As World Warms, Global Heat Deaths Are Grossly Undercounted

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Witnessed the aftermath of one such death a few weeks ago. Medics claimed it was a gas leak.

2nd floor apartment. No AC, no fans, elderly lady on oxygen in the middle of a two week long heat wave flirting with triple digits the whole time...

So unless they meant the oxygen tank was leaking, it was the heat.

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