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Re:San Francisco hits 106 degrees, breaking record by Elv13 on Saturday September 02, 2017 @01:47AM (#15154517)
Not true. Think of to the Bedouins in the Sahara, the Inuits in northern Canada and the tradesmen crossing the Silk Road since the first Egyptian empire. Or anyone in India for the last 7k years. Humans have been living with temperatures ranging from -50C to 50C for thousands of years.
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Re:San Francisco hits 106 degrees, breaking record by WalterBright on Saturday September 02, 2017 @05:52AM (#15155143)
The American southwest (i.e. Arizona) was thinly populated until the advent of air conditioning.
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Re:San Francisco hits 106 degrees, breaking record by sjg007 on Saturday September 02, 2017 @02:07PM (#15157376)
They had swamp cooling. Also the rivers actually had water in them above ground. But yes, less people.
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Re:San Francisco hits 106 degrees, breaking record by sebcat on Saturday September 02, 2017 @06:15AM (#15155203)
Even in pre-colonial times? Or whas it just that Europeans settled in places that felt like home?
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