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> especially in poor tropical countries that don't have a stable infrastructure to cool most people during such a heatwave Like California? They already can’t
by n8cpdx 5y ago
> especially in poor tropical countries that don't have a stable infrastructure to cool most people during such a heatwave
Like California? They already can’t keep the lights on with rolling blackouts happening every year. If one of those blackouts happens during a severe heatwave, it could be serious. Not to mention the serious economic cost of having a third-world quality grid in what should be one of the union’s most prosperous states.
- knuthsat 5y agoI think California's air is too dry to get to the wet-bulb temp limit.
- n8cpdx 5y agoFor now. I was seeing temps pretty close to 120 last year. It was dry, but who knows how the climate will change either the humidity or the high temps. 130+ doesn’t seem inconceivable and that gets pretty close to the limit.