The line I was reacting to stated an overnight low of 95. It was 104 by 9:30am. We've had stretches where it didn't dip below 85 (cycle of nightly cloud cover basically acting as a wet blanket) and it was absolutely miserable. A low of 95 is nightmare territory.

Can tell you're not an Aussie, seen 47/116 quite a few times

That is nice for those who have been accused of having room temperature IQs in freedom units though.

I can only imagine, as I sit on the Stockholm metro with cold and damp feet after walking through snow and some slush to get to the bus earlier.

I am happy to hear that you have rules and regulations for these eventualities.

Yeah, in those conditions, you live and die by wet bulb temperatures.

It makes evaporative air conditioners work better (That's good)

That was it, yes!

Sorry, but that's wrong. WBGT takes radiative heat into effect when it's calculated. The sun and shade effectively have two different WBGT readings. That's why its measured with a black globe. Protocol is to measure ~2 meters heigh in direct sunlight away from structures that block wind so you get the worse case scenario. Like any whether reading, its localized.

yes. everyone is inside because it's hot, and everyone is getting drunk because that's the only thing there is to do, and everyone is driving a car because that's the only way to get there. if you didn't drive, then you're waiting around for the person who drove you, and you're getting really drunk because they don't want to leave yet. what a stupid ironic life

Plenty of 3rd spaces exist in Texas. You just have to pay to play. The hyper-capitalist dream is alive in the Lone Star State.

I always imagined thats why there were so many drunk people out and about. Because the only habitable place outside of homes were bars if you didn’t have a gym membership.

I gotta wonder how much of the decline of alcoholism in the subsequent generations boils down to affordability.

Gym memberships are way cheaper than bar tabs.

most of them avoid those areas, marsupials also have lower body temp than placentals.

I don't have any proof, but I'd imagine AC alone would be insignificant on planet scale.
Anything short of us detonating enough nukes to light up the atmosphere.
It's the sun's energy getting trapped by our emissions that we need to worry about.

The Doom loop is actually more to do with architecture that is not designed with hot temperatures in mind, because it's assumed that central air conditioning will be used.

its an AC stupid it makes it cold! Your thinking of a heater

Oh it's nice you get a break when it hits 50. How long of a break? Seriously any person who demands work be done in those conditions can fuck right off or do it themselves

Seriously the fact that we are adults and don't just say fuck off it's to hot and call it a day or at the very least go cool off for a hour is insane

yeah, it was damn near 100% humidity the 46 day i was there. i was moving, too. fucking sucked but i had the joy of knowing it was my last day in texas.

i have no idea how much water i went through, but we moved a tiny studio successfully.

texas is practically a desert though. if you have agaves, cactuses there its a sign.

Speaking as an American mechanical engineer who had to learn both systems... Do we? Do we really? Is multiplying everything by 10 not logical enough for you?

That heavily depends on humidity, look up wet-bulb temperature. Basically as long as humidity is low enough your body can cool down using evaporation even if the air temperature is above body temperature. Once you get close to 100% humidity you can't really survive longer durations at temperatures above 35°C or so.

If he's in Belgrade, good luck getting him to give up nescafe and rakia.

Then why do Piña Colladas taste so great in hot weather?

Checkmate Atheists

Oh, yeah. Currently low humidity, though.

Alcohol also being a drink to avoid when going to a pool.