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The issue is the web-bulb temperature which humans cannot really adapt to. A young, healthy adult won't be able to survive a sustained wet-bulb temperature of 3
by ndsipa_pomu 3y ago
The issue is the web-bulb temperature which humans cannot really adapt to. A young, healthy adult won't be able to survive a sustained wet-bulb temperature of 35C (assuming they have access to unlimited water, air fans and shade). The wet-bulb temperature is equivalent to the temperature that humans can reduce their body temperature to by sweating.
- TheLoafOfBread 3y agoWell, how does people survive in jungles?
- fknorangesite 3y ago> Well, how does people survive in jungles? At wet-bulb temperatures lower than 35C.
- explaininjs 3y agoAir fans change the game, evaporative cooling can bring the experienced temperature far below the still air wet bulb.
- ndsipa_pomu 3y agoAir movement only helps when the humidity is less than 100%. With a wet bulb temperature of 35C, fans won't help you survive - you'd need some other way of reducing your body temperature e.g. air conditioning.