Balkan heatwave deathtoll continues to mount: thousands urged to stay indoors

[ktlight]

FYI:

July 16, 2011 – BELGRADE- The heat on the Balkan region has caused 21 deaths so far. 11 deaths have occurred in Croatia and 10 in Serbia. In addition, hundreds of tourists sought medical attention over the weekend. According to local rescue and medical services, the number of casualties are likely to grow if the heat continues. The Serbian capital was the hottest one in Europe on Sunday, with temperatures of 37 degrees Celsius in the shade. Monday morning, Belgrade had registered 102 medical emergencies. Most of them were people with chronic heart conditions and the elderly. Searing heat conditions are expected to continue over the next few days with no relief in sight. Temperatures reaching 39 degrees and extreme UV radiation prompted Macedonian officials to recommend increased caution over the weekend. Meteorologists say that the scorching temperatures and high UV radiation index are expected to continue in the coming days, with only brief, sporadic rainfalls offering relief in some areas. People have been advised to avoid unnecessary exposure to the extreme heat. The Health Ministry is urging the elderly to stay indoors, and all residents to wear light clothes, hats and protective glasses. “In the last couple days weʼve had a 20-30 percent increase in heart attacks and strokes,” said Leposava Boskovska from the medical emergency centre in Skopje. She said there have also been cases of heat collapse. The Crisis Management Centre is warning of an increased risk of wildfires, which normally sweep the country during the summer. In Albania, The temperature in Tirana reached 33 degrees on Monday at noon, and meteorologist are warning of a hike of four to six degrees in coming days. In Montenegro, last Sunday was the hottest day in the last 50 years, with temperatures in Podgorica and Danilovgrad reaching a record 39 degrees.

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http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2011/07/16/balkan-heatwave-deathtoll-continues-to-mount-thousands-warned-to-stay-indoors/

[Lord Sidious]

Wow, you don't wanna come to Perth then, that is warm, but not hot.
We get 45C quite often in our summer.

[DarMar]

Hi im from Balkan parts :)

Yes i agree people here whine a much about heating, but tbh i dont uderstand them. It is not so hot, in fact nothing new is with hotness here in summer times.
But i must notice one thing, untill those air conditioning people where whined a lot less. Now every house has them, and every man puts it on 19c .. if you get out on decent temperature
after, it is not healthy and could cause problems with sudden temperature change.
On other point i dont feel that heat disturbing, in fact neither do cold :\
Have mates at work sweating like hippos and they cant think, work and concentrate from heat thats eventually outside. They turn on ventilators as soon as they get in and they barely bread.

As i often in joke telling them: "it is not hot at all, you've just buyed movie that system sold to you" ;)

How else woud you sell device that is unnecessary and very unhealthy?

[Marsila]

Wow, you don't wanna come to Perth then, that is warm, but not hot.
We get 45C quite often in our summer.

lucky as i was my job sent me to a place where the temperature was 51C last year....needless to say now i read 37C and think "that's nice weather, what are they whining about"
it's really not bad as it sounds unless you live on the street....

[Lord Sidious]

Hi im from Balkan parts :)

Yes i agree people here whine a much about heating, but tbh i dont uderstand them. It is not so hot, in fact nothing new is with hotness here in summer times.
But i must notice one thing, untill those air conditioning people where whined a lot less. Now every house has them, and every man puts it on 19c .. if you get out on decent temperature
after, it is not healthy and could cause problems with sudden temperature change.
On other point i dont feel that heat disturbing, in fact neither do cold :\
Have mates at work sweating like hippos and they cant think, work and concentrate from heat thats eventually outside. They turn on ventilators as soon as they get in and they barely bread.

As i often in joke telling them: "it is not hot at all, you've just buyed movie that system sold to you" ;)

How else woud you sell device that is unnecessary and very unhealthy?

Dobra Dan, DarMar.
I have a friend who is Croatian. Her father is from tribunj.
You anywhere near that?



Wow, you don't wanna come to Perth then, that is warm, but not hot.
We get 45C quite often in our summer.

lucky as i was my job sent me to a place where the temperature was 51C last year....needless to say now i read 37C and think "that's nice weather, what are they whining about"
it's really not bad as it sounds unless you live on the street....

I was in 53C when I was in the army.
No thanks, not again.

[DarMar]

Dobra Dan, DarMar.
I have a friend who is Croatian. Her father is from tribunj.
You anywhere near that?

hehe, im from capital, Zagreb .. but my mother is from Tribunj :D
And i have alot family there and going often there on vacations. My grandpa, mother, her sister and family part from mothers side are teachers in that small school in Tribunj :o)
it is one small cute place on earth and here we again conclude.. earth is small hehe

[pharoah21]

I remember 2 years ago when it hit 47 on the famous black saturday, and it was windy. It felt exactly like walking inside a giant hair dryer. It's funny though, knowing that people in rural parts of egypt have an average temperature of 42 degrees or so in the summer, and will often hit 50. A lot of it obviously comes down to the genetics and anatomy side of things. I'm sure the serbs handle the cold very well, in Egypt we put our heaters on when its 27.

[Snowbird]

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