Posted on 07/08/2021 3:56:14 PM PDT by blam
Oregon is reported 107 deaths as a result of the extreme heat wave that recently the Northwest.
Temperatures in the state on June 28 climbed to a record-breaking 116 degrees.
In what Oregon officials are calling a "mass casualty event," 67 of the deaths were reported in Multnomah County, which includes Portland.
Forty of the deaths have been ruled hyperthermia, which is when the body overheats. The extreme heat continued into the July Fourth weekend. The high in Portland on Thursday was about 79 degree.
Some of the deaths were the result of people not having access to fans or air conditioning.
According to ABC News, the county opened three 24-hour cooling centers, nine cooling spaces, contacted tens of thousands of people, prioritizing seniors, people with disabilities and pregnant women. Officials also deployed more than 60 outreach teams to focus on people without housing or shelter during the heat wave.
The state was under heat advisory.
Deaths related to heat are more common than from any other severe weather incidents including hurricanes, tornadoes and flooding, according to the National Weather Service.
Who wouldn't have access to these items? Did the stores run out of product?
Bring prepared is an individual responsibility, not the governments.
Sounds like the people who wouldn't evacuate New Orleans for hurricane Katrina...then, blamed everyone else for their stupidity.
Now an earthquake in CA...gorebal warming’s “fault”
Here in Boise, our HVAC guy said there are no AC units in the area.
Jonathan Edwards said it best: "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God".
the left wants us to live without a/c
they like to b1tch about stuff from all angles don’t they.
Is this like covid where they don’t report underlying conditions? It was an awful lot hotter in Vietnam than what I see reported.
That’s terrible Oregon has a lot of good people from libertarian hippies in Bryant and Cave junction to ranchers in the eastern slopes
I love those people
People USED to go to the movies sometimes just to sit in an airconditioned building for several hours.
But I guess with the movies today that would be torture.
Kind of like when the passenger walked out of the in-flight movie one time.
Soak yourself in the tub. Evaporation is as cheap and easy a way to cool off as there is
“Oregon Death Toll Rises To 107 After Record-Breaking Heat Wave”
Purely coincidental. Because of course they all actually died of COVID-19.
We replaced our 15 yo unit ly.
Must be good people then.
Morons. Go swimming all day
Fill a bathtub with cold water
Take cold showers
Drink ice cold beverages
Life existed a long long long time before air conditioning , children!!!
How many were living in tents?
Maybe they can get Antifa to distribute fans.
I don’t have air conditioning here in Western Washington. Have a lot of fans and ran sprinkler system more often.
My water bill will be up for those days but those with air conditioning pay for extra electricity.
Drug addiction has many associated consequences.
Whoa, back the turnip truck up!! Why in the world weren't POCs and Trannies and antifa prioritized #1? Something is seriously wrong in Oregon.
Exactly...I bet most of these people lived in tents along the freeways and may very well have been too high to care about the heat. These people are everywhere in Portland.
Our AC crapped out Saturday morning when we got back to Hayden. Our home warranty would not pay for their repair company to come out after hours!! What a useless warranty. What a crock that is.
The repair company they contract had exactly ONE condenser left on his truck and he stopped by around 7:30 pm to replace it. It was his NINTH call of the day. Those guys are worn to a frazzle. I paid out-of-pocket to have it repaired.
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