In article w6Ddb.451345$Oz4.258062@rwcrnsc54,
"Brian" wrote:

The heat wave in France this last summer was an extreme case -

Actually, not so extreme. For most of France, it was only a couple of
degrees hotter than a "normal" bad heat wave, and is certainly not out
of the normal North American heat range.

How many Americans die in Chicago or New York during the occasional
heatwaves - let alone the few that freeze to death in the winter (and
they should be USED to the winter.

The worst heatwave toll, *ever* was in Chicago, and was smaller, per
capita.

We've had heatwaves in the cental part of the US that make the recent
European heat wave seem mild, and we don't lose anywhere near that many
people.

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