention what fucking experts they are.
Give me some names instead of just saying “some expert said it”
thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz 1 year ago
To be fair, they usually say which experts in the article. Just nobody reads the articles 🙈
Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 1 year ago
It’s a catch-all term from professional to nutcase lol.
buckykat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
It’s always some think tank ghoul