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2018-05-22 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

At least 65 dead from heatstroke in Karachi: Edhi

[DAWN] As temperatures soar, at least 65 people have died in different areas of Karachi from heatstroke, Faisal Edhi of the Edhi Foundation told DawnNews TV on Monday.

According to Faisal, 114 bodies were brought to the Edhi Foundation's morgues in Karachi's Korangi and Sohrab Goth areas in the past three days, out of which at least 65 had died from heatstroke. Most of the citizens who died from heatstroke were residents of Landhi and Korangi, Faisal said.

Posted by Fred 2018-05-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 Global Warming kills!
Oh, it's summer.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-05-22 05:06|| 2018-05-22 05:06|| Front Page Top

#2 How many were wearing black bags?

Posted by AlanC 2018-05-22 09:09|| 2018-05-22 09:09|| Front Page Top

#3 "Blackout?" "Curtains!"

Posted by Spats the Slender2177 2018-05-22 09:24|| 2018-05-22 09:24|| Front Page Top

#4 The elderly are particular vulnerable to heatstroke. They seem to lack awareness of being overheated. The large death toll in the Paris heat wave of years ago was high in the elderly, as was the death toll in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-05-22 14:46|| 2018-05-22 14:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Whenever I see stories like this, I always wonder is this a fresh new outrage or is it just part of an ongoing process, and if so, what is the trend or delta?

A bit of googling turns up this headline from 2015:
Pakistan heatwave: Death toll crosses 800 people in Sindh

Apparently, summertime heatstroke deaths in Pakistan are totally unprecedented. At least in the modern sense of "unprecedented", meaning "since the last time it happened". Yes, it sucks to be dead, but this is why God invented air conditioning.

Posted by SteveS 2018-05-22 14:53|| 2018-05-22 14:53|| Front Page Top

#6 No A/C, Dead Old People = win/win for Carbon Credits

Posted by Frank G 2018-05-22 15:34|| 2018-05-22 15:34|| Front Page Top

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