2003-08-14

low_delta: (serious)
2003-08-14 12:42 pm

three thousand people dead?!

The number didn't register at first. I saw the headline, but I guess I thought it was 300. I thought, "it was a hundred the other day."

I can't imagine that.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/08/14/paris.heatwave/index.html

"Temperatures have been above 37 C (100 F) for days. Typically, the temperature in August in Paris is around 23 C (75 F)."