Pretty sure they mean an event where temperature and humidity combine to the point that the human body is unable to cool itself. So your body temperature would rise and if it got high enough would kill you.

You would need some external source of cooling like cool water or air conditioning. Fans wouldn't do any good.

[–] tamagotchicowboy@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I live in a place where this happens every other summer already, people unfortunately are so propaganda-ized or beaten they don't care and deny climate change. This current heatwave is brutal, most buildings don't even have ACs.

[–] cycle_schumacher@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I live in India where temperatures are quite high and run slightly higher each year. I also know quite a few people who believe climate change is a hoax and post that kind of stuff on Facebook, WhatsApp etc.

I was talking to one such relative's father recently and he was complaining that this guy turns the air conditioner on right when he comes to visit his parents and only turns it off when he leaves weeks later.

[–] tamagotchicowboy@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Starting to hear similar conversations here on AC, older people remember being able to use a fan in a window during the summers.

[–] explodicle@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Fortunately, revolutions are more common during heat waves.