How come the heat kills in Europe, but not in the US? |
07-19-2006, 11:02 AM
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Derrick J Wyatt Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 35,574 Location: Parker, CO Collection Count: Thousands. News Credits: 1 | How come the heat kills in Europe, but not in the US?
CNN has an article (too lazy for link) talking about how English, French, and German officials are scrambling to prepare for another heat-wave catastrophe similar to 2003 when 15,000 French died and 2,000 British died because of the heat.
What I don't understand is yesterday, it got to 37C or 98.6F in Britian, and one man was admitted to the hospital and another woman died.
I'm sorry, but it's been over 100F here where I live for a whole bloody week and no one has died. So why is it that people die in the same heat elsewhere? Quote: |
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07-19-2006, 11:06 AM
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#2 | | tells it like it is. Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 10,443 Location: Minneapolis Collection Count: Too many to count | Because here in America, we can take the heat? | |
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07-19-2006, 11:09 AM
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#3 | | Eroticon Leader Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,721 Location: Madison, WI Collection Count: Too many News Credits: 3 | Come on.. WWII showed us that France and England is full of wussies. I'm kidding... I'm guessing that air conditioning is not as popular over there as it is over here. ToySightings.com
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07-19-2006, 11:19 AM
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#4 | | Fuzzy Forever Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,546 Location: Ontario Collection Count: fasdfsdaf News Credits: 1 | The cities there are much older, with cramped stone buildings and claustrophobic streets. There's no breeze to speak of, and the humidity is unbearable. Most parts of the States are dry and windy.
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07-19-2006, 11:19 AM
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#5 | | @deathformer Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 7,037 Location: Monmouth County, NJ Collection Count: 800-ish | Yeah probably something with AC.
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07-19-2006, 11:23 AM
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#6 | | MP Grimlock > All Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 14,275 Location: Boise,ID Collection Count: 1000+ | The copius amounts of McDonalds we've eaten over the years had given us a built in lard barrier to withstand the heat. Mmmmm lard.... | |
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07-19-2006, 11:31 AM
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#7 | | Never Forget Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 28,214 Location: Sheffield, UK News Credits: 1 | Air Con is not even close to widespread. And Randomferret is, once again, a voice of reason. | |
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07-19-2006, 11:34 AM
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#8 | | Engaged to Deceptikitty Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5,807 Location: Boise, ID Collection Count: I hope I never know. | Perhaps because over here were used to the cold, I know I'm suffering in todays 93.2 F heat, damned Heat, bring on Autumn + Winter. | |
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07-19-2006, 11:53 AM
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#9 | | plays guitar/not a virgin Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 5,357 Location: St. Paul, MN Collection Count: 340+ | Because Europe is filled with nothing but old people?
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07-19-2006, 11:55 AM
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#10 | | I got nothin... Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 9,494 Location: Evansville, IN Collection Count: Over 900 News Credits: 3 | we bathe... | |
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