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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 11:16 AM Original message |
Why does extreme hot weather kill people? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. Poor hydration for one, also the very young and very old are prone to heat stroke |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
2. Dehydration |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
3. Can't cool off, body overheats, you die. |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
4. Just as cold kills by hypothermia, so heat kills by hyperthermia. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. Really? |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
6. Dehydration |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 01:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. People can "heat harden", though you must be in good shape to do so. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. Dehydration mostly; with loss of water comes loss of essential minerals |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. The heat, mostly. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. Lack of evaporation of sweat. Thus no evaporative cooling. |
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