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Re:The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human t... by n8cpdx on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @03:38AM (#28139163)
> especially in poor tropical countries that don't have a stable infrastructure to cool most people during such a heatwave

Like California? They already can’t keep the lights on with rolling blackouts happening every year. If one of those blackouts happens during a severe heatwave, it could be serious. Not to mention the serious economic cost of having a third-world quality grid in what should be one of the union’s most prosperous states.

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Re:The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human t... by knuthsat on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @03:42AM (#28139188)
I think California's air is too dry to get to the wet-bulb temp limit.
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Re:The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human t... by n8cpdx on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @03:46PM (#28146803)
For now. I was seeing temps pretty close to 120 last year. It was dry, but who knows how the climate will change either the humidity or the high temps. 130+ doesn’t seem inconceivable and that gets pretty close to the limit.
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