In the Washington Post, Joseph G. Allen argues that we should use wet bulb temperature to indicate how hot it is outside.

Meanwhile, the National Weather Service is experimenting with Heat Risk (experimental). They note that this measurement, "uses high-resolution weather, climate, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) heat-health data to place the upcoming temperature forecast into climatological context and identifies potentially dangerous heat that will lead to increased heat-related impacts." OSHA's new guidelines, however, rely on a possibly outdated measurement in terms of measuring heat's impact on people, the heat index. Meanwhile, author of The Heat Will Kill You First, Jeff Goodall lays down some facts about who's responsible for this: " I mean, the problem is not too many people on the planet. The problem is - as far as climate change goes - the problem is too many rich people with highly consumptive habits. You know, the vast majority of the carbon pollution comes from the top 10% of the wealthiest population and, you know, the idea that, you know, poor people in Bangladesh or wherever you want to name are the problem - their, you know, carbon consumption and their carbon footprint is minuscule compared to, you know, a wealthy, you know, tech investor here in Austin who flies around for vacations and has a giant house that, you know, requires a, you know, battalion of air conditioners. And, you know, it's just - it's not a problem of sheer number of people. It's a problem of what those people do and how they live."