Southern US Reaches Dangerous "Wet Bulb Temperature". Here's What That Means (www.iflscience.com)

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Multiple southern states and a few midwestern states are at "extreme threat" levels of "wet bulb temperature".

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[-] albinanigans@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Unsafe and unreliable (YMMV, of course).

In my neck of the woods,if I have to choose between getting stuck in traffic for 10 minutes or wait for a bus to be late (if it shows) for a 2 hour roundtrip, I'll just get in my car.

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