Thread: Question-Heat Index

Very good question! I believe in conspiracies. So the heat index probably came about to help some politician advance his career. Help explain global warming or something. After all.......it can't be proven.....but also it can not be dis-proven. Hahahahahahaha Im only being half-way serious here.....but dang wouldnt put it past em!

Thinking about such makes my head hurt. Just blame it on global warming.

Good question for Al Gore!

No it won't boil unless the water is at 212 degrees. Nor will it freeze when the wind chill is below 32 degrees but the air temp is above. I only know this because I looked it up once.

<engage teacher mode> Wind chill and heat index are measures of how cold or hot the environment feels to the human body. These terms are only relative to people and have no effect whatsoever on the chemical or physical properties of inanimate objects or materials. <disengage teacher mode>

Originally Posted by Iwannafish

<engage teacher mode> Wind chill and heat index are measures of how cold or hot the environment feels to the human body. These terms are only relative to people and have no effect whatsoever on the chemical or physical properties of inanimate objects or materials. <disengage teacher mode>

I understand what you are saying. But......isn't "How it feels to the human body" subjective? Im a fat guy, and im sure the temperature feels ALOT higher to me than it would a skinny person. So....my question is......Since all humans feel things differently, Which human is the heat index or wind chill based off of? So this THEORY is promoted as fact every day. Im not wanting to start an arguement. Im am wanting you to educate me. I want to believe in it...but I cant until there is a reasonable "control group" as is necessary in all scientific experiments.

Don't know about science Lowe, but if you want a control group about heat index then ask an out stater who lives in a less humid climate what he thinks about our summers in the deep south.. lol. I work construction and you can always tell the ones who aren't from here. They will be the ones who look as if they are gonna drop any minute from heat exhaustion. I ran into a group of guys from Arizona once who choose to work 7 six hours days as opposed to 5 eight hour days. It's all about the humidity.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_index

What difference does it make....if your hot your hot....if your cold your cold