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> half of those who died were aged over 75 France/Paris has a deeper problem that comes out in these heatwaves. Older people that live alone, with little or no
by HenryBemis 7y ago
> half of those who died were aged over 75
France/Paris has a deeper problem that comes out in these heatwaves. Older people that live alone, with little or no relatives caring for them, and living in flats without air-conditioning, or have low income/pension that they cannot afford an extended heatwave, happen to pass every summer there is a heatwave in Central Europe (which lately is more frequent). I remember hearing/reading about this every couple of years about France, and apparently not much is being done to make this stop.
- yardie 7y agoEvery year for 10 years, for 1 day, I would work for free and donate my salary to the French state. They had set up a fund to purchase and install air conditioning into the homes of the elderly due to the 2003 heatwave that affected 15,000. And that is literally all I know. The money I earned goes somewhere to do something, supposedly. I'm really starting to feel like I've been defrauded because I also feel not a whole lot has been done.
- esnard 7y agoHere's the English Wikipedia page related to that workday: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journ%C3%A9e_de_solidarit%C3%A9_envers_les_personnes_%C3%A2g%C3%A9es https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journ%C3%A9e_de_solidarit%C3%A... The money is paid to the CNSA, which has a 26.812 billion euros budget for 2019, according to https://www.cnsa.fr/budget-et-financement/budget#le-budget-2019 https://www.cnsa.fr/budget-et-financement/budget#le-budget-2...
- ptah 7y agoit reduced the death toll by 90%, possibly more if you take into account population growth
- thecleaner 7y agoI believe that this is a noble sentiment. But the bigger issue here is shouldnt just not stealing money on taxes be enough ? I cannot fathom why a lot of people have to act like heroes to get things done. EU in general doesnt seem to have a corruption problem or a moeny problem and yet the infrastructure feels lacking.
- balfirevic 7y agoParts of EU have enormous corruption and (partly as a consequence of corruption) money problems.
- Simon_says 7y agoAny thoughts about the other 118 days you work for free and donate your salary to the French state?
- toodillusional 7y agoImagine being so fragile that minor heat waves kill you. Now imagine countries near equator, like India where many people don't have electricity 24/7 and still they don't have air-conditioning, 100s of millions of them. Can any ethicists, tell us why we simply don't nuke Europe and kill of all these resource hungry people who are ravaging our planet? Every single European person, consumes 20x more resources than a normal person in India. Why are these Europeans so dillusional?
- driverdan 7y agoThe way you worded that is insulting. Just because someone is old, has a limited budget, and no family doesn't mean they can't care for themselves. They should know the risks of heat stroke by that age. It doesn't require a lot of money to go sit in a coffee shop or buy a $100 window AC unit.