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93. Every summer we have refrigerated trucks come in as temporary morgues.

Mon Jun 29, 2026, 12:48 AM

6 hrs ago

Because so many more people die in the summer.

Frightening, considering that's with all the snowbirds gone.

But, between the unhoused population, people in poverty without a/c, etc., the deaths soar.

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