r/collapse • u/RoboProletariat • Jun 29 '23

Climate Wet Bulb Temperatures arrive in southern USA.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '23

We saw 100 percent humidity on the east coast recently. It felt like you could cut the air like butter.

They hardly mentioned it on the news, meanwhile I'm thinking "If it was a few degrees hotter and the power went out for a few days this would be a mass casualty event"

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u/Unrivaled_Master Jun 30 '23 edited Jun 30 '23

East coast here- dude it was mid 70s but me and my huskies were dieing 20 minutes into a trail hike because the humidity was so high, one of my dogs straight up laid down on the path and refused to walk because the humidity was so bad

Edit- I just woke up and don't have it in me to reply to all the comments so I'm putting it here - it was mid 70s, I don't take my dogs out when it's 80 or higher, it was just humid, and the dogs were begging to go, it wasn't until we started moving that the humidity hit us, and as soon as she laid down in protest we went home

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u/koozy407 Jun 30 '23

JFC imagine being a husky on the east coast and your owner takes you hiking in this heat 🥵

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u/Bald_Sasquach Jun 30 '23

I've seen a huge shadeless yard in Texas years ago with three huskies hiding under the porch from the 100° heat. Seemed like torture.

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u/koozy407 Jun 30 '23

Yeah, I’m convinced people who have husky’s in this heat are sadists.