[lbo-talk] deaths due to lack of A/C

[Marta Russell]

This was reported by a woman who works for the Center for Independent  
Living in Jackson, Mississippi.  Little thought has been given to the  
ongoing deaths due to consequences of heat for vulnerable  
populations.  These people need evacuating too.
marta

Death toll is 169 in Mississippi so far, according to local papers  
this morning
Most of those were killed in the original storm in coastal areas.

Of those who have died here in Jackson, most have been because of the  
heat, and lack of air-conditioning.
Most have been in nursing homes.
As I said the other day, the climate here is much hotter than most of  
the US (or Canada, needless to say), and people with certain health  
conditions, and elderly people, die from the heat.
Nursing homes, hospitals and shelters without electricity have had no  
air-conditioning.

Power is gradually being restored but there are parts of Jackson  
still without electricity.
People are still dying.

Corpses are still being found among the debris in Mississippi coastal  
communities too.
They say the corpses are more difficult to identify now because of  
the bloating and decomposition.
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