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That 246 includes all deaths directly or indirectly attributed to the storm. Not specifically the power outages. "In addition to hypothermia, DSHS attributed t
by cdot2 4y ago
That 246 includes all deaths directly or indirectly attributed to the storm. Not specifically the power outages.
"In addition to hypothermia, DSHS attributed the storm-related deaths to "exacerbation of pre-existing illness" (10%), motor vehicle accidents (9%), carbon monoxide poisoning (8%), fires (4%) and falls (4%)."
- mrguyorama 4y agoSeeing as the storm does not produce carbon monoxide itself, I think "storm related" here includes "people dying because the storm knocked out their power"
- cdot2 4y agonot having power also doesn't produce carbon monoxide
- mrguyorama 4y agoPortable combustion heaters do. People were using those because they didn't have gas or power for heat, and that's usually how people end up dead from CO. I don't think there's an honest way to spin that into not being the storm and grid failure's fault.