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Enduring 129°F in Death Valley. “The breeze only makes things worse, by blasting apart the thin and fragile atmosphere of cooled air that millions of your pores produce by sweating. Your heart hammers faster and faster. Your cognition starts to blur.” https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2024/07/extreme-heat-death-valley-129-degrees/678957/?gift=S4EwRLGNogt2Kqjs1lNdfxtb4WecW49W9eAREtgoY8s