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LudwigPastorius

(14,042 posts) Mon Jun 19, 2023, 02:43 PM Jun 2023

Last edited Mon Jun 19, 2023, 03:52 PM - Edit history (1)

That's a heat index of 118, and a wet bulb temperature of 84.

Inching closer to fatal conditions...

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50% humidity...100 degrees and climbing in North Texas... [View all] LudwigPastorius Jun 2023 OP

Sounds like Iraq, or maybe southern India. Haggard Celine Jun 2023 #1

No water, BigMin28 Jun 2023 #2

100 and a heat index of 123 in Houston at 3 pm TexasBushwhacker Jun 2023 #3

Brutal LudwigPastorius Jun 2023 #4

The other day it was 81 with 77% humidity. The heat index was 102 yellowdogintexas Jun 2023 #10

That's brutal. Ptah Jun 2023 #5

I'd take a little 15% humidity-desert air right about now! LudwigPastorius Jun 2023 #6

LOL that's the truth. Either hibernate or head up to Flagstaff yellowdogintexas Jun 2023 #11

.......yes and we have this too... NowsTheTime Jun 2023 #8

But...but... LudwigPastorius Jun 2023 #9

that is just evil. The Lege who passed it and the governor who signed it yellowdogintexas Jun 2023 #12

Yes, I posted about this also here TexasBushwhacker Jun 2023 #13