Posted on 07/06/2012 12:30:26 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Report: Dozens pass out from heat at Obama campaign event By Jonathan Easley - 07/06/12 03:14 PM ET
Dozens of supporters passed out from the extreme heat at an Obama campaign event in Pittsburgh on Friday.
Obama was speaking outdoors at Carnegie Mellon University as part of his two-day campaign swing via bus through the key swing states of Ohio and Pennsylvania, and according to multiple reports on Twitter, people were being carted off on stretchers or leaving the event to seek shade.
AccuWeather said the temperature was 98 degrees at the time of the speech, but that it felt like 106.
The soaring temperatures have been a strange backdrop for the president’s bus tour, as Obama has appeared predominantly outdoors and can be seen pouring sweat at times. It didn’t appear that the president cut his stump speech, which went on for more than an hour, short because of the heat.
Also on Friday, a senior Obama administration official addressed the record-breaking heat waves hitting some parts of the country, as well as the wildfires ravaging Colorado, saying it was altering the perceptions of climate change in the United States.
“Many people around the world are beginning to appreciate that climate change is under way, that it’s having consequences that are playing out in real time and, in the United States at least, we are seeing more and more examples of extreme weather and extreme climate-related events,” said Jane Lubchenco, who heads the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
translation: Obama opted for an outdoor photo-op over the health and safety of his supporters.
Yes, I’ve been in military parades too and have seen people around me keel over from the heat. They always told us to take in some salt beforehand, and to never lock your knees when standing there (I guess to help blood circulation).
Since it’s Akron we can all be sure her vote will still be cast.
First a woman in Akron expires after serving him eggs, now this. This seems to be the Obama death and dying tour. Were he a Greek, these would surely be omens of his chances for a second term come November...
That was in 2008 “do we have a doct-ah here?”...
Now the dopes are just falling over from heat and Barry talking way too long. With nothing much funny these days...that is kind of funny.
That’s what we did.Though it did’nt help me.In ‘72 in NJ I keeled over during a COC ceremony and when I came back too, the medics were draggin’me (not carrying)to the ambulance.Those were the days.
And one guy died. Barry has a sort of anti-royal touch.
Fortunately, most of our parades were on a grass field, so at least when people keeled over they didn’t hit concrete or metal (as in a ship’s deck).
Does Dusty Baker have any explanations? LOL
Got that right,I learned then and there that heat exhaustion sneaks up on you,real fast.We were in our Khakis.
Did they pass out from the heat or overdose on his bullshit?? Probably the latter.
Just moving closer to hell.
I would not be surprised if those folks were standing in the heat of the day for over 3 hours.
They better get used to the heat.
It wasn’t heat that got them. It is when they realized they were being hit with the jawbone of an ass that put them down.
Flop Sweat!
The chairs on heads are priceless.
But what I really love is the effeminate way our great leader is holding his umbrella. He looks like he could let loose with an umbrella twirl and a high kick at any moment.
ObamaDoesn’tCare
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