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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGet used to killer heat waves, CDC warns
Think last summer was bad? You better get used to it, federal health officials warned Thursday. Climate change means hotter summers and more intense storms that could knock power out for days -- and kill people.
New data on heat-related deaths suggest that public health officials have been underestimating them, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. Its an especially important message as summers get longer and hotter due to climate change, and as storms that can cause widespread blackouts become more common and more intense.
More than 7,200 people died from excess heat from 1999 to 2009, Ethel Taylor and colleagues at the CDC found. The latest numbers, part of the CDCs weekly report in death and illness, list non-residents for the first time, a group that includes illegal immigrants, tourists, migrant workers and others. These groups suffer especially when it gets hot, Taylor says.
About 15 percent of the heat-related deaths we have seen over 10 years are occurring in non-US residents, Taylor told NBC News. This adds up to about 1,000 people.
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Get used to killer heat waves, CDC warns (Original Post)
spanone
Jun 2013
OP
I've lived in TX for 40 years and have spent time in hot climates before that.
hobbit709
Jun 2013
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kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)1. No biggie. Just crank the AC up.
siligut
(12,272 posts)2. Too much heat is difficult, but the storms are scary
Both are bad and people lose their lives, but the storms also destroy property.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)3. I've lived in TX for 40 years and have spent time in hot climates before that.
In the heat of the day, don't move around too much, stay in the shade and drink lots of water.
Skittles
(153,174 posts)5. is it me or is this the coolest Texas end of May / beginning of June ever?
or is it just the north part??
LOL hobbit- I chatted with a gal at work the other day - she's a Brit, here for a year - she mentioned it was "bloody hot" - I laughed and told her, darling, IT'S NOT HOT AT ALL!!! IT'S NOT EVEN 90 DEGREES!!!
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)6. Tell her "Wait until August"
I always liked the line in a book "Is this Hell, or Texas?"
Skittles
(153,174 posts)7. aw man, I said WAIT A MONTH, you'll be DYING
when she asked me how long it would last I leaned in closely and whispered, "ABOUT SIX MONTHS!" OMG the next night we were surrounded by tornadoes.
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)4. Found on DU: But, but, but it's cold in NY. It's all a lie! n/t