Re:The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human t...
by exo-pla-net on Thursday August 12, 2021 @11:29AM
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You're describing tactics that will lead to your tenuous survival. If the heat doesn't last too long. And if you don't have anyone else is your house, not a likely circumstance globally considered. Almost like 35C wet is not very survivable. Your claim that 35C wet can be tolerated by most for hours contradicts the article, and your claim that it's more tolerable than 70C dry contradicts the concept of heat index. Anyhow, you're welcome for my charitably stepping in to let you know why you're being downvoted. You're stuck on pedantry and straw manning and pointless unproductive argument. The Hacker News collective had you pegged, and I'll just join the downvote parade and ignore your type in the future. I'm out.
I would not leave my house. My house has insulation and thermal mass, which would delay the tempature from reaching that level until later. I could use water to cool myself, whether in the bath tub or a trashcan. I could use a fan if there's power (depends on the temperature and humidity to reach that wet bulb). I could use frozen objects (even without power, the freezer will stay cold for at least a day). I also have a generator to power these things if there's a short to medium term outage.
Their statement was not about changing one's circumstance. It was that even with precautions, it's not very survivable. This is neither accurate nor precise. It is very survivable with precautions.