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Those places already have lots of people die from heat waves, and modern society still functions.
by boomboomsubban 5y ago
Those places already have lots of people die from heat waves, and modern society still functions.
- tshaddox 5y agoNote that the original comment didn’t say “modern society.” It said “modern life” and was very clearly describing the commenter’s ability to keep their own household running.
- boomboomsubban 5y agoI didn't take "How much longer before modern life is no longer possible, I wonder..." to mean "how long until I'm forced to call in a specialist." The rest of their post is personal though, so I'm not confident in my interpretation that "modern society" would mean the same thing.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> Those places already have lots of people die from heat waves AFAIK; the pieces where lots of people tend to die from heat waves in are the places where there isn't a regular annual need for AC.
- boomboomsubban 5y agoI don't know where that would refer to in the US. Illinois? Oklahoma? Missouri?
- cratermoon 5y agoWhich, in the US, is Hawaii and some of the minor islands, and maybe parts of Alaska.
- nradov 5y agoalso Maine (in most years)
- cratermoon 5y agoI knew a guy who lived in Maine before he moved to Nevada. He said the weather was 'not fit for man nor beast'