Heat waves are not personal comfort matters. That's why they're a big deal. If they were, they wouldn't be heat waves. For those with compromised thermoregu

Heat waves are not personal comfort matters. That's why they're a big deal. If they were, they wouldn't be heat waves. For those with compromised thermoregulation systems, primarily the elderly and the sick, and especially those who also lack an appropriate support network, most of the heat mitigation techniques other than "be in a cold enough environment" will not work. They'll just figure it's a normal but unusually hot day. Then they get heat stroke and die. It's very easy to not notice it's happening to you until it's too late; there are known cases of people dying at (or after) sporting events on hot days due to this. Yeah. That's totally just a "personal comfort" problem.