Note that the 6-hour wet-bulb survival limit for young, healthy adults is in the 90s and considerably lower for seniors, children, or people in poor health. That's an air temperature around 110F. India's humidity means it's one of the places that will experience a lot of climate foreclosure due to becoming too hot and humid for humans to survive full-time without reliable air conditioning.
>>The pick your own shipping date sounds like it would have been very useful, especially with the changing planting window.<<
It was also helpful for making sure that several orders didn't arrive at the same time, which is now common. Current conditions make gardening much more difficult, expensive, and frustrating than it used to be -- at a time when human survival relies a lot on adapting crops to harsh conditions based on local needs.
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Date: 2024-06-07 09:24 pm (UTC)The record is now 127F.
Note that the 6-hour wet-bulb survival limit for young, healthy adults is in the 90s and considerably lower for seniors, children, or people in poor health. That's an air temperature around 110F. India's humidity means it's one of the places that will experience a lot of climate foreclosure due to becoming too hot and humid for humans to survive full-time without reliable air conditioning.
>>The pick your own shipping date sounds like it would have been very useful, especially with the changing planting window.<<
It was also helpful for making sure that several orders didn't arrive at the same time, which is now common. Current conditions make gardening much more difficult, expensive, and frustrating than it used to be -- at a time when human survival relies a lot on adapting crops to harsh conditions based on local needs.