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Southern US Reaches Dangerous "Wet Bulb Temperature". Here's What That Means (www.iflscience.com)

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Multiple southern states and a few midwestern states are at "extreme threat" levels of "wet bulb temperature".

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[–] snipgan@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But that can be a big problem because humans cool themselves by sweating: the ambient heat evaporates sweat from our skin, and that keeps us from getting too hot. If the relative humidity is already near 100 percent, the air simply can’t take any more. Our sweat doesn’t get evaporated as easily, and we can’t cool down. This makes humid heat not just uncomfortable, but dangerous.

This is why I stay in northern Michigan.

[–] QuinceDaPence@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Where I live we've always gotten near 100% humidity. It sucks.

You walk through the door and it feels like you actually walked into a wall of hot water.

[–] Chetzemoka@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We hit dangerous wet bulb globe temperatures yesterday in Massachusetts. Nowhere is safe.

[–] snipgan@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

God Dammit