Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-07-05 12:14:46 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 22DB76BA10892680F949777BFE25E9480801A09F7AA68E01A4BEBD0101772C95
Participant Details
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
All Note Details