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Yep - it's a just new thing - like when they started naming storms.
The general idea is - put this Amber warning up and people might look out for elderly neighbours / relatives a bit more - and thereby reduce the number of deaths you get everytime the temperature gets towards the 30s a few days in a row. If it achieves that - it's a good thing.
Also - if they advertise it a day or so in advance I might be prepared enough to get the fan out of the attic the day before rather than waiting till I'm a sweaty mess at midnight and unable to sleep.
The recent news over "wet bulb temperatures" was scary though. The idea that plenty of places could experience temperatures where water cannot evaporate due to humidity at 35 degrees or less - and that no human can survive for long in that situation. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/30/canada-temperatures-limits-human-climate-emergency-earth
It's really starting to sink in how absolutely fucked we are.