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      And Bobby knew this shit like 20 years ago. It regularly gets into the low 100s in July and August in that region. It’s not so terribly bad since it’s dry heat, especially when there is wind. Arizona isn’t even the highest risk area. The biggest issue in the US wet-bulb temps in the southeast.

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        The biggest issue in the US is wet-bulb temps in the southeast.

        For people that aren’t aware, wetbulb temps essentially measure how well you can cool yourself down by sweating. Humid air means sweating is less effective since it can’t evaporate.

        A wetbulb temp of 95°F (35°C) will kill someone in less than a workday if they’re not given proper breaks.

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        It regularly gets into the low 100s

        What’s that in real temperature units?

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          Americans when faced with a Celsius measurement in the EU: “Oh, 32°C, that’s about 90 degrees.”

          EU people when faced with Fahrenheit in an arricle about a place in the US: “Reeeeee, why isn’t this in my own comfortable units that I like‽‽”

          Look, guys, we need an entire generation to finally die before we can fix a lot of things here in the US. We’ve got larger problems than imperial or metric units right now. We’re working on it, amd your petulant whining about units makes you look silly to a country of people who are used to converting between the two.

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            Canadian, not EU, and it was a tongue-in-cheek jibe at your country which yes, has very many problems beyond not using the metric system.

            Simmer down.

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          If you are discussing the affects of temperature on humans, you should use a human centric temperature scale, so I’d say that is already the appropriate unit.

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        Meanwhile, border patrol is rounding people up into pens and forcing them to stand shoulder to shoulder under a single tiny tarp for shade.

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      On the plus side Phoenix is going to be an absolute boon to future archaeologists. It’s in the middle of a desert, which is great for preserving stuff, and when it depopulates nobody’s going to move back in and wreck stuff up by living there.

      Dubai’s probably going to be another good one, though it’s on a coast so that could cause other types of degradation.