Overall, it were less extra deaths than in earlier heatwaves, possibly partly because more people survived the influenza in the winter. Only the 80+ were an exception. So I was on the good side.
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the very young and the very old. Weaker lungs.
The 1918 episode was a glaring exception, as well as a recent epidemic, not as widespread.
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Must not be used to high heat. I was in Florida for 6 weeks in June and July, in similar heat with higher humidity, running a chainsaw on trees still left topped in Hurricane Michael last October. I did take a break on working days between noon and 6pm though. Light stayed till after 8pm, so could get a couple hours in there. I'll admit though, when returning home to Maryