Heat Wave & Power Outages Strike our Nation’s Capitol-17 Lives Claimed
June 13th, 2008 | news
The nation’s capitol and surrounding Maryland and Virginia areas were dealt a double blow when over 50,000 customers lost power for multiple days at the same time of an unexpectedly early season Heat Wave.
According to the AP, the East Coast heat wave has claimed the lives of 17 people, and most of the victims were elderly. The Philadelphia medical examiner’s office says eight people died of heat-related causes in the four days of scorching temperatures. Six others died in New York City and two died in Maryland. A 65-year-old man also died of sunstroke in the Philadelphia suburb of Pottstown, Pa., while sunbathing.
The Philadelphia victims ranged in age from 65 to 95. Five of the six people who died in New York were over 70 and were found in their homes. One of the two men who died Maryland collapsed after using a push lawnmower in the heat.
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was the power back on for most by saturday’s (7th) high temperatures in washington?
in new york monday nights low temperatures were above 80F and 3 people died tuesday
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/06/11/2008-06-11_citys_heat_wave_leaves_6_dead.html
looked good for overnight minimum temperatures and heat stress correlation
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