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Having lived in the south where the tempurature can be that high for days at a time, nobody was dropping dead.
by whenchamenia 7y ago
Having lived in the south where the tempurature can be that high for days at a time, nobody was dropping dead.
- inscionent 7y agoNobody? There were 108 heat related deaths in the US in 2018. https://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hazstats.shtml https://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hazstats.shtml A 25 day US heat wave killed 1,000 in 1980. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19800719&id=dz1PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lAIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6301,7793&hl=en https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19800719&id=... Heat is dangerous especially to those in sensitive groups and to say otherwise is dishonest.
- kbutler 7y agoDuring 2006–2010, 10,649 deaths of U.S. residents were attributed to weather-related causes of death (Table 2). Exposure to excessive natural heat, heat stroke, sun stroke, or all were cited as either the underlying cause or a contributing cause of death for 3,332 (31%) of these deaths, and exposure to excessive natural cold, hypothermia, or both was cited for 6,660 (63%) https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr076.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr076.pdf And most global warming mitigates cold extremes rather than increasing hot extremes (polar amplification, increased night-time temperatures, etc.).
- shalmanese 7y agoWet bulb temperature is different from thermometer temperature. It's a combo of temp + humidity. Once it exceeds 35C, humans can't cool off from sweating alone. Unless inside active climate control, the body shuts down in a few hours.