Green Billionaire Tom Steyer Claims 'Road to Damascus' Conversion from Coal
Chicago Council strategizes response to climate and food security
Global Warming on Free Republic
Posted on 06/27/2014 9:26:01 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Climate change is happening, and with that will come more deaths from heat-related illness and disease, according to a report released Tuesday. The report, spearheaded and funded by investor and philanthropist Thomas Steyer, former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, examines many of the effects of climate change for business and individuals.
"One of the most striking findings in our analysis is that increasing heat and humidity in some parts of the country could lead to outside conditions that are literally unbearable to humans, who must maintain a skin temperature below 95°F in order to effectively cool down and avoid fatal heat stroke," the report's authors wrote. They use a "Humid Heat Stroke Index" that combines heat and humidity levels to measure how close they come to the point where the body is unable to cool its core temperature. So far the nation has never reached that level, "but if we continue on our current climate path, this will change, with residents in the eastern half of the U.S. experiencing 1 such day a year on average by century’s end and nearly 13 such days per year into the next century."
Dr. Al Sommer says that often overlooked in the current debate is the effect of global warming on individuals and hospitals.
"There will be places that are heavily populated that will see four months in a row with 95 degree and over weather. You won’t be able to let your kids play outside," he told KHN. "The average will be miserable. When your sweat can't evaporate, you have no way to moderate core body temperature, and some people will die. That’s why you had 700 deaths in Chicago in a one week period in 1995. We're going to have a lot of those periods."
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Green Billionaire Tom Steyer Claims 'Road to Damascus' Conversion from Coal
Chicago Council strategizes response to climate and food security
Global Warming on Free Republic
Gee, how many people were injured or died due to the cold weather last winter?
LOL - lots of us still alive and breathing in Florida - land of heat and humidity... Here's how to 'stay alive'... wear light clothing, drink plenty of fluids and move out of the sun if you start over-heating. Oh, and ice up those drinks..
I live in Florida as well...It always has amazed me people lived down here before A/C...
I have no idea how they did it...
BTW, your post is spot on...
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