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Heat Wave Kills About 3,000 in France

Posted: 2003-08-14 10:10am
by Damaramu
Read about it HERE.

Holy shit.....3000 people? I guess they don't really use much A/C there...... :?

Posted: 2003-08-14 10:37am
by Sea Skimmer
I'm seriously wondering how long it will be until conspiracy theories start coming out about a US weather control system that's being used to punish the French for not supporting Iraq.

Posted: 2003-08-14 10:40am
by Montcalm
Sea Skimmer wrote:I'm seriously wondering how long it will be until conspiracy theories start coming out about a US weather control system that's being used to punish the French for not supporting Iraq.
(Not taking any chances)Most of us in Canada were for the US intervention in Iraq,can you lower the climate here....THANKS :mrgreen:

Posted: 2003-08-14 10:53am
by Thunderfire
Sea Skimmer wrote:I'm seriously wondering how long it will be until conspiracy theories start coming out about a US weather control system that's being used to punish the French for not supporting Iraq.
Portugal and Spain were/are hit worse than france. They supported
the Iraq war AFAIK.

Posted: 2003-08-14 10:58am
by Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi
Montcalm wrote:
Sea Skimmer wrote:I'm seriously wondering how long it will be until conspiracy theories start coming out about a US weather control system that's being used to punish the French for not supporting Iraq.
(Not taking any chances)Most of us in Canada were for the US intervention in Iraq,can you lower the climate here....THANKS :mrgreen:
But the government didn't, right?

The previous figures were believable, but 3000 people dying from extreme heat is quite a statistic, in my opinion.

Posted: 2003-08-14 10:59am
by Sea Skimmer
Thunderfire wrote:
Portugal and Spain were/are hit worse than france. They supported
the Iraq war AFAIK.
It's a conspiracy theory, such facts are irrelevant.

Posted: 2003-08-14 11:38am
by J
Sea Skimmer wrote:
Thunderfire wrote:Portugal and Spain were/are hit worse than france. They supported
the Iraq war AFAIK.
It's a conspiracy theory, such facts are irrelevant.
Exactly! Stop trying to cloud the issue with facts.

Posted: 2003-08-14 11:58am
by Companion Cube
Apparently most of the dead are among the very young or very old, though it's still strange, considering we've had such weather in the UK and our casualty levels aren't nearly as high (4 or 5, AFAIK)

Posted: 2003-08-14 01:28pm
by Demiurge
WTF x infinity plus 2. How the hell does the equivalent of an entire town die from heat?

Posted: 2003-08-14 01:33pm
by Anarchist Bunny
Wow, thats fucked up, usually in Texas we have several people die from heat, but thats usually old people with out fans.

Posted: 2003-08-14 01:37pm
by Shinova
They're French. I'm guessing they were going something like,

"We are French! We are above this heat! *croak* "

I mean...water, shade, light clothes...how can you at least not have two of these things?

Either that or France is filled with more poor people than it wants us to believe.

Posted: 2003-08-14 01:37pm
by Darth Garden Gnome
Exxxceelllent! Ze weathare machine ez fooly funksanal! Next ve vill try ze chronosphere on ze Eifel Toware!

Posted: 2003-08-14 02:03pm
by Spare
[Robin Williams]
-Is it hot enough for you?
-No, I like sweat to be rolling down the crack of my ass like Niagara!
[/Robin Williams]

Gosh, I live like 2 countries east of France and I was enjoying a nice 25 degrees Celsius throughout the most of the summer. I know its a different climate but still...

Posted: 2003-08-14 02:27pm
by RogueIce
3rd Impact wrote:Apparently most of the dead are among the very young or very old, though it's still strange, considering we've had such weather in the UK and our casualty levels aren't nearly as high (4 or 5, AFAIK)
Natural Selection strikes back.

And here we were trying tot hwart Darwin. That'll teach 'em!

Posted: 2003-08-14 02:32pm
by Oberleutnant
Three thousand people die and this is how you guys react?

Posted: 2003-08-14 02:35pm
by Demiurge
Oberleutnant wrote:Three thousand people die and this is how you guys react?
We are obligated to mock the French, even when they're dead.

Posted: 2003-08-14 02:46pm
by RogueIce
Oberleutnant wrote:Three thousand people die and this is how you guys react?
Didn't Stalin say, "One death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic" or something like that?

I figure 3000 works well enough.

Besides, 3000? Geez, nobody ever heard of water, staying indoors, and a fan, or maybe A/C over there?

Posted: 2003-08-14 03:12pm
by Shinova
Oberleutnant wrote:Three thousand people die and this is how you guys react?
Honestly, there is no truly conceivable way THREE THOUSAND people can die of heat stroke. That's WAY too much. Something's got to be up, and I think most can agree that the French have been too ignorant for their own good.

Posted: 2003-08-14 03:12pm
by Stormbringer
You bastards really have to keep worrying me don't you? I've got a friend over their as an exchange student. I know she should be okay but when you see numbers that big it's hard to convince myself of it.

Posted: 2003-08-14 03:13pm
by Stravo
Stormbringer wrote:You bastards really have to keep worrying me don't you? I've got a friend over their as an exchange student. I know she should be okay but when you see numbers that big it's hard to convince myself of it.
Storm, I'm sure she's staying in a hotel or someplace with A/C. I never understood Europe's lack of A/C. I could not survive a single hot humid day in NYC without it.

Posted: 2003-08-14 03:14pm
by Shinova
Stormbringer wrote:You bastards really have to keep worrying me don't you? I've got a friend over their as an exchange student. I know she should be okay but when you see numbers that big it's hard to convince myself of it.
I'm sure she knows the value of good water, shade, and light clothes.

She'll be fine.

To those French who've died, I'm not so sure.

Posted: 2003-08-14 03:17pm
by RogueIce
Stravo wrote:Storm, I'm sure she's staying in a hotel or someplace with A/C. I never understood Europe's lack of A/C. I could not survive a single hot humid day in NYC without it.
Them and those damn small town Mass people...one reason I'll never again visit my cousins up there in the summer, unless I stay in a hotel.

Posted: 2003-08-14 03:20pm
by Soulman
Stravo wrote:
Stormbringer wrote:You bastards really have to keep worrying me don't you? I've got a friend over their as an exchange student. I know she should be okay but when you see numbers that big it's hard to convince myself of it.
Storm, I'm sure she's staying in a hotel or someplace with A/C. I never understood Europe's lack of A/C. I could not survive a single hot humid day in NYC without it.
Here in Britain you might need A/C for one week a year which isn't really enough time to justify spending money on anything more than a couple of fans. This year we've had maybe 3 weeks where A/C might be needed.

Posted: 2003-08-14 03:21pm
by Stormbringer
Stravo, Shinova,

I know all that. And I'm sure she'll do fine but the news like that gets to me anyway. Just one of those things you can't really help.

Posted: 2003-08-14 04:07pm
by Companion Cube
RogueIce wrote:
3rd Impact wrote:Apparently most of the dead are among the very young or very old, though it's still strange, considering we've had such weather in the UK and our casualty levels aren't nearly as high (4 or 5, AFAIK)
Natural Selection strikes back.

And here we were trying to thwart Darwin. That'll teach 'em!
You're saying that the British are genetically superior to the French? This I like. :)