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[-] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Sure hope we don't get temperatures like this over water for any prolonged period...

[-] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

What does that mean over water. What can happen

[-] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

that will hit the limit of your body's ability to cool itself. a person could die by just being in that weather long enough.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bulb_temperature?wprov=sfla1

[-] heckypecky@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

...if there is no way to cool externally, with water for example

[-] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Which doesn't work if the air is already saturated. Water cools by evaporating. If the air can't hold any more water, it can't evaporate and cool. I mean, external cold water I suppose, but if you have actively cooled water, we're probably not in a heat crisis situation.

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