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By livable I think he means gloomy subpolar oceanic climates are unlikely to kill you.. this one is likely to kill you.. all climates capable of killing me on a daily basis, such as Vostok, get a giant fat humongous F------------------.
Exactly. 10 C and overcast is far more conducive to living than 57 C and sunny.
I don't even want to think about being under the sun when it's 71 C. On the hottest summer days here a car can easily get up to 48 C and that's almost suffocating.
On the hottest summer days here a car can easily get up to 48 C and that's almost suffocating.
Are you sure? I put a thermometer in my car once and it didn't get that high. It was: 85°F in my bedroom (w/o A/C)
94°F outside
105°F in my car
Thinking about where I used to park, it probably didn't have direct sun the whole day. I remember after a 97°F day driving after leaving my car all day in a parking lot in direct sun, the steering was too hot to touch for a while, and was driving a bit unsafely because I was trying to touch it as little as possible. I was also avoiding turning on the car A/C for as long as possible as an experient. Eventually I gave in; by that time I was soaked in sweat.
Are you sure? I put a thermometer in my car once and it didn't get that high. It was: 85°F in my bedroom (w/o A/C)
94°F outside
105°F in my car
Thinking about where I used to park, it probably didn't have direct sun the whole day. I remember after a 97°F day driving after leaving my car all day in a parking lot in direct sun, the steering was too hot to touch for a while, and was driving a bit unsafely because I was trying to touch it as little as possible. I was also avoiding turning on the car A/C for as long as possible as an experient. Eventually I gave in; by that time I was soaked in sweat.
I'll have to experiment this summer, but I've heard it can be about 20 F hotter in a car. Cars, heat, parking lots, and sun don't make for a nice combination. Even when it's in the 60s, the inside of a car can be uncomfortably warm.
Aren't some of those temperatures fatal (to the human body)?
Assuming dry heat and sufficient water, the human body can survive by evaporative cooling via sweating even at very high temperatures (up to at least 70°C). Of course, in direct sun and with physical activity heat exhaustion and death would be likely. If I lived there, I woul have some sorta underground bunker that could be artifically cooled (and naturally cooler than above ground) and keep a nocturnal sleep schedule in the hotter months, only going out around nighttime or low sun.
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On the hottest summer days here a car can easily get up to 48 C and that's almost suffocating.
Eventually I gave in; by that time I was soaked in sweat.
