[DOOMED] Scientist warn of spontanious death under "wet bulb conditions"

SHC.

 

So, Houston in May?

 

Two years ago my weather station showed me 101f and 58% humidity, going outside was to become instantly lethargic. How accurate those numbers were, who knows... but it felt accurate.

I wonder if it's possible to cool oneself off by drinking ice water when sweating isn't working.... and how much water one would need. Enough to kill you with water poisoning sans electrolytes I'm sure. So iced gatorade.... can you cool yourself before renal failure or whatever gives out when you drink many gallons of fluid?

I just used a water temp calculator for a water heater.... It'd take 6 lbs of ice to cool a 200lbs person down from 105f to 98f. I don't think this is possible.

 

Wet bulb sounds like a cool, kinky sex act. Pics pls

 

Multiple wet bulbs would be cooler.

 

Just spent half an hour arguing with a millionaire moron. Expect temperatures to rise today.

 

I watched a video about this a couple of weeks ago. The city they talked about when referring to crazy wet bulb temps was Jacobabad, Pakistan. Another area they mentioned was the Persian Gulf.

 

So basically the article is using obscure words to scare people. Wet bulb is closely correlated to dew point. Understanding the relation between temperature, relative humidity and dew point is important when discussing atmospheric conditions for the human body.

Very low dew points are dangerous because the body doesn't have a lot of warning signs. Dehydration and freezing can set in very quickly. Dew points of 40 to 60 are very comfortable. Once dew point starts hitting 65 is when the humidity effect starts setting in. Low 70s to mid 70s start to feel very swampy. Over 80 becomes dangerous.

95% humidity at 88 degrees puts you at 86 degree dew point, which is insanely high. At these numbers a 1 degree difference in dew point is massive. Interestingly enough, these numbers are typically found in the mid west vs southern swampy areas like Louisiana and FL.

 

Would like to know the desert breakpoint at which dipping in a pool of water for x amount of time outweighs the benefits of drinking the bottle of water.