• Up to 760 dead in England's heat wave - with figures likely to double
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[B]Between 540 and 760 people will have perished in England alone during the first nine days of the heatwave and warn the figures could easily double in the coming days.[/B] [URL]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2368289/UK-heatwave-deaths-Postman-collapses-dies-round-sunbather-plunges-death-roof.html[/URL] [URL]http://news.sky.com/story/1117248/a-and-e-admissions-rise-in-britains-30c-heatwave[/URL]
I can't quite believe that statistic, seems far too high. Sure it's hot here but not nearly hot enough to kill that many people in such a short space of time. Also before someone compares temperatures, FUCK OFF.
I thought the title was sensationalist, and that the source was going to talk about up to 760 farm animals dying or something, not people. I'm depressed that I was wrong.
I'm speechless. Wow.
probably really old people and infants, people who are very healthy probably wont have to worry.
800 people died because it's 80F outside? Are Englishman made of ice? It's 103 here right now but people are managing to not die. [editline]18th July 2013[/editline] But that's still very sad.
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[QUOTE=Thumbtacks;41508923]800 people died because it's 80F outside? Are Englishman made of ice? It's 103 here right now but people are managing to not die. [editline]18th July 2013[/editline] But that's still very sad.[/QUOTE] 6 posts, that's a new record isn't it? [editline]18th July 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=MaddaCheeb;41508933]oh look, 87 degrees BITCH PLEASE. I live in Utah where our heat wave has temperatures exceeding 105 degrees farenheit.[/QUOTE] there we go
That's just fucked
[QUOTE=Gustafa;41508860]I can't quite believe that statistic, seems far too high. Sure it's hot here but not nearly hot enough to kill that many people in such a short space of time. Also before someone compares temperatures, FUCK OFF.[/QUOTE] It was higher in 2003: [quote]During the summer of 2003, there were 2,000 excess deaths in Britain.[/quote]
It's largely older and frail people dying. Relatively healthy people are just complaining about the heat. The NHS is struggling to cope with the amount of elderly and sickly patients being let in due to the heat from what I understand, understaffed and not the greatest budget management...
[QUOTE=Thumbtacks;41508923]800 people died because it's 80F outside? Are Englishman made of ice? It's 103 here right now but people are managing to not die. [editline]18th July 2013[/editline] But that's still very sad.[/QUOTE] It's never the temperature value itself, it's how quickly people adapt to a much greater relative value. Some people just don't adapt to it quickly enough for various reasons.
[QUOTE=Thumbtacks;41508923]800 people died because it's 80F outside? Are Englishman made of ice? It's 103 here right now but people are managing to not die. [editline]18th July 2013[/editline] But that's still very sad.[/QUOTE] It's not [I]just[/I] because of the heat, it's because people don't take proper care of themselves because we're not used to the heat. Like you should drink a proper amount of water when it's hot, and for whatever reason some people (especially elders) won't. My local Hospital has had tons of people come in because they just aren't drinking enough as they get used to the heat.
[QUOTE=Thumbtacks;41508923]800 people died because it's 80F outside? Are Englishman made of ice? It's 103 here right now but people are managing to not die. [editline]18th July 2013[/editline] But that's still very sad.[/QUOTE] You fucking 13ers. [t]https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ_ymaqtF5KhdolSBOfCh6HOdouKOSnLWoWpDQnw80aVkUJjvePyQ[/t]
[QUOTE=icemaz;41508952]It's not [I]just[/I] because of the heat, it's because people don't take proper care of themselves because we're not used to the heat. Like you should drink a proper amount of water when it's hot, and for whatever reason some people (especially elders) won't. My local Hospital has had tons of people come in because they just aren't drinking enough as they get used to the heat.[/QUOTE] People are literally dying of stupidity, then. You can call it what you want, but drinking more water when it's hot isn't exactly rocket science. It's sad, but I mean come on. If it's mainly children and the elderly, just don't go outside. [highlight](User was permabanned for this post ("dumb trolling/alt of Zinayzen" - postal))[/highlight]
[QUOTE=Thumbtacks;41508923]800 people died because it's 80F outside? Are Englishman made of ice? It's 103 here right now but people are managing to not die. [editline]18th July 2013[/editline] But that's still very sad.[/QUOTE] Is your country used to high temperatures? Because the English are not, neither physically nor mentally. Although we're informed to stay hydrated, our most common 'drinks' are tea or coffee, or soft, fizzy drinks, both of which do a poor job of hydrating. People are also jumping into cold rivers to stay cool, which shocks their body and causes them to drown. These are deaths caused unfortunately by lack of knowledge, but that makes them no less tragic. Not to mention the people whose bodies simply cannot handle this kind of heat and are breaking down just from being in this kind of environment. I understand you may have had to deal with objectively 'worse' temperatures, but for a lot of the English this is a lifetime first.
