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There's no reason you'd ever worry about that; no one can use any object in such a climate, because they'd die.

HPsquared 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

People definitely live in places where it gets that hot. (And note that's the air temperature in the shade, not even surface temperatures in sunlight which can get much hotter).

People survive because it's not 50°C all the time in those hot places. And the wet bulb temperature is lower, so sweating works (just about) to regulate body temperature. Mostly air conditioning and shelter, though.

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latexr 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

You have not been paying attention.

https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Coperni...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/22/west-africa-he...

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66229057

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thaumasiotes 4 days ago | parent [-]

Those links aren't shy about explaining that people exposed to that level of heat die. Here's the first one:

> According to a study recently published in Nature Medicine, more than 60 000 people died because of last year’s summer heatwaves across Europe.

It's not necessary for your home food storage to be able to survive temperatures that you can't. If it happens to the food in your home, it will happen to you too.

	▲	latexr 4 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		People die with less heat. But clearly not everyone, and it is not true that: > no one can use any object in such a climate, because they'd die. By the way, I know you can survive that heat because I did. No air conditioner. It was excruciating and I don’t wish it upon anyone. Well, maybe on climate change deniers, it would probably do them some good to suffer through it to believe the science. They probably wouldn’t but at least they wouldn’t be able to move to make it worse, either.
	▲	johnisgood 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Not long ago this happened: https://apnews.com/article/hajj-heat-deaths-mecca-saudi-arab... > More than 1,300 people died during this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom