Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-07-03 18:17:10 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 530DA849EC772B108F9CDD0E8A7B752F7F4A35203160C7B65484BD344CCE50E0
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