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Big thank you for that lite.cnn.io URL variant. Very apropos to HN. The home page is beautiful: http://lite.cnn.io/en
What do they mean by "suffer"? Isn't this normal in winter?
At least, temperatures that allow for snow to appear are not normal in the south or on the west coast. Spot temperatures below freezing are.
I'd believe it's normal for 75% of the land area.
I'm sure this was linked to HN because of larger climate change concerns. Average global temperatures are increasing, but short term periods of warming and cooling are pretty cyclical.
Big thank you for that lite.cnn.io URL variant. Very apropos to HN. The home page is beautiful: http://lite.cnn.io/en
It's supposed to be -18 in mid-Illinois, with a windchill of -48. This typically happens once or twice a year - not fun, three days later it's supposed to be mid-50's. Gotta love the 70+ degree swings. I just want consistent weather, i.e. minimize the distance between the weekly minimum / maximum. Is that too much to ask?
What do they mean by "suffer"? Isn't this normal in winter?
It's supposed to be -18 in mid-Illinois, with a windchill of -48. This typically happens once or twice a year - not fun, three days later it's supposed to be mid-50's. Gotta love the 70+ degree swings. I just want consistent weather, i.e. minimize the distance between the weekly minimum / maximum. Is that too much to ask?
How many homeless people in the US are dying per day under such conditions?
Conclusion: Our results indicate excessive mortality among the homeless as well as the weak and rather typical influence of atmospheric conditions on mortality rates in this subpopulation, except for a greater risk of cold related deaths than in the general population... Deaths caused by hypothermia were thirteen-fold more frequently recorded among the homeless than for the general population. A relative risk of death for a homeless person even in moderate cold stress conditions is higher (RR = 1.84) than in thermoneutral conditions.
It's supposed to be -18 in mid-Illinois, with a windchill of -48. This typically happens once or twice a year - not fun, three days later it's supposed to be mid-50's. Gotta love the 70+ degree swings. I just want consistent weather, i.e. minimize the distance between the weekly minimum / maximum. Is that too much to ask?