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4. That is not consistent with the 1995 heat wave in Chicago that

Sat Dec 7, 2024, 04:50 AM

Dec 7

killed over 500 people in 4 days. It was mostly elderly and poor people. More Black people died than Hispanic people. Since then Chicago implemented cooling centers all over the city and wellness checks for the elderly. Personally, I think what helps is you can buy a wall unit AC for $100 and put it in a small room and the cost to run it is way less than in 1995.

Here are some articles about the heat wave. People 18-25 were not the ones who more often died then. So there may be a difference in Mexico and Chicago that is. not accounted for culturally.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1380980/#:~:text=RESULTS%3A%20In%20July%201995%2C%20there,deaths%20and%20739%20excess%20deaths.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chicago-learned-climate-lessons-from-its-deadly-1995-heat-wave1/

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maybe age 18 to 35 are more likely to work in the heat BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 7 #1

Yes, that is one of the suggested explanations OKIsItJustMe Dec 7 #2

Uh... Babies sweat OKIsItJustMe Dec 7 #5

And prior to that, there is no concept of mortality OKIsItJustMe Dec 7 #9

That is not consistent with the 1995 heat wave in Chicago that mucifer Dec 7 #4

You know... things change OKIsItJustMe Dec 7 #6