[Billthedrill]

Yeah, me too. First it was 3000, then 5000, and now ten. I guess you'd have to bounce the demographics to see if this really was literally 10,000 more deaths than usually experienced this time of year. It may be, but I smell "media circus" here.

[Kozak]

Over 300 elderly died of heat related causes in the city of Chicago a few years ago. This is not hard to believe at all. The combination of age+ illness+ medication ( many make it tough for your body to adjust to heat stress)+ lack of AC+ lack of acclimitization equals lots of dead seniors.