When the full midsummer heat hits Jacobabad, the city retreats inside as if sheltering from attack.
The streets are deserted and residents hunker down as best they can to weather temperatures that can top 52C (126F).
Few have any air conditioning, and blackouts mean often there is no mains electricity. The hospital fills with heatstroke cases from those whose livelihoods mean they must venture out.
“When it gets that hot, you can't even stay on your feet,” explains one resident, Zamir Alam.
“It's a very, very difficult time when it goes beyond 50C. People do not come out of their houses and the streets are deserted,” Abdul Baqi, a shopkeeper, adds.
ColeProtoco1 on June 29th, 2021 at 15:09 UTC »
My last patrol in Afghanistan, it was 120 degrees F (~49 C), dry heat. I took 7 liters of water for what was around a 8-10km patrol. Drank all of it before hitting the turnaround point. I barely made it back to the outpost. I went into the abandoned USAID office, stripped down to my skivvies and laid on the concrete floor to cool down. It took almost an hr for my body to start to calm down and another 30 min to recover. I was in the best shape of my life back then. That kind of heat is no joke.
easterislandstatue on June 29th, 2021 at 15:01 UTC »
Everybody get your stillsuits. Next stop is Arrakis.
WhatTheHosenHey on June 29th, 2021 at 12:44 UTC »
“a threshold hotter than the human body can withstand… a wet bulb reading of 35C, the body can no longer cool itself by sweating and such a temperature can be fatal in a few hours, even to the fittest people.”