From: Monte Davis 

"Geo"  wrote:

>What I can't understand about the French is how 20,000 people can die from a
>heatwave in a country the size of ohio.

WTF does its geographical size have to do with it? France has a population
of about 60 million, or about 5.5 times Ohio's.

With oceans on three sides, it also has less frequent and extreme
heatwaves, hence a population less accustomed to dealing with them (and
fewer air conditioners per capita, especially among the old who were most
of the victims).

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