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Nobody? There were 108 heat related deaths in the US in 2018. https://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hazstats.shtml https://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hazstats.shtml A 25 day U
by inscionent 7y ago
Nobody? There were 108 heat related deaths in the US in 2018.
https://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hazstats.shtml https://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hazstats.shtml
A 25 day US heat wave killed 1,000 in 1980.
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19800719&id=dz1PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lAIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6301,7793&hl=en https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19800719&id=...
Heat is dangerous especially to those in sensitive groups and to say otherwise is dishonest.
- kbutler 7y agoDuring 2006–2010, 10,649 deaths of U.S. residents were attributed to weather-related causes of death (Table 2). Exposure to excessive natural heat, heat stroke, sun stroke, or all were cited as either the underlying cause or a contributing cause of death for 3,332 (31%) of these deaths, and exposure to excessive natural cold, hypothermia, or both was cited for 6,660 (63%) https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr076.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr076.pdf And most global warming mitigates cold extremes rather than increasing hot extremes (polar amplification, increased night-time temperatures, etc.).