• naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    you could still survive by immersing yourself in cool water but yeah.

    I think we had a 48 the other year with like 70% humidity and that was interesting. At one point I tried to get something done in the sun and almost immediately started experiencing heat stroke. I ended up going into the bush and lying down in a creek for a while. A surprising number of people had the same idea, it was almost nice except for the whole “wow the Apocalypse is starting” thing.

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      1 year ago

      You can survive with many external means. But that’s the thing: you need external means to survive because you cannot survive otherwise in this environment.

      And yes, even in dry weather doing work in direct sun when temperature is over 40C is madness. Even a healthy adult can die in this environment. You should at the very least have proper garments and drink a lot.