Heat wave kills more than 1,900 people in Spain and Portugal
(www.axios.com)
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It's a good idea to wear those flying socks once you get "mature" I don't think there's any particular age but blood flow slows as you get older. Even young people could get unlucky if they are genetically susceptible.
I'm near London UK and we also had the heat wave. 40C is a big deal for us because air-conditioning is non-existent in people's residences.
The heatwave was caused by an air mass from north Africa. It has now moved on and we are back to normal temperatures it's low 20s here today which is average for July. Mainland Europe probably still got some.
tl;dr Heatwave is fake news and a nothingburger.
I have been to London during a heat wave, and I can confirm what you're saying. All the restaurants had to move their tables out to the sidewalks to keep going because it was too hot inside the buildings, none of which had air conditioning.
Since the tactics of the "we're-all-gonna-die" climate doomers have remained consistent, the number of deaths is probably an exaggeration to get the most fear traction out of it for their global warming narrative (climate change narrative when it's not warm). Even so, it does encourage a bit of Yankee pride. I grew up in Florida without air conditioning in dark ages before the internet and mobile phones, and I don't remember hearing any reports of people dying. In summer, the only news was that it was very hot and would remain that way until October, when it would be less hot.