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158ºF or 70ºC in Southern Iran last Sunday (lemmy.ml)
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But percentages in the stock market seem to be more important to efficiently combat climate change.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The heck is “heat index”

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jesus Christ, 158 F heat index is so far out of bounds on that scale it's insane. What's after "Extreme Danger"? "People will die"? "Being outside is suicide"?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

A [wet-bulb temperature] reading of 35 °C (95 °F) – equivalent to a heat index of 71 °C (160 °F) – is considered the theoretical human survivability limit for up to six hours of exposure.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Ah phew. It’s just the absolute limit for human survivability 😮‍💨

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

It's when it feels really hot and you look at the thermometer and think, "wow is that it? I better arbitrarily add a few more degrees so people know it's really hot"