I’m not from this area of the country, but I have experienced some really hot summers in other parts of the US. But nothing really compares to this weather. It is unbearable in every way. I feel like I need a shower just sitting here and dehydration is inevitable.
Why is it so brutal here!?
In: Planetary Science
In a sentence it’s climate change. Those buildings and streets down there are old with low energy efficiency building codes and high thermal heat banks meaning they aren’t designed to minimise the impact of heat and global warming has made cities like Houston 4-5 degrees hotter than they were 50 years ago.
Couple this with increasing humidity which makes the heat more unbearable due to the high specific heat capacity of water and weather in the southern states has become truely unbearable
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