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2018-05-22 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

At least 65 dead from heatstroke in Karachi: Edhi

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Posted by Fred 2018-05-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Global Warming kills!
Oh, it's summer.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-05-22 05:06|| 2018-05-22 05:06|| Front Page Top

#2 How many were wearing black bags?

Posted by AlanC 2018-05-22 09:09|| 2018-05-22 09:09|| Front Page Top

#3 "Blackout?" "Curtains!"

Posted by Spats the Slender2177 2018-05-22 09:24|| 2018-05-22 09:24|| Front Page Top

#4 The elderly are particular vulnerable to heatstroke. They seem to lack awareness of being overheated. The large death toll in the Paris heat wave of years ago was high in the elderly, as was the death toll in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-05-22 14:46|| 2018-05-22 14:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Whenever I see stories like this, I always wonder is this a fresh new outrage or is it just part of an ongoing process, and if so, what is the trend or delta?

A bit of googling turns up this headline from 2015:
Pakistan heatwave: Death toll crosses 800 people in Sindh

Apparently, summertime heatstroke deaths in Pakistan are totally unprecedented. At least in the modern sense of "unprecedented", meaning "since the last time it happened". Yes, it sucks to be dead, but this is why God invented air conditioning.

Posted by SteveS 2018-05-22 14:53|| 2018-05-22 14:53|| Front Page Top

#6 No A/C, Dead Old People = win/win for Carbon Credits

Posted by Frank G 2018-05-22 15:34|| 2018-05-22 15:34|| Front Page Top

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