Like a hot tub: Water temperatures off Florida soar over 100 degrees
On Monday, a buoy near Manatee Bay recorded an astounding 101.1 degree water temperature, a temperature common for hot tubs.
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This is Fahrenheit, right? So ~38.3º Celsius.
If it was Celsius the sea would be boiling.
Nothing to see here, just making a stew in the ocean.
That's in fact the brain of RDS in the ocean of idiocy.
USA and their fixation with imperial 😂
To be fair it is an American news story about something happening in the US. But it should be proper procedure to write "100 degrees F" or something similar, just to denote the unit being used (adding a parenthesis with the converted C units after the F is too much to ask, I know).
I really wish the US would put Metric numbers in parentheses next to any Imperial numbers. I really want to have a better grasp on metric in my head.
As a nurse in the US, it's a bit silly that we measure in Imperial and then have it converted to Metric for things like drug calculations. We have this awkward mix where we speak about mL in the same sentence as inches and feet.
I now can visualize about how much a few liters is, but still struggle with about how long a few centimeters is. I know Celsius only in reference to body temperature, but STILL have to convert to Fahrenheit if the Celsius reading is abnormal. Anything really above 38°C or below 36°C, and I start looking at Fahrenheit because I want a better understanding of how much trouble my patient is in. It's rather silly and inefficient
US Customary. Temperature is the same as in Imperial, but fluid volume isn't and the survey foot was different up until January 1st 2023 when the government changed to use the international foot.
TIL there's an international foot. Which is probably only used by the US, I suppose?
Yeah, and muricans wont admit their own issues
still hotter than my average bathtub(37.5)
What... ... ... ... Why is it soo warm? Iirc sea animals can't live with temperatures like that!?
I don't think humans can live in that very long either. 38 degrees is the temperature you have when you have a fever. I'm pretty sure if you expose yourself to that for a while you will die. Maybe a doctor can verify this, but it doesn't sound good at all.
You can survive in a hot tub at much higher temperatures for hours, and people do it because they enjoy it.
?? Are you sure about that? I'm pretty certain that every hot tub at a public facility I've been to says to not exceed staying in for more than 20 minutes, and specially mentions to keep it lower if you're old, have high blood pressure, are pregnant, or under the age of 16.
Isn't part of the reason also because it's easy to get light headed or dizzy and just pass out and drown?
I'm certain that even the most feeble visitors can withstand 20 minutes and the rest of us for quite some time longer, yes.
I don’t think humans can live in that very long either.
Humans have been living in places like the Sahara, which is even hotter, for millennia. It's uncomfortable and requires adaptation but it's perfectly doable.
You won't survive even 24 hours in a 100°F hot tub 🤣.
I think I misunderstood the comment that I replied to. Sorry about that. 🤷
