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The wet-bulb set to kill hundreds of thousands of people
Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:04 am
Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:04 am
The wet-bulb set to kill hundreds of thousands of people if temperatures and humidity levels continue to rise
Temperatures are continuing to rise to fresh all-time highs as global warming accelerates. People have started to die because of the extreme heat and it’s only a matter of time before the “wet-bulb” effect will kill large numbers of people.
Humans’ internal temperature is ideally supposed to be 36.6C, but they can only tolerate a relatively tight band of hotter temperatures. The wet-bulb effect kicks in when temperatures rise to 35C or more on the wet-bulb scale, coupled with very high humidity that prevents sweat from evaporating. The evaporation of sweat accounts for 80% of the cooling of the human body. If the body cannot cool down it will eventually overheat, triggering respiratory and cardiovascular issues and even death. If the victim cannot quickly find another way to cool off then the wet-bulb effect kills within six hours, according to a landmark study in 2010, reports Reuters.
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Temperatures are continuing to rise to fresh all-time highs as global warming accelerates. People have started to die because of the extreme heat and it’s only a matter of time before the “wet-bulb” effect will kill large numbers of people.
Humans’ internal temperature is ideally supposed to be 36.6C, but they can only tolerate a relatively tight band of hotter temperatures. The wet-bulb effect kicks in when temperatures rise to 35C or more on the wet-bulb scale, coupled with very high humidity that prevents sweat from evaporating. The evaporation of sweat accounts for 80% of the cooling of the human body. If the body cannot cool down it will eventually overheat, triggering respiratory and cardiovascular issues and even death. If the victim cannot quickly find another way to cool off then the wet-bulb effect kills within six hours, according to a landmark study in 2010, reports Reuters.
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Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:05 am to djmed
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Temperatures are continuing to rise
It's quite chilly this morning in St. George, LA
Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:06 am to djmed
Definitely written by someone that didn’t grow up in the Deep South.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:07 am to djmed
Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:07 am to djmed
They had this issue in France about 20 years ago.
Tons of people died in a heatwave because they don’t believe in AC over there, compounded by it taking place during a time when most doctors were on their summer vacation.
Tons of people died in a heatwave because they don’t believe in AC over there, compounded by it taking place during a time when most doctors were on their summer vacation.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:08 am to djmed
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Temperatures are continuing to rise to fresh all-time highs as global warming accelerates.
It seems this happens every year, something to do with the tilt of the Earth relative to the sun. Some have taken to calling it "Summer".
Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:09 am to PsychTiger
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It seems this happens every year, something to do with the tilt of the Earth relative to the sun. Some have taken to calling it "Summer".
Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:10 am to djmed
You keep saying wet bulb and it’s making me horny for some reason.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:11 am to djmed
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humidity that prevents sweat from evaporating. The evaporation of sweat accounts for 80% of the cooling of the human body. If the body cannot cool down it will eventually overheat,
Mostly BS, but I do agree with this. My first goal in retirement is to spend summers somewhere with low humidity!
Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:12 am to djmed
In Columbia SC the only difference between hell and our summers is a screen door yet we miraculously continue to survive
Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:14 am to teke184
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because they don’t believe in AC over there
Crazy bastards.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:18 am to djmed
Funny how people have been thriving in the Mideast and Africa along with India for thousands of years. This was somehow done without A/C till 100 years ago. Hell even Arizona and new Mexico as well as W Texas managed to have life
Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:21 am to PsychTiger
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It seems this happens every year, something to do with the tilt of the Earth relative to the sun. Some have taken to calling it "Summer".
So, how can we stop this "earth tilting"?
Gotta be some offset credit or something, right? We have to be able to stop it. After all, aren't we the ones that caused it? It's the responsible thing to do, isn't it?
Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:22 am to djmed
The oceans died in 1999, the arctic was ice free in 2010 and the Maldives were underwater by 2014 just as predicted. This will surely come to fruition as well.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:25 am to djmed
No one ever died from heat exposure before now? 
Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:30 am to Leto II
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Crazy bastards.
Same applies to most of Europe.
I went over to London on an exchange with students from a bunch of other schools from Texas to the Carolinas.
We ended up buying out every electric fan in about a 20 block radius around the dorms upon arrival, which did us a lot of good when the real heatwave hit about three weeks later and everyone else got the same idea.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:30 am to djmed
Imagine believing we have a climate crisis.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:33 am to TrueTiger
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Imagine believing we have a climate crisis.
Imagine believing a guy with a penis is a girl.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:33 am to djmed
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The wet-bulb set to kill hundreds of thousands of people
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.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:35 am to djmed
Last year's high temps were extraordinary, and without precedent in my 74 years of life on the farm. It was over 100 degrees every day for weeks, and but for ACs, a lot of weak folk would be in serious trouble. And given the likely Grid problems as demands exponentially increases via immigration, predicted rolling blackouts and even infrastructure attacks by terrorist factions like Hamas, et al could kick it all to another level.
Guess we'll find out pretty quick.
Guess we'll find out pretty quick.
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