Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-07-04 12:28:00 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 0776ED21287EE7F772C4F96F998732D727FAF56AC9F9683C65A9F243069A95BA
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Original Note:
The author is conflating "Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature" (WBGT) with "Wet-bulb temperature" (WBT). The temperatures displayed in the map and discussed in the article are referring to WBGT. Recommendations for high WBGT: https://www.weather.gov/tsa/wbgt More info on WBT and WBGT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bulb_temperature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bulb_globe_temperature
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