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Old 07-23-2022, 07:46 AM
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Default Heat Deaths
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Originally Posted by MartinSE View Post
Common sense - sigh. It seems to be the answer to everything.

Phoenix normally has temps over 100 for more than a month each summer. This year they are breaking records. With temps over 100 people die from exposure. England experienced over 1000 deaths from heat so far this summer.

Yeah, all they need is common sense... ahem.
Be aware that all drowning deaths are classified as heat deaths during hot months in England. We would need to know the number of drowning deaths in the average "normal" summer and subtract that from 1000 to get the (non-politicized) useful statistic from which to make an evaluation.

In 2019 there were 892 heat related deaths in England. In July 2021 there were 915 heat related deaths in England, but I do not remember record temperatures then.

June of 1953 is England's hottest June on record.