Up to 3,000 Die in France Heat

[JI7]

"Up to 3,000 Die in France Heat

Thursday August 14, 2003 10:59 PM


By JAMEY KEATEN

Associated Press Writer

PARIS (AP) - A blistering heat wave across Europe has caused as many as 3,000 deaths in France alone, the government said Thursday, as overburdened funeral homes and morgues struggled to manage an overflow of incoming bodies."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3028399,00.html

the heat really is bad. i was in the uk over last weekend and it was even hotter when i got there than it was in los angeles when i left.

[mjb4]

1. seems exaggerated to me

300 maybe but not 3000

[pansypoo53219]

3. they

do not get the same temps that the US get and therefore not as prepared. not a lot of AC.
a $400 a night hotel in england NOT ACd? they better get prepared fo more of this shit the way the Bushivics are helpin heat the environment.

[VolcanoJen]

2. Dupe... locking

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