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when it comes to our changing weather
heat is one of the biggest Killers I
don't think people immediately think
heat waves they think hurricanes they
think wildfires but heat is the silent
killer
since the 1930s average temperatures in
Atlanta have risen about three degrees
Fahrenheit
but the average isn't what matters when
you shift that a couple of degrees it
puts you in a whole different climate
zone it's a bell curve we're looking at
a distribution of temperatures a couple
of degrees a slight change in that
average shifts you into entirely new
area where the hots get put in extreme
heat that's when we have to rearrange
our lifestyle
extreme heat overwhelms human bodies
muscle slow
heartbeats weaken
blood pressures Plunge
kidneys shut down
days over 90 degrees have been linked to
over a thousand deaths a year in the U.S
most cities only utilize a single
thermometer to measure the weather that
is your basic Airport weather station
and that is a rather ludicrous
proposition we need to be measuring
temperature and humidity extensively
across cities
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