re: The wet-bulb set to kill hundreds of thousands of people

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The wet-bulb set to kill hundreds of thousands of people

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I'm a high key weather nerd, and this isn't a U.S. problem. This is a Persian gulf/Red sea problem. There is pretty significant evidence that these areas were uninhabitable in the past and would be the first to go again.

The wet bulb Temps they're talking about come from heat indexes of 130-140+ Frightening heat. It feels like sticking your face an inch from a really hot bath tub. The Persian desert hits this regularly in summer, but it's a very unique geographic spot due to the latitude & the influence of the warm, shallow Persian Gulf.

For reference, most of the gulf coast maxes out between 90-95° & dew points of 70-78. Very hot & humid, but well below the level they're talking about. Even the extreme heat waves last year were a good bit away from these temps. It would take a VERY significant rise in global temp for us to worry about this and we'd be much more likely to get crushed by hurricanes vs. hot days anyways.