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Not just California. I live in Michigan -- about once every 7 years we get unseasonably warm summers. It's been 85-95 degrees through June with the sort of hu
by mdip 5y ago
Not just California.
I live in Michigan -- about once every 7 years we get unseasonably warm summers. It's been 85-95 degrees through June with the sort of humidity that makes it feel like you have to actively think about breathing.
People die from heatwaves; modern conveniences like A/C make that sort of thing a lot less common these days, so while the original comment writer's attitude that "modern life is no longer possible" may have been meant to poke fun at "first world problems" -- yeah, I get it, we all have it pretty good -- these "conveniences" do more than just "make quality of life a little better"[0].
[0] Not saying there aren't downsides, either, but I'm not willing to give up my A/C for 'em.
- nradov 5y agoThe 2003 heat wave in Europe apparently killed about 70,000 people. Home AC is somewhat less common in Europe. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crvi.2007.12.001 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crvi.2007.12.001
- mdip 5y agoNot just home A/C but many of the hotels I visited did not have A/C (or it was set for the whole building, and way too hot at that). We visited the UK in late May during one of those heat waves and got stuck on the London Underground in a very hot train. Lots of fun!