Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-07-03 23:29:51 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B519C585CDFDB847DA029A49A93B1083AB5254D9281030768C468F120C5EA66F
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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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