India's hottest district shuts at 10 am as mercury breaches 48 C mark
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/indias-hottest-district-banda-shuts-at-10-am-as-mercury-breaches-48-degrees-celsius-mark-101779240653594.html
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StillAlive@piefed.world · 4 pts · 107d
Well, nobody could've seen this coming. 🤷♂️
jet@hackertalks.com · 1 pts · 107d
36C here, hydrate!
mike_wooskey@lemmy.thewooskeys.com · 1 pts · 107d
That's hot, and climate change exists. I get it. But 48C (118F) shutting things down? I used to live in Palm Springs, CA where it's over 37F for 5-6 months every year, and the hottest I personally experienced was 51C (124F) and I experienced a lot of 47C - and while that was indeed unpleasantly hot (but it's a dry heat! 🙂), life continued as normal. I remember even seeing tons of laborers building new houses mid day as a regular occurrence.
ReasonablePea@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 107d
A lot of india doesn't have the same resources though. Laborers tend to not have protections when working outside, a lot of public transit and homes and offices don't have AC.
Even with more ACs around I still see a lot more swamp coolers or nothing at all for a large subsection of society.
All that to say there are definitely differences in quality of life in CA at 51C than a lot of india at 48C
mike_wooskey@lemmy.thewooskeys.com · 1 pts · 107d
Very good points.