alt Hacker NewsI wish that society can learn about and apply the concept of a wet bulb temperature.
A dry bulb temperature of 30C contains little information regarding safety. Humans are wet and we cool ourselves with evaporation.
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orwin • today at 5:50 PM
My union is pushing for this, >28 WBGT and people can get out of work.
Al-Khwarizmi • today at 3:56 PM
First, weather services would need to report it. None of the ones I've seen do. Most don't even report feels-like temperature, they just report plain temperature... in my city (often windy and humid) it's all but useless, you can need a jacket with 21ºC one day and be comfortable without it with 16ºC the next.
> Unions want enforceable workplace thermal limits, based on the wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT)
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/08/unions-e...
The submission just doesn't include it, but that seems to be the goal to apply that concept :)