Heatwave kills around 400 people in Karachi


Environmental | 206979 hits | Jun 23 7:01 am | Posted by: DrCaleb
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An intense heatwave sweeping across Pakistan's southern Sindh province has killed around 400 people, including women and children, in the capital Karachi, prompting the army to step in to help victims of the worst heatstroke that has hit the country in mo

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  1. by avatar DrCaleb
    Tue Jun 23, 2015 2:05 pm
    The heatwave next door in India has killed nearly 2000.

  2. by avatar fifeboy
    Tue Jun 23, 2015 2:36 pm
    I think what we consider a "heat wave" in Canada would be thought of as a cool evening in some places

  3. by avatar DrCaleb
    Tue Jun 23, 2015 2:43 pm
    "fifeboy" said
    I think what we consider a "heat wave" in Canada would be thought of as a cool evening in some places


    32C - 35C is a cool evening there. Daytime highs are reaching 40C - 45C. If you live in a cardboard shack with no water, and you've been on the construction site all day, there just is no respite. :(

    And some forward thinking person wants the World Cup in Qatar, where daytime temps can reach 50C. 8O

  4. by avatar martin14
    Wed Jun 24, 2015 5:04 am
    I'm sure Ramadan has nothing to do with this.

  5. by avatar andyt
    Wed Jun 24, 2015 5:33 am
    So Ramadan is responsible for the 1000's of deaths in India too?

  6. by avatar Hyack
    Wed Jun 24, 2015 5:35 am
    Did I just miss something/somebody here???

    8) 8)

  7. by avatar martin14
    Wed Jun 24, 2015 5:48 am
    "Hyack" said
    Did I just miss something/somebody here???

    8) 8)



    yes, your chance to buy discount pearls. :lol:

  8. by avatar Hyack
    Wed Jun 24, 2015 6:16 am
    "martin14" said
    Did I just miss something/somebody here???

    8) 8)



    yes, your chance to buy discount pearls. :lol:

    In other words.....NO.... :wink: :)

  9. by avatar Vamp018
    Wed Jun 24, 2015 9:19 am
    "raydan" said
    Yeah, but that's a dry heat. :wink:


    Dry heat will burn you in and out factor X2. Vegas has been roasting and when outside it's like breathing in a furnace turned all the way up and being french roasted at the stake. I'll take it any-day over humid triple's. Lots of err naked sites atm in Vegas too :D

  10. by Lemmy
    Wed Jun 24, 2015 5:21 pm
    "Vamp018" said
    Dry heat will burn you in and out factor X2. Vegas has been roasting and when outside it's like breathing in a furnace turned all the way up and being french roasted at the stake. I'll take it any-day over humid triple's. Lots of err naked sites atm in Vegas too :D

    You're seriously doing this just to irritate me. No one can possibly be as illiterate as you pretend to be.

  11. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Wed Jun 24, 2015 5:25 pm
    "Lemmy" said

    You're seriously doing this just to irritate me. No one can possibly be as illiterate as you pretend to be.


    He's clearly posting from a smart phone and per the current standards of our society one is exempted from all normal expectations when employing one of those infernal devices.

  12. by Lemmy
    Wed Jun 24, 2015 5:30 pm
    "BartSimpson" said
    smart phone...

    misnomer
    "BartSimpson" said
    ...infernal devices.

    closer :wink:



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