On: 'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines

[bojan]

We have, all over the world.

For example, at least 24500 people died from heat-related causes in Europe during heat waves of summer 2022.

And that's just one of many examples.

[briandear → bojan]

In 1911 41,000 people died of a heave wave in France.

Highest ambient temperature ever recorded was in Death Valley in 1913.

In 1540 Europe had an extreme drought and heatwave that lasted 11 months.

I can go on and on. The 2022 heatwave wasn’t any more unusual than any other heat wave throughout history.

[WirelessGigabit → briandear]

Please don't confuse the heat in Death Valley with humid heat. Don't get me wrong, that Death Valley heat will kill you, but as long as you have water and shade you will survive.

I posted about it before:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37455817#37459864

> You have to factor in humidity. > Scottsdale airport currently (1:40PM) is 108F (42.222C) w/ 14% humidity, meaning a wet-bulb of 71.11F (21.72778C).

> London tomorrow at noon is 86F (30C) w/ 52% humidity, meaning a wet-bulb of 72.76F (22.6444C).

> London will actually feel nastier.

[tim333 → WirelessGigabit]

Also London has terrible aircon.

[mistrial9 → briandear]

dear fact-impaired readers - global temperature records are carefully kept by a multitude of authoritative sources, and increasingly so..

the Year 2023 was the Hottest Year on Record to date globally.. each month of 2023 (edit maybe not jan-feb?) was also the hottest recorded globally. The hottest day cumulatively across the world was in 2023. The nine hottest years on record globally were the last nine years.

Please use librarianship and science skills for factual information. multiple references available for the search-impaired

[jcranmer → mistrial9]

> each month of 2023 was also the hottest recorded globally.

Actually, I think January and February failed to breach the record--the El Nino didn't set up until April.

(But several of the later months absolutely shattered records, as did the year as a whole. 2023 as a whole breached the 2C limit).

[JumpCrisscross → briandear]

> 2022 heatwave wasn’t any more unusual than any other heat wave throughout history

You can't think of one pertinent home gadget that was invented between 1911 and now?

[nickff → JumpCrisscross]

I assume that you're alluding to the air conditioner, which was invented in 1901? The first home installation was in 1914, but that wasn't the date of the invention.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_conditioning

[netsharc → briandear]

Oh let's play this game with COVID: "Nothing original, we had the Spanish Flu in 1918..."

[snapplebobapple → netsharc]

Both of you can be right you know, it isn't mutually exclusive....

[nostrademons → briandear]

We cared less about mass death in 1911, as exemplified by WW1.