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1. Dan Neuman (dan613@ottawa.place)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jun-2024 22:31:21 JST Dan Neuman

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   • Jonathan Mesiano-Crookston

   @jmcrookston It's worse than that. As the temperature increases, even a young healthy body can't sweat fast enough to keep cool. Those of us who no longer fit in that category have to be even more careful. What's happening in India is a disaster, and that is coming soon to a city near you.

   • Jonathan Mesiano-Crookston (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jun-2024 22:31:22 JST Jonathan Mesiano-Crookston

     Wet bulb temperature

     "A wet-bulb temperature above 90 degrees Fahrenheit or 32 degrees Celsius is the limit for humans to perform outdoor activities. Humans cannot survive for more than a few hours beyond 90 degrees Fahrenheit wet-bulb temperatures, even with unlimited water and shade. And yet, climate change has already caused some areas of the earth, in the Persian Gulf and Pakistan, to cross above 95 wet-bulb degrees."

     Aral Balkan repeated this.