You do have a certain level of "immunity" or adaptation to your heat levels.
Example 1: My favorite Girl Scout camp used to not have any air conditioning anywhere except for the infirmary; all the walled buildings just had big fans for circulation. About ten years ago they put air conditioning units in the cafeteria and library. There was an immediate increase in the number of girls who would get sick because of the extreme heat - they never got a chance to adapt to the heat because they were in and out of cold buildings all day.
Example 2: Shipbuilding and other construction don't slow down in the summer here in coastal Mississippi, even though temperatures can exceed 100F and heat indexes are around 110F (never mind that pipefitters are constantly working in the equivalent of a solar oven). They're doing heavy physical labor - welding, sawing, lifting - not paper pushing. There aren't a whole lot of heat stroke reports. The workers have adapted to the heat.
All that said - the Germans' ignorance likely still had a lot to do with their heat stroke. The fact that they had not yet adapted to the heat just made it all the worse.
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You do have a certain level of "immunity" or adaptation to your heat levels.
Example 1: My favorite Girl Scout camp used to not have any air conditioning anywhere except for the infirmary; all the walled buildings just had big fans for circulation. About ten years ago they put air conditioning units in the cafeteria and library. There was an immediate increase in the number of girls who would get sick because of the extreme heat - they never got a chance to adapt to the heat because they were in and out of cold buildings all day.
Example 2: Shipbuilding and other construction don't slow down in the summer here in coastal Mississippi, even though temperatures can exceed 100F and heat indexes are around 110F (never mind that pipefitters are constantly working in the equivalent of a solar oven). They're doing heavy physical labor - welding, sawing, lifting - not paper pushing. There aren't a whole lot of heat stroke reports. The workers have adapted to the heat.
All that said - the Germans' ignorance likely still had a lot to do with their heat stroke. The fact that they had not yet adapted to the heat just made it all the worse.