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66. Not only the French - somehow the media messes it up
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  -Why are all the French dying, it is not that hot? VoteClark  Aug-18-03 10:25 PM   #0 
  - The temperatures there were 30 degrees above normal  greatauntoftriplets   Aug-18-03 10:28 PM   #1 
  - So it is what they are use to? Not the actual tempature?  VoteClark   Aug-18-03 10:34 PM   #8 
     - How many times do I have to repeat this to you????  greatauntoftriplets   Aug-18-03 10:37 PM   #9 
     - But, der, don't everybody got an AC in ChiTown?!  JanMichael   Aug-18-03 10:41 PM   #13 
        - No, JM,  greatauntoftriplets   Aug-18-03 10:42 PM   #15 
        - That's right. They now believe that 700 people died in Chicago  alcuno   Aug-18-03 10:43 PM   #18 
        - France doesn't have air-conditioning? SO WHAT!  VoteClark   Aug-19-03 01:27 AM   #51 
           - let me ship you off to Base Camp @ Mt Everest right now  sujan   Aug-19-03 03:28 AM   #62 
     - Find me 100 residential buildings in all of Paris that are wired for air  MercutioATC   Aug-18-03 10:48 PM   #21 
  - I lived there for two years.  FlashHarry   Aug-18-03 10:28 PM   #2 
  - The french equivalent of the Surgeon General resigned today  markses   Aug-18-03 10:34 PM   #7 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Aug-18-03 10:37 PM   #10 
        - First of all  markses   Aug-18-03 10:52 PM   #26 
        - I heard that part of the problem was that August is vacation month for  Dover   Aug-19-03 12:58 AM   #47 
           - OK, I gotta ask.  StopThief   Aug-19-03 04:52 AM   #65 
  - They count poor people in France  DuctapeFatwa   Aug-18-03 10:30 PM   #3 
  - Are you really interested in the answer, VoteClark?  BurtWorm   Aug-18-03 10:31 PM   #4 
  - U R Probably right if I get stupid responses like cold water doesn't help  VoteClark   Aug-18-03 10:38 PM   #11 
     - Stupid questions sometimes get stupid answers  BurtWorm   Aug-18-03 10:42 PM   #14 
     - Since you never got that response  markses   Aug-18-03 11:22 PM   #41 
  - It takes 2 to 4 weeks to acclimatize to extreme heats  mandyky   Aug-18-03 10:32 PM   #5 
  - No, most don't have AC. They normally don't need it.  JanMichael   Aug-18-03 10:33 PM   #6 
  - No, they are dead, just curious as to why 100 degress did it, I don't  VoteClark   Aug-18-03 10:40 PM   #12 
  - What's your point? The French suck or something?  JanMichael   Aug-18-03 10:43 PM   #16 
  - The really bad thing about July 13, 1995 from my perspective, JanMichael  greatauntoftriplets   Aug-18-03 10:52 PM   #27 
  - Perhaps you live in a place with low humidity  NYC   Aug-18-03 10:50 PM   #24 
  - in addition their  steviet_2003   Aug-18-03 11:15 PM   #34 
  - Think of cold in a place usually not cold  DBoon   Aug-18-03 10:43 PM   #17 
  - May I suggest that you visit France one of these days???  greatauntoftriplets   Aug-18-03 10:44 PM   #19 
  - Dupe.  Lars39   Aug-18-03 10:45 PM   #20 
  - I find your threads the most fascinating.....  TruthIsAll   Aug-18-03 10:49 PM   #22 
  - It's not 80-85...just heard the report on ieAmerica (Malloy) news that  Gloria   Aug-18-03 10:50 PM   #23 
  - And your point is?  salin   Aug-18-03 10:51 PM   #25 
  - Let's see...  MiltonLeBerle   Aug-18-03 10:53 PM   #28 
  - "Dehydration" "Heat Stroke" "Heat Exhaustion" Ring any bells?  hatrack   Aug-18-03 10:54 PM   #29 
  - 5-7000 deaths IS a lot of deaths just from heat.  preciousdove   Aug-18-03 10:57 PM   #30 
  - The French Surgeon General has resigned  markses   Aug-18-03 10:59 PM   #31 
  - I thought France was progressive and took care of their people  Yentatelaventa   Aug-18-03 11:06 PM   #32 
  - Who told you that?  markses   Aug-18-03 11:15 PM   #33 
  - Since when is asking a question an argument?  Yentatelaventa   Aug-18-03 11:18 PM   #35 
     - Rhetorical questions are arguments, since ancient times  markses   Aug-18-03 11:21 PM   #38 
  - I don't know if the French right wing...  Paschall   Aug-19-03 02:06 AM   #58 
  - I've posted extensively about this  Paschall   Aug-18-03 11:19 PM   #36 
  - Excellent post, thanks  roughsatori   Aug-18-03 11:24 PM   #44 
  - Let's also remember  markses   Aug-18-03 11:19 PM   #37 
  - Why Oh Why....  TheWatcher   Aug-18-03 11:23 PM   #42 
     - If the mods don't remove this  markses   Aug-18-03 11:30 PM   #45 
        - Markses my comment wasn't directed at you  TheWatcher   Aug-19-03 01:55 AM   #56 
  - too much wine  meisje   Aug-18-03 11:21 PM   #39 
  - Especially the red wine  BrotherBuzz   Aug-19-03 12:35 AM   #46 
     - Hint: the French Paradox is an American invention  Paschall   Aug-19-03 02:50 AM   #60 
  - I was wondering that myself  VermontDem2004   Aug-18-03 11:22 PM   #40 
  - Read the thread. There are a dozen posts explaining this.  JanMichael   Aug-18-03 11:24 PM   #43 
  - Temperatures were 30 degrees ABOVE the normal.  greatauntoftriplets   Aug-19-03 05:45 AM   #67 
  - Stone houses are really that bad in the heat?  NickB79   Aug-19-03 01:15 AM   #48 
  - It sounds like your farmhouse must be on the ground  Paschall   Aug-19-03 02:03 AM   #57 
  - 5k to 7k  abbyhoffman   Aug-19-03 01:15 AM   #49 
  - Why do you say only 150 people died?  NYC   Aug-19-03 01:21 AM   #50 
  - Umm  WonderTwins   Aug-19-03 01:32 AM   #52 
  - No time to show you the bodies  Paschall   Aug-19-03 02:56 AM   #61 
  - elderly people die here in australia too  dudeness   Aug-19-03 01:37 AM   #53 
  - Why did the French leave their 100 year-old grandma alone in the heat?  VoteClark   Aug-19-03 01:44 AM   #54 
  - Okay, VoteClark, because you're being so obdurate...  Paschall   Aug-19-03 02:47 AM   #59 
  - The temp. in france is dropping faster than teeth from a freeper's mouth  John_H   Aug-19-03 01:47 AM   #55 
  - God is punishing France for not backing the Chimp's invasion of Iraq  oasis   Aug-19-03 03:31 AM   #63 
  - hehe, "bastids"  Must_B_Free   Aug-19-03 04:21 AM   #64 
  - Not only the French - somehow the media messes it up  Kellanved   Aug-19-03 05:10 AM   #66 
  - we don't need this  lazarus   Aug-19-03 05:47 AM   #68 
 

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