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48 dead from swimming. How does france suck at swimming so bad?
I remember an early heatwave in russia they had a bunch of deaths from drunk people going in the (still very cold) water and it stopping their hearts.
I can't imagine that is what is going on in france here in late june though.
People in France commonly die of shock cooling and riptides. That's beyond your imagination though.
okay, that sounds like a very low and very high number of drownings at the same time. quick and dirty analysis. 40 deaths due to one cause in one day is alarming even when your metropolitan population is 66 million. Normally there are 1,000 drowning deaths per year. Ish. That's 1/25th the budgeted drownings for the country in a single [time period oopsie misread the article. maybe 5 days? point still stands]. Like, 40 is a small absolute number but per capita per [short time period] it's a LOT.
hence the government emergency meeting.
I remember the old sunoco's.
Anyone read The Ministry For The Future? There's a horrifying wet-bulb event that occurs in the book. It happens in India. People just dying by the hundreds, stewing in any water they can find to cool off. It's looking very likely to occur this century. In the book, this causes some changes, some of which are implemented very aggressively. Sad to think it may be the only way people get on board with fixing this stuff.
People are already dying in droves in India while Modi stubbornly insists climate change isn't real.
Climate change is not real but god is. Lol
Yes your god is real because he survived all those other gods from thousands of years ago
Or the gods as the case may be in India.
Amen 🙏
The part mentioning the water was no cooler than the warm air but people still jumped in believing they were getting some relief was really heavy. The only way to convince those in power of the threat global warming poses is if it happens in a place like the Hamptons or Beverly Hills.
To anyone reading, if you find yourself in this situation: water above 37 degrees will make things worse. You're better off outside. Put water on your skin, not the other way around. Put yourself in front of a ventilator for maximum effect. It's water evaporating from your skin that will cool you.
Where is the water ever going to be above 37 degrees celsius outside of a scummy little pond though?
The water here never gets that warm around here outside of small stagnant ponds, and any that does will get cynabacteria and kill anything that drinks from it.
In a heat dome. After a couple of days under the dome everything will have a cozy 28-30 C and then you add some sun to water and voila
You're right, maybe my warning is for nothing.
Maybe in a small swimming pool exposed to the sun, or even a kids inflatable pool even in shade after a while?
It's hard to believe that it's now cooler in Morocco than in France.
All my clients and coworkers across Europe have been roasting. They can't believe when I say I've been under 28 degrees for the past 6 months here in Rabat
Holy fuck but yes. My home city is cooler than France and I'm from a fucking desert. This is insane.
Climate change is totally not a problem guys its totally fine.
Especially because we don’t need food and food like growing up in XTREME climates.
Yeah maybe don't jump straight into unknown water. Walk in slowly from the edge if it's possible, if not perhaps find another entry point to start from. For rivers swim up stream to explore it so if the current gets stronger you are just pushed back to your starting point.
Please translate to french
Si maeibuel douinout joumpe sraeight ointou uoaeinounouwen aoquoa.
Je suis Napoleon, du France!
Mettez l'eau en vous. Ne vous mettez pas dans l'eau.
Mettez de l'eau sur vous.
The other sentence is perfect.