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If the ambient humidity is low, 120F outside of direct sunlight is very survivable. Provided you can stay hydrated and don't wear sweat-trapping clothes...
by pengaru 5y ago
If the ambient humidity is low, 120F outside of direct sunlight is very survivable. Provided you can stay hydrated and don't wear sweat-trapping clothes...
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- RGamma 5y agoSurvivable doesn't mean civilization can continue. Will we stay holed up in our cool bunkers until the heat passes? I guess no explaining can do what reality forces. The lung cancer patient that stops smoking...
- pengaru 5y agoWe're talking about a high of nearly 120F experienced on a single day, in a place that last experienced nearly the same temperature decades ago. Climate change is clearly a problem worth dealing with, but that doesn't turn every exceptionally hot day into some kind of "The sky is falling!" end times event. It's no coincidence Italians historically have eaten dinner relatively early, around the hottest time of day, followed by a nap until the sun is lower. Civilization can tolerate an occasional high of 120F no problem.
- RGamma 5y agoYou're right. I only worry what is yet to come... Civilization is built on so many implicit assumptions; we're going to experience which ones will be broken.