"Deadly heat wave blankets 18 states" by Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press | August 6, 2010
JACKSON, Miss. — This heat wave isn’t just stifling — it’s deadly.
Extreme temperatures continued yesterday across a large swath of the country, killing more than a dozen people, at least two police dogs, and probably contributing to the death of Franklin the rhinoceros at a Mississippi zoo.
Probably? NO OTHER FACTORS involved?
Arkansas fire departments were volunteering to hose down overheated cattle, and people as far north as Maine were trying to stay cool.
High school football teams and marching bands practiced indoors or canceled altogether.
Yeah, neither can ours.
See: Massachusetts Mosquito Bite
Tennessee election officials touted air-conditioned polling places as a way to bring in voters, and many cities set up cooling centers for those who needed a break from the sun.
Residents were encouraged to check on their neighbors, especially the elderly....
Not even nightfall brings much relief, with temperatures sometimes lingering in the 80s overnight.
In Columbia, S.C., 33-year-old Kylin Doster tried to stay under the shade of his umbrella stand as he hustled to serve up steaming hot dogs.
With a global warming temperature thermometer right next to the steam....
He said he works from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Main Street, then sets up outside a biker bar north of town from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m.
“It’s really, really hot now, but it even stays hot at night,’’ Doster said. “It don’t make any difference. It just stays hot.’’
It usually is working next to a steamer. Sigh.
The heat has been blamed for at least 16 deaths in Mississippi and Tennessee, including a man who had a heart attack while mowing his lawn and a construction worker who was spreading concrete. Maryland authorities yesterday reported two heat-related deaths from early last week.
It's like swine flu; anyone who died or was admitted to hospital, swine flu.
What is with this garbage MSM keeping you fearful of even moving -- and fearful of not moving -- every day.
Maybe I won't move to buy them tomorrow.
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I'm not even angry now, I'm just insulted.
