US swelters as south-west braces for record-breaking heatwave up to 120F - eviltoast
The National Weather Service urged people to take precautions against ‘life-threatening heat conditions’
  • SheeEttin@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 year ago

    Yeah but it’s a dry heat.

    Which means you can still cool off through sweat evaporation. Now when humidity is high, there’s already so much water in the air that that doesn’t happen. Your sweat doesn’t evaporate, so you don’t cool down at all. That’s deadly.

    • linuxduck@nerdly.dev
      21·
      1 year ago

      Except you can’t. The air is hot, as hot as a blow dryer. Your only reprieve is in air conditioning inside.

      And I live in a humid state, I can cool down with a fan and sweat.