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The Guardian reports:
An "unprecedented" heatwave in Japan has killed at least 65 people in one week, government officials have said, with the weather agency classifying the record-breaking weather as a natural disaster.
The deaths in the week to Sunday were due to heatstroke, while another 22,647 people were admitted to hospital, the Japanese fire and disaster management agency said.
[...] The agency said on Tuesday that 80 people had died from the heat since the beginning of the month, and more than 35,000 had been admitted to hospital.
[...] The city of Kumagaya set a national heat record on Monday, with temperatures hitting 41.1C (106F).
[...] The high temperatures follow record rainfall that caused floods and landslides in western and central Japan, killing more than 220 people.
[...] The extreme weather has revived concerns about the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, which will be held in July and August.
(Score: 4, Informative) by archfeld on Thursday July 26 2018, @11:07PM (2 children)
Yeah I understand, but Yuma is a retirement community and literally crawls with old people. They seem to thrive on the sun like reptiles here. On the flip side I see people wearing long sleeves and bundling up if the temperature ever get down to the 80's F here. If we ever saw a 40 F day we'd have deaths in the 100's due to old people freezing. Many places here have huge AC's and NO heaters. I think it snowed once back in the 1800's but that may just be a Christmas legend.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by suburbanitemediocrity on Friday July 27 2018, @01:23AM
Yeah, acclimatization takes a few years, but very doable for most people. My parents still live in Phoenix and I don't think they turn on the AC more than 2-3 times per year.
But when I moved up to Seattle for a while, I felt like I was freezing for the first three years whenever it dropped below 22C (71F). I did not own any clothes other than t-shirts, shorts and sandals. After a few years, I felt like I was going to die when it went above 26C (80F). The house in Phoenix had a sun room that never got below 28C (82F) in the summer, even with full AC. Our garden really loves it though. In March when it was barely warm enough for my Seattle tomato plants to survive outdoors, my mom would be sending me pictures of the bags of tomatoes she was getting every day from her little container garden.
(Score: 2) by suburbanitemediocrity on Friday July 27 2018, @01:31AM
Don't forget about Sun City on the edge of Phoenix. 40,000 octogenarians driving around in golf carts with no AC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssLdEfn9q9Q [youtube.com]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_City,_Arizona [wikipedia.org]