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Ferrets are Cool

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13. It wasn't all peaches and cream 50ish years ago

Reply to Ziggysmom (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 8, 2021, 09:12 AM

Jul 2021

https://www.insidehook.com/article/history/unforgettable-events-that-happened-50-years-ago

Fifty years later, 1968 is still arguably the most historic year in modern American history. It was a year of triumphs and tragedies, including two major assassinations, a moon orbit, and many protests worldwide. Below, we take a look at some of the biggest events from that year.

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Scientists Studying Temperature at Which Humans Spontaneously Die With Increasing Urgency [View all] Javaman Jul 2021 OP

Apocalypse by heat is a recurring nightmare I have. Wish I had been born 50 years sooner. Ziggysmom Jul 2021 #1

It wasn't all peaches and cream 50ish years ago Ferrets are Cool Jul 2021 #13

Accept what you can't change & change what you have an effect on Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2021 #17

Yikes! It only takes 95% humidity at 88F quaint Jul 2021 #2

Allow me to present Houston, Texas. Blowing that metric away routinely. Comfortably_Numb Jul 2021 #10

Ditto in my part of Florida during the summer months. Native Jul 2021 #25

That seems weird... róisín_dubh Jul 2021 #20

The next paragraph is even more alarming: Native Jul 2021 #21

With this, cilla4progress Jul 2021 #3

The data really isn't there to support that. Loki Liesmith Jul 2021 #12

Umm. . . merrifield Jul 2021 #14

Well, that's fucking cilla4progress Jul 2021 #30

That is a study you wouldn't want to participate in. Chainfire Jul 2021 #4

The all-time high in Lytton B.C. set this year is higher than all-time high in Las Vegas. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2021 #18

Here's the map referred to: eppur_se_muova Jul 2021 #5

Everyone to the British Isles ASAP! Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2021 #9

Thank you. ancianita Jul 2021 #24

Faster than expected. Again Random Boomer Jul 2021 #6

95% humidity? Rain in the forecast, no? bucolic_frolic Jul 2021 #7

Remember when 70,000 people died in a heat wave in Europe? CaptainTruth Jul 2021 #8

I've spent a good deal of time in some of the world's cauldrons Aviation Pro Jul 2021 #11

Alarming. (Commenting so I can find this thread later) n/t NH Ethylene Jul 2021 #15

Dramatization Marcuse Jul 2021 #16

Cooled clothing is probably needed Klaralven Jul 2021 #19

Dune... Javaman Jul 2021 #27

I grew up in Texas mostly and have had many 110* summer jobs outside. rickyhall Jul 2021 #22

Anti vac people, Corgigal Jul 2021 #23

Here's NOAA's wet bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) Tool linked in the article. ancianita Jul 2021 #26

Bad Meteorology modrepub Jul 2021 #28

Yup, I was moving in August in Austin TexasBushwhacker Jul 2021 #29