CW: Animal Death
___ “Heat-stressed, endangered howler monkeys are dropping out of trees and dying across Tabasco and Chiapas, Mexico, as the third relentless heat wave this season bakes the region.”
“Civil Protection officers said villagers have gathered the bodies in mass graves and covered them with lime for disposal, with few other options.”
He he, I’m in danger.
I never really had an excuse to look into temperature data in Mexico and I’m honestly a little surprised by some of the numbers
It looks like Mexico City is likey to have temperatures of about 35c (95F for Americans like myself) Which does seem like it will be their all time highest recorded temperature there.
I knew they’re at a pretty high elevation, but I guess I kind of figured Mexico=hot and that even their relatively cooler areas would be roughly on par with the high temperatures I’m used to here in Pennsylvania.
Because 95, while still a pretty damn hot day, isn’t exactly news-making around here (this early in the year it definitely would be, but in general it would be a little bit unusual if we don’t hit that temperature at least once or twice over the summer, even 100+ isn’t unheard of.)
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to downplay the situation they’re experiencing, 95 is absolutely the kind of temperature that can kill people if they don’t have the infrastructure to escape the heat, and they don’t because the temperatures aren’t supposed to get that hot there. I’m more pointing out my own ignorance of Mexican climate.
Isn’t it probably also extremely humid tho, which would make relatively ‘lower’ temperatures more dangerous?
Humidity, wind, the amount of shade, what building materials/techniques are used in the area, and a number of other factors all do definitely play a part in how dangerous the heat is, and I admit I didn’t dive too deep into it.
I do know that Mexico City was basically built over a lake, so I imagine that the humidity would be fairly high, though right now the weather forecasts I’m seeing don’t look too bad humidity-wise, less humid than where I am, but of course a snapshot of a week or so doesn’t really say anything about the overall climate.
Not a word in the article about climate change, or the fact that this is happening all over the equatorial region of earth. Just some random “heat dome”, not the rich incinerating us. Fuck CBC’s complicity.
As someone who has experienced a heat dome here in BC, you have my sympathies. It’s soggy and cool here right now, and while depressing, it’s not as depressing as being baked alive.
Those poor howler monkeys:
https://apnews.com/article/mexico-heat-wave-howler-monkeys-dying-b99e0570dfb53a2fb7ebe663acecde78
The worst part is, you help them out, and as soon as they’re strong enough they go back to being aggressive. :(
