“wet-bulb” reading of 33.1

When it got to 35 C in Chicago in 1995, 739 souls were lost.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Chicago_heat_wave

jml7c5 · 4 years ago

Note that the wet-bulb temperature there was "just" 29 °C. The 33.1 °C reading is terrifying.

rdtwo · 4 years ago

How does that compare with a week of covid in context?

dogsgobork · 4 years ago

A quick search reveals that there have been about 15,000 deaths from covid in Cook County (The county Chicago is in, and makes up a large portion of). There's been about 110 weeks since the start of the pandemic, that averages out to about 136 deaths per week.

xhkkffbf · 4 years ago

That's pretty humid. You can't sweat your way below the wet bulb temperature.

mikewarot · 4 years ago

Arbalest · 4 years ago

Note that he says estimate of human survival. It could well be lower. Also some people are going to have lower thresholds than others.

formerkrogemp · 4 years ago

"My world's on fire. How about yours? That's the way I like it, and I'll never get old."