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Global warming has quickly become one of the most heated issues in America (pun intended). Rising temperatures and melting icebergs are indisputable evidence that the Earth is warming, but is this global heat wave a man-made crisis or just overblown hype?
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I question the chart displayed showing the number of weather related deaths and even to the extent it's accurate I question its validity to the argument.
Weather related deaths should absolutely be lower than in the 20's due to better building standards and better medical technology and emergency response time. The fact that weather related deaths have decreased over the last 80 years has no baring on this debate.
Based on the information I was able to find I question the charts 19,000 deaths from 2000-2004. Among other incidents this site shows 10,000 dead in a French heat wave in August of 2003. That would be half of the total deaths in one event.
http://www.mapreport.com/subtopics/d/h.html
That, obviously, doesn't disprove the 19,000 number but it makes me question its validity. Even if it is accurate I still question that it bares on our argument today.
- State of Reason
July 25, 2008 1:32PM
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