The great outdoors
was the outdoors, particularly in reference to a large park or wilderness area, especially when expressed as healthy or favorable.(wiktionary.)
The great outdoors at 56.7 °C (134.1 °F)?
The effects of climate change on workers
When heat kills (documentary) is "the story of the many migrant laborers who arrive in Qatar in good health, but who die on the job. The deaths are officially put down to natural causes. But they are linked to the inhumane temperatures that prevail in the region."
Cool roofs as a disaster-resistance measure in extreme heat events.
"Regardless of the amount of energy savings, cool roofs and walls can increase the "hours of safety" provided by a home during extreme heat events... Extreme heat is the deadliest of all natural disasters and is predicted to increase in intensity and frequency. The benefit of cool roofs and walls to non-air-conditioned homes is clear (the interior of the home stays cooler and thus safer)... Cool roofs and walls can ease the strain on the system and, if A/C is lost, can improve the occupants’ ability to survive a heat wave." #DisasterPreparedness#ExtremeHeat#heatwaves#climate
Who else is getting tired of the media showing people at the beach during unsurvivable 50°C heat events? Wtf on so many levels. Photos of empty beaches would be more representative of reality, or am I out to lunch? Would you go to the beach when it is an unimaginable 50°C?
"To minimize health and comfort effects related to extreme heat events, create a “cool room” or space within the home to shelter from extreme heat.
Select a room that can be closed off from the rest of the home, has minimal heat gain through windows, walls, or ceilings, and is large enough to shelter the home’s occupants during a heat wave.
Use shading, low solar heat gain coefficient windows, and other solar control techniques to reduce solar heat gain to the room.
Use insulation and air sealing to minimize heat gain through the walls and ceilings.
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Birds drop from trees as temperatures soar in outback
One of #Australia's hottest towns has sweltered through a brutal four-week stretch of daily maximum temperatures above 41C that has caused #birds to fall from trees
"In addition to #ParametricInsurance programs for outdoor workers, there are efforts in Ahmedabad to cover roofs with heat-reflective paint, implement early-warning systems and establish hospital heat wards. The proactive approach has become a blueprint for other cities in developing countries who have accepted that record temperatures aren’t just freak weather: they’re the new reality as the planet continues to warm."
#ExtremeHeat Is Endangering America's Workers—and Its Economy
"Public Citizen, a Washington, D.C., based consumer rights advocacy group, estimates that extreme heat contributes to between 600 and 2,000 deaths a year, along with 170,000 injuries, making heat one of the three main causes of death and injury in the American #workplace.
In most American states, you can be fined for leaving a dog outside without water or shade."
[Workers don't have such protection].
"As the climate warms and the threat of #ExtremeHeat spreads, #California is poised to protect people who work in poorly ventilated warehouses, steamy restaurant kitchens, and other indoor job sites where temperatures can soar to potentially dangerous levels. The state has had heat standards on the books for outdoor workers since 2005, and indoor workplaces are next."