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Deaths at Saudi haj show challenge of shielding pilgrims from lethal climate
Reuters ^ | June 27, 2024 | By Pesha Magid (D-Reuters)

Posted on 06/27/2024 6:36:08 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

RIYADH, June 27 (Reuters) - Hundreds of the pilgrims who died in fierce heat at this year's haj were not officially registered with the Saudi authorities, with the result that many had no access to vital services like air-conditioned buses and cool-off tents.

The deaths highlight a looming challenge for organisers as climate change takes hold in the region: the practice of requiring official permits for such services is stirring concern that unregistered pilgrims could increasingly be exposed to life-threatening temperatures.

Almost two million pilgrims made their way to Mecca this year to perform haj rites as taught by the Prophet Mohammad to his followers 14 centuries ago.

Heat-related deaths along the haj are not new, but climate change has made haj increasingly dangerous.

A 2021 study found that if the world warms by 1.5 C (2.7 F) above pre-industrial levels, heat stroke risk for pilgrims on the haj will be five times greater. The world is on track to reach 1.5 C of warming in the 2030s.

"It's a situation that is only getting worse with time," said Elfatih Eltahir, co-director of the Jameel Observatory and a professor at MIT, who published a paper on the dangers of heat stress for pilgrims in 2019.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cop26; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; hoax; marxism; panicporn; propaganda
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

July on the Arabian Peninsula
January in the Australian Outback
It gets hot!


21 posted on 06/27/2024 7:09:23 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Never Trust A Man Whose Uncle Was Eaten By Cannibals)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

above pre-industrial levels

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read above the little ice age!


22 posted on 06/27/2024 7:10:31 AM PDT by AZJeep
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Death of who cares shows who cares about who cares.


23 posted on 06/27/2024 7:15:34 AM PDT by suasponte137
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It’s the summer in a desert near the equator, what do they expect?

Muslims go by a lunar calendar, which results in holidays shifting 10 days each solar year.


24 posted on 06/27/2024 7:26:10 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Either you will rule. Or you will be ruled. There is no other choice.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Saudi in summer = HOT!

WTF did they expect?


25 posted on 06/27/2024 7:35:33 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH! )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So, illegal immigration kills. Because without permission, they can’t get on air conditioned buses.

Not much of a hajj if riding on the bus.


26 posted on 06/27/2024 7:38:43 AM PDT by drSteve78 ( Older Je suis Deplorable. Even more so)
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CAUTION: Desert Ahead
27 posted on 06/27/2024 7:44:16 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Never Trust A Man Whose Uncle Was Eaten By Cannibals)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It’s summer. In the desert. And millions upon millions of people cramming together to worship their moon god make conditions worse.


28 posted on 06/27/2024 8:02:50 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Saudi desert is very hot.

This is shocking new information.

:-)


29 posted on 06/27/2024 8:03:54 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It’s never been hot in the desert...


30 posted on 06/27/2024 8:05:15 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

News flash. The desert is really hot in the broad daylight. Plan accordingly.


31 posted on 06/27/2024 8:13:57 AM PDT by yldstrk ( )
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To: Dr. Thorne

Every year they have hunreds who die.....either by heat or crowd rush....they keel over.


32 posted on 06/27/2024 8:58:52 AM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I don’t understand. It is a dry heat so just bring an umbrella since it is 50 degrees cooler in the shade.


33 posted on 06/27/2024 10:24:11 AM PDT by IAGeezer912 (One out of every 20 people on the face of the earth are Americans. We have won life's lottery.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

inshallah إن شاء الله


34 posted on 06/27/2024 10:50:00 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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