Comment on Nissan develops paint that keeps cars cool in summer heat

LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• terminhell@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Lucky! I’ve seen 150 here in Louisiana.

  And even higher when I lived in the Mojave desert. Like, if you didn’t leave a window cracked there’s a real chance your windshield cracks.

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  • Syd@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Must have had you wishing for a nuclear winter.

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    • terminhell@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s not so much the thermometer temp here in Louisiana. It’s the 80-99% humidity. At these levels your body’s main heat defense: Sweat - no longer works as it can’t evaporate fast enough or at all. Then it becomes an insulator and a feedback loop of hell. Like being wrapped up in a wet electric blanket.

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  • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I live in Pa, so our weather isn’t crazy hot like the south. I can’t imagine the weather where you’ve lived. 85F is my upper limit. Anything over makes me feel like I’m going to die.

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    • skulblaka@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I was working outside in 96F and nearly 50% humidity within the past week.

      If we continue trying to work outside during the middle of the summer day, as our summers get hotter every year, people are going to start to die.

      I wonder how many it will take for America to adjust. I assume a lot more than I’m comfortable with.

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      • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I was outside in 96F yesterday herding my ducks for 10 mins and my whole night was ruined because I got so sick from the heat.

        Idk how people who work outside constantly do it

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    • terminhell@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I can remember a few summers in the desert where it would reach 130’s. And as a kid back in the early 90’s, we had the hole in the ozone too. No joke we had ozone warnings, and no outside recess cuz of it.

      Plenty of summer nights were the temp never dropped below ~100f

      Strangely, we often got winter temps below freezing.

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