"Considering that the average summer temperature in Baghdad is 111 F, and that temps can easily go above 120 F [source], it’s hard to imagine what it’s like to be inside these boxes." Photos included.

From someone who has experience 100+F temperatures, I can tell you that it is unpleasant at best, downright deadly. Depending on the conditions and time of exposure, first and second degree burns, sever dehydration and sunstroke can occur.

I imagine it feels like suffocation. Dehydration will lead to hallucination, which actually may offer to temporarily ease some of the pain. Ultimately, a chemical imbalance will occur, depleting the body of potassium, leading to heart failure.

horrifying