<story><title>Humanity Is Dangerously Pushing Its Ability to Tolerate Heat</title><url>https://www.wired.com/story/extreme-heat-tolerance/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>donatj</author><text>I grew up poor and without AC in Minnesota where we regularly get spells of 100°F+ (37.7°C) at VERY high humidity thanks to all the lakes. It’s survivable, it’s absolutely not pleasant though and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.&lt;p&gt;Fans and wet rags help some. I used to fill a 2-liter bottle with cold water and hold it against my chest. A lot of sleepless nights. When we got a local second run $2 movie theater, it was a literal godsend.</text></item><item><author>cromulent</author><text>A friend of mine who lives in Queensland (Sunshine Coast) was talking about a recent spell of 32° and 100% humidity and how oppressive it was.&lt;p&gt;My understanding is that such weather is not survivable long term [1] without air conditioning. A power failure would be disastrous.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.psu.edu&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;research&amp;#x2F;story&amp;#x2F;humans-cant-endure-temperatures-and-humidities-high-previously-thought&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.psu.edu&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;research&amp;#x2F;story&amp;#x2F;humans-cant-endure-t...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jijijijij</author><text>You do not understand the issue at hand. Whatever you experienced was way less severe, because evaporative cooling obviously was still possible. There is a point where you simply cannot cool yourself passively. That&amp;#x27;s the point where survival is at risk regardless of health.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Wet-bulb_temperature&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Wet-bulb_temperature&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Humanity Is Dangerously Pushing Its Ability to Tolerate Heat</title><url>https://www.wired.com/story/extreme-heat-tolerance/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>donatj</author><text>I grew up poor and without AC in Minnesota where we regularly get spells of 100°F+ (37.7°C) at VERY high humidity thanks to all the lakes. It’s survivable, it’s absolutely not pleasant though and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.&lt;p&gt;Fans and wet rags help some. I used to fill a 2-liter bottle with cold water and hold it against my chest. A lot of sleepless nights. When we got a local second run $2 movie theater, it was a literal godsend.</text></item><item><author>cromulent</author><text>A friend of mine who lives in Queensland (Sunshine Coast) was talking about a recent spell of 32° and 100% humidity and how oppressive it was.&lt;p&gt;My understanding is that such weather is not survivable long term [1] without air conditioning. A power failure would be disastrous.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.psu.edu&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;research&amp;#x2F;story&amp;#x2F;humans-cant-endure-temperatures-and-humidities-high-previously-thought&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.psu.edu&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;research&amp;#x2F;story&amp;#x2F;humans-cant-endure-t...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>brazzy</author><text>The point is that at some sufficiently high humidity, fans and wet rags &lt;i&gt;do not help any more, at all&lt;/i&gt;! Combine that with sufficiently high temperatures, and it&amp;#x27;s not survivable. And will kill people with weak circulatory systems (i.e. the elderly and babies) quite a bit earlier.</text></comment>