I live in Baltimore. It felt like it was over 100 today. Actual temperature was in the 90s.
Last week I was in a thread where someone wondered about heat, human survivability/habitability, and climate change. I've done some technical work on this specific question, so, quick thread on basics, and what to worry about.
— (((Matthew Lewis))) has some Shoup for you (@mateosfo) June 29, 2021
Key term to know: The "wet bulb" temperature.
LATEST: Portland, Oregon, soared to 116ºF Monday, hotter than it has ever been in cities like Dallas, LA and New Orleans.
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 29, 2021
On the East Coast, Boston is forecast to hit nearly 100ºF Tuesday, and New York City could feel like 105ºF. https://t.co/huTvgs1eCQ
For anyone who still thinks "climate stuff" doesn't belong in an "infrastructure bill": https://t.co/yk0WEkAnJH
— Devyn Powell (@DevynFromOregon) June 28, 2021
The hottest temperature ever recorded in Las Vegas (in the Mojave Desert): 117.
— Rob Davis (@robwdavis) June 28, 2021
The temperature right now in my Portland backyard (in the Pacific Northwest): 117.1. pic.twitter.com/QO6oDEOG29
Dozens of countries have set new all-time high temperature records in the past ten years, as Canada did this weekend. I’m sure this is just a coincidence. https://t.co/C6oFXWsGyw
— Philip Bump (@pbump) June 28, 2021
It’s hard to know what to call the climate crisis now that it’s far, far from a political meme and deep into the late-stage life-or-death phenomenon that anyone who wasn’t too stupid or greedy to notice has always feared it would be. https://t.co/3HQEfVHPSS
— Virginia Heffernan (@page88) June 29, 2021
.@7im reports from under the heat dome that shattered temperature records in the Pacific Northwest. https://t.co/ODuVIlo02b
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) June 29, 2021
Sad! 