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> "heat deaths" are limited to geriatrics in the "first world." There are multiple parts of the world approaching the point of "so hot post-climate-change that
by kevingadd 4y ago
> "heat deaths" are limited to geriatrics in the "first world."
There are multiple parts of the world approaching the point of "so hot post-climate-change that you can't survive without air conditioning" at this point, it's not a first world problem.
See the map in https://climate.nasa.gov/ask-nasa-climate/3151/too-hot-to-handle-how-climate-change-may-make-some-places-too-hot-to-live/ https://climate.nasa.gov/ask-nasa-climate/3151/too-hot-to-ha... to get a sense of how it's an increasingly global problem.
As a result eventually power loss will be able to kill you in the summer, too, depending on where you live.
- xyzelement 4y agoMaybe? I am talking about today. The only number of heat deaths I see on this site is average in the US and its like 100-something, likely more related to the aging of the population than anything else. To be honest I skimmed this article a few times rather that read it but I don't see anything that points to heat being anything close to the magnitude killer that cold is today. (although apparently in the US heat is a bigger deal probably because we are well equipped to handle both and don't have old people taking walks in freezing weather but they venture out in the summer)
- slibhb 4y agoThis claim has been made, but it turned out not to be true (so far). I.e. everyone without AC did not die when the wet bulb temperature exceeded the apparent limit: https://www.almendron.com/tribuna/the-mysteriously-low-death-toll-of-the-heat-waves-in-india-and-pakistan/ https://www.almendron.com/tribuna/the-mysteriously-low-death...