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Re:The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human t... by elchief on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @01:43AM (#28138457)
And people START dying, en masse, at 28C wet bulb (see chicago and vancouver heat waves)
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Re:The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human t... by djrogers on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @11:01AM (#28142833)
> en masse

I'm not sure that phrase means what you think it means... Yes, there were ~600 tragic deaths in BC from the heat dome, but en masse means 'as a whole' or 'as a group', and a .012% death rate does not really qualify there.

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Re:The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human t... by Zenbit_UX on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @12:18PM (#28143978)
If you understand French you'd know it just means in large quantities.
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Re:The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human t... by dotcommand on Thursday August 12, 2021 @11:11AM (#28157307)
But we aren't speaking french. We are speaking english and in english en masse doesn't mean a tiny fraction of people/group.
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