France records around 1,000 additional deaths as extreme heat breaks European records

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12. Tough one

That's a conundrum. I grew up in 60s, New Orleans, subtropical. We didn't have AC.. not in home, school, auto. We also didn't hv Asian Tiger mosquito, imported in 1980. Things change. Last time was w/o power was Hurricane Ida, almost a week. My house is slab and hv ceramic tile kitchen floor. I slept on that floor for that week, just to stay cool enough to survive. As an older person, heat/humidity is mighty debilitating. I go out at 6am, dawn, with an ice cap, to mow grass. And thank the AC when I get back inside, dripping wet with sweat. Our body has natural cooling-- sweat is supposed to evaporate, thus cooling. However when humidity is 95 &abv, that doesn't happen. So, I get your point, in a perfect world, yes, we shouldn't need that devil AC. I wish I didn't.