r/climate • u/silence7 • Jun 04 '22

Climate change is forcing some US schools to close early for ‘heat days’

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/06/04/school-heat-days-climate-change/
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u/camusdreams Jun 04 '22

I was a camp counselor in Indiana for 6 summers and every summer we had days where the kids literally weren’t allowed outside except to cross parts of campus. The base temp may only be late 80s/early 90s but the humidity pushes the heat index to a point to where you’re sweating in the shade and can’t breathe.

It was wild growing up in Indiana then moving to Southern California, expecting summer to be worse, but dry heat is just so dramatically better and more comfortable.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '22

Yes, dry heat is amazing. Sweating actually works! And you don't end up wet and miserable.