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1. It's just a matter of time before significant number of outdoor workers
Tue May 31, 2022, 12:56 PM
May 2022

drop dead due to higher temps/humidity.

Wet bulb temps above 95 will weed a lot of people out of the workforce and the population. Since it's unlikely we'll ever do anything related to climate change, we might see more work completed at night - highway construction has gone down that path, but that's due to traffic conditions - but other industries may need to follow.

My son is an auto mechanic and works in a relatively modern shop. He's wiped out after a 12 hour shift and I know he's drinking 5-6L of water a day.

It's going to be brutal.

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