I feel like some of those numbers are people who died of other things, but heat was attributed to accelerating the death possibly.
[QUOTE=Thumbtacks;41508923]800 people died because it's 80F outside? Are Englishman made of ice? It's 103 here right now but people are managing to not die. [editline]18th July 2013[/editline] But that's still very sad.[/QUOTE] If you bothered to read at least one of the sources then you'd see that the deaths aren't exclusively caused by the high temperatures.
28 degrees is barely hot even in central Europe. Stop arguing with "ACCLIMATISATION WAAH", these numbers are ridiculously low for these deaths. England isn't on the fucking North pole jeez.
Jesus what is going on over there? It's 32c in my room right now, hard to imagine this same heat has killed 760 people.
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Maybe to help prevent people drowning in dangerous flooded quarries/reservoirs/beaches (I'm not saying that all beaches, lakes and reservoirs are dangerous, that would be stupid - I mean water that's signposted as dangerous) local councils in areas where people don't have access to safe swimming water should reduce the cost of swimming pool access during heatwaves, or maybe even allow free access. EDIT: Also, a lot of deaths would be people in hospital, as hospitals in the UK tend to be extremely warm even during the depths of winter to help people recover - unfortunately it makes cooling patients down during periods of high temperatures more difficult. If you add that, the fact that they're already unwell (obviously) and most likely elderly means a few added deaths aren't that surprising, sadly.
[QUOTE=MaddaCheeb;41508933]-snip because people don't like other people having opinions-[/QUOTE] Since when was being a smug cunt an opinion?
[QUOTE=Thumbtacks;41508997]People are literally dying of stupidity, then. You can call it what you want, but drinking more water when it's hot isn't exactly rocket science. It's sad, but I mean come on. If it's mainly children and the elderly, just don't go outside.[/QUOTE] But staying inside is probably worse. All it takes is for some older person to decide to have a nap, while the whole house gets incredibly hot (because that's how our houses are built, to trap heat) and then they get heat stroke -> something worse. When your body is frail it doesn't take much, all you need to do is forget or fall asleep for a few hours. And because they're inside, no one notices until it's too late. It's really not that hard to understand, and I bet it happens wherever you live too.
[QUOTE=Dukov Traboski;41509034]Jesus what is going on over there? It's 32c in my room right now, hard to imagine this same heat has killed 760 people.[/QUOTE] England is colonized entirely by posh snowmen.
[quote]A 40-year-old American man had to be rescued after attempting to sail from Dorset to Ireland in a 6ft inflatable dinghy, Coastguard said. The man had two paddles with him - one of which was being used as a mast accompanied by a plastic sheet as a sail - and the other was acting as the rudder. On board the blow-up dinghy the man had a limited amount of food and drink for the journey. After receiving information about his location from a nearby dive vessel, Portland Coastguard was able to recover the man and take him into Lulworth Cove. He was met there at 8.30pm by the Lulworth Coastguard rescue team, police and ambulance and received treatment for a high degree of sunburn.[/quote] 10/10 very intelligent idea
And people here were a laughing at the emergency warning that was declared a week or so ago..
It doesn't help that air conditioning isn't really a thing here, it can easily get much hotter indoors
[QUOTE=Thumbtacks;41508923]800 people died because it's 80F outside? Are Englishman made of ice? It's 103 here right now but people are managing to not die. [editline]18th July 2013[/editline] But that's still very sad.[/QUOTE] It takes a special kind of idiot to not understand that people get used to certain weathers when they live with them for years. Kind of like how Portugal is a rather warm country, but brazilians that come here still feel very cold. How is it hard to understand this?! Then again, this isn't all that alarming. As said, its most likely elderly people or infants, or even number bloating from unrelated deaths that ended up being attributed to the heat. Happens just about anywhere when a huge heatwave comes up.
So hot I could evaporate, but my room likes to exasperate, the fact I want to aspirate. Not to exaggerate, I won't elaborate, but today's so fucking hot I can't even masturbate. Heat makes us crazy.
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