This awful heat

[Michael Rolls]

It,s now 26.7 despite cooling tower, fan, open windows

[Mups]

It's supposed to be getting up to 29 - 30°  again from tomorrow. 

They  were saying on the news today that the heatwaves we had during May & June this year,  killed  2,750  people in the UK.

[Michael Rolls]

wonder what is based on?

[klondike]

It'll be statistics. Heat will be blamed for any excess.

[Mups]

It'll be statistics. Heat will be blamed for any excess.

Here's a bit more about it:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx5zy82n7no

[klondike]

Ah so based on thermometers and guesswork then.

[Michael Rolls]

So everyone in Madrid, where 40 is common place, must already be dead? Sounds like covid style scaremongering

[Mups]

Ah so based on thermometers and guesswork then.

But I still think this part makes sense:


"Heat puts immense physical strain on the body, made worse if you are dehydrated, with the heart pumping harder and faster to cool you off.
Babies and older people are among those most at risk of harm, as well as those with existing health conditions.
It can lead to more heart attacks, strokes and other potentially fatal emergencies.
Intense heat can affect anyone, including fit and healthy people, and is dubbed a 'silent killer' because early symptoms are easily overlooked".

[klondike]

All that is doubtless true but the numbers they produced are still based on calculations based on their study aka guesswork not from counting causes of death on death certificates.  Not that they would be accurate either as hearts attacks strokes etc. all occur in the dead of winter too and I suspect very few mention heat as a factor at all.