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Multiple southern states and a few midwestern states are at "extreme threat" levels of "wet bulb temperature".

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[–] Whirlgirl9@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

they updated it on july 4th 2023. i think when they originally wrote the article, they were explaining what wet bulb temperature meant. Now they're pointing out the frequency of reaching that threshold...which really sucks...so alarmed for sure.