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Lil Liberal Laura

(228 posts) Sun Jun 19, 2022, 04:13 PM Jun 2022

India's 49C heatwave - how extreme heat became the norm

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India's 49C heatwave - how extreme heat became the norm (Original Post) Lil Liberal Laura Jun 2022 OP

whow. that is 120.2F. riversedge Jun 2022 #1

over 120 Fahrenheit! hedda_foil Jun 2022 #2

riversedge

(70,182 posts)

1. whow. that is 120.2F.

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Sun Jun 19, 2022, 04:17 PM

Jun 2022

hedda_foil

(16,371 posts)

2. over 120 Fahrenheit!

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Sun Jun 19, 2022, 04:17 PM

Jun 2022

My daughter was living in Northern India 3 years ago, when the temperature reached 49-50C. and had no air conditioning in her apartment. She could sleep only by wrapping herself in a wet sheet or sleeping in her office, which did have a/c.

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