@robertroybritt
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“The effects of rising heat on human health and mortality are not just serious but under-reported. Heat doesn’t make a big noise. It doesn’t blow buildings away or flatten villages. Death by heat can be sudden and unexpected, or slow, agonizing and silent. Either way, it rarely makes the news.”

#ClimateDiary #SilentViolence #Heatwave #Phoenix

@AnnaAnthro

#ClimateDiary now read that indeed it’s been really difficult for a lot of #Hajj Pilgrims in 48°C, with many suffering #Heatstrokes and 230 dying. There are of course many other contributing factors, as always - age, heart disease etc. - but the extreme heat can’t have helped. Heat is #SlowViolence #SilentViolence

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/30/thousands-suffer-heat-stress-on-hajj-pilgrimage-as-temperatures-reach-48c?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#ClimateDiary continuing to think of everyone - people, animals, plants - stuck under the #Heatdome in #Texas and #Mexico

‘Heat is deadlier than more fearsome-sounding weather events such as hurricanes, floods and tornadoes—combined. “It’s really not even close with any other extreme” ‘

Heat is #SlowViolence and #SilentViolence

We hear of one postman; rapper #BigPokey dying of suspected #Heatstroke in a #Juneteenth performance; but it’s so many more suffering

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-the-heat-dome-sizzling-texas-wont-budge/