Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Seriously? How is this possible? Hundreds dead with 86 degree temps?
Elderly people, people with respiratory problems, people swimming in lakes and reservoirs and been dragged under by the undercurrent, and so on. To be honest though, I'm not sure how they came to such a large number - I suspect the deaths they are reporting are mostly deaths that occur in an average year, but the recent 'heatwave' (barely) has pushed the numbers up, but I can't believe it's been that significant. 2,000 people or so died in the hot summer month of August 2003, mostly the elderly, so I doubt nearly 1,000 people have died due to this 'heatwave' alone. I also suspect sensationalist media reporting is at play here - cold weather kills more people here, and as far as I remember, nowhere near 760 people died even during the very cold winter month of December 2010. There has to be more to the story.
Its midnight and 88 at Central Park - still feeling like 93. No historic heat wave, but thats rough for the northeast! Philadelphia not doing much better at 87 right now.
Seriously? How is this possible? Hundreds dead with 86 degree temps?
St Louis summers are perfect imho... Quite steamy, with very intense spikes in both temperature and dew points.... Their winters are too mild
People here aren't that used to hot weather. Old people are always the most at risk whenever it gets hot or cold. Also, nobody has a/c here and people's homes are staying constantly hot. I've been so lucky with my house, it doesn't feel anywhere near as bad as other houses I've been in.
The warm spell is well and truly over on the 25th now, seems the ECM was definitely wrong in its predictions of a heatwave next week now. Back to heavy rain and cold next week!
A CODE ORANGE AIR QUALITY ALERT MEANS THAT AIR POLLUTION
CONCENTRATIONS WITHIN THE REGION MAY BECOME UNHEALTHY FOR
SENSITIVE GROUPS. SENSITIVE GROUPS INCLUDE CHILDREN...PEOPLE
SUFFERING FROM ASTHMA... HEART DISEASE OR OTHER LUNG
DISEASES...AND THE ELDERLY. THE EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION CAN
BE MINIMIZED BY AVOIDING STRENUOUS ACTIVITY OR EXERCISE OUTDOORS.
A CODE ORANGE AIR QUALITY ALERT MEANS THAT AIR POLLUTION
CONCENTRATIONS WITHIN THE REGION MAY BECOME UNHEALTHY FOR
SENSITIVE GROUPS. SENSITIVE GROUPS INCLUDE CHILDREN...PEOPLE
SUFFERING FROM ASTHMA... HEART DISEASE OR OTHER LUNG
DISEASES...AND THE ELDERLY. THE EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION CAN BE MINIMIZED BY AVOIDING STRENUOUS ACTIVITY OR EXERCISE OUTDOORS.
You have to be hermits, robots, or lazy bums to live through this weather. Pure disgusting. Sure, let me just stand still and not move an inch. Love it. lol
Here's the Warning for my area.
* HAZARDS...COMBINATION OF HIGH LEVELS OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY.
* HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 109°F DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO
UPPER 90S...AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S.
* TIMING...HIGHEST HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL OCCUR DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.
* IMPACTS...IF NO PROTECTIVE ACTION IS TAKEN...INITIAL IMPACTS
INCLUDE FATIGUE. SUNSTROKE...MUSCLE CRAMPS...AND/OR HEAT
EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Heat up baby! Snowier times ahead. lol
