Heat Wave Kills About 3,000 in France

Damaramu · Post by **Damaramu** » 2003-08-14 10:10am

Read about it HERE.

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

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-08-14 10:37am

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.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-08-14 10:40am

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

Thunderfire · Post by **Thunderfire** » 2003-08-14 10:53am

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.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-08-14 10:58am

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

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.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-08-14 10:59am

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.

J · Post by J » 2003-08-14 11:38am

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.

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-08-14 11:58am

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)

Demiurge · Post by **Demiurge** » 2003-08-14 01:28pm

WTF x infinity plus 2. How the hell does the equivalent of an entire town die from heat?

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2003-08-14 01:33pm

Wow, thats fucked up, usually in Texas we have several people die from heat, but thats usually old people with out fans.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-08-14 01:37pm

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.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-08-14 01:37pm

Exxxceelllent! Ze weathare machine ez fooly funksanal! Next ve vill try ze chronosphere on ze Eifel Toware!

Spare · Post by **Spare** » 2003-08-14 02:03pm

[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...

Post by **RogueIce** » 2003-08-14 02:27pm

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!

Oberleutnant · Post by **Oberleutnant** » 2003-08-14 02:32pm

Three thousand people die and this is how you guys react?

Demiurge · Post by **Demiurge** » 2003-08-14 02:35pm

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.

Post by **RogueIce** » 2003-08-14 02:46pm

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?

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-08-14 03:12pm

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.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-08-14 03:12pm

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.

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2003-08-14 03:13pm

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.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-08-14 03:14pm

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.

Post by **RogueIce** » 2003-08-14 03:17pm

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.

Soulman · Post by **Soulman** » 2003-08-14 03:20pm

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.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-08-14 03:21pm

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.

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-08-14 04:07pm

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.