Penn State researchers found that the maximum wet-bulb temperature humans can endure is lower than previously thought — about 31°C wet-bulb or 87°F at 100% humidity — even for young, healthy subjects. The temperature for older populations, who are more vulnerable to heat, is likely even lower.
I’ve been saying the same, originally just about sea level rise but now I’m worried about wet bulb temps too. It’s fucking baffling to me that there’s still new construction happening in Miami. Like, y’all do know it’ll be underwater in like 15 years right? What the fuck are you doing?
RIGHT?! It's already flooding down there, on the regular!🤯 Remember that building that collapsed? It's not gonna be the last. I'm reasonably sure that all the big money down there will get bailed out, but what I'm thinking is that the property getting yoinked up by the big corps are gonna get milked dry for long as possible and then offloaded at fire sale prices to people who find themselves out of luck like a decade later. Insurance companies are already seeing thewriting on the wall and jacking up rates and refusing to renew policies without costly upgrades. It's a whole thing going on, apparently. I think that's partly insurance companies bailing, but also trying to get people out of their homes for the corps to snatch them up.
I’ve been saying the same, originally just about sea level rise but now I’m worried about wet bulb temps too. It’s fucking baffling to me that there’s still new construction happening in Miami. Like, y’all do know it’ll be underwater in like 15 years right? What the fuck are you doing?
RIGHT?! It's already flooding down there, on the regular!🤯 Remember that building that collapsed? It's not gonna be the last. I'm reasonably sure that all the big money down there will get bailed out, but what I'm thinking is that the property getting yoinked up by the big corps are gonna get milked dry for long as possible and then offloaded at fire sale prices to people who find themselves out of luck like a decade later. Insurance companies are already seeing thewriting on the wall and jacking up rates and refusing to renew policies without costly upgrades. It's a whole thing going on, apparently. I think that's partly insurance companies bailing, but also trying to get people out of their homes for the corps to snatch them up.
one might say the rewriting is on the wall