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Europe
French Take the Heat, Thermally Speaking
2003-08-20
From the UK Daily Record, salt tablets recommended....
UNDERTAKERS in France estimate the recent heatwave killed more than 13,600 people. Funeral home giant OGF say almost 3500 people will have died in Paris alone by the end of the month.
I would believe the undertakers before believing the govt, as they are on the ground floor, so to speak.
Their figures are almost two-and-a-half times the French government’s heat- related death toll. Health minister Jean-Francois Mattei conceded on Monday that it was "plausible" that up to 5000 people may have died in France, almost twice as many as previously feared. However, he insisted that figure was a hypothesis and that the final toll was not expected for several weeks. The OGF toll is based on comparisons with last August’s death rate.
If you cannot stand the heat, better exit Frogistan, toot sweet...
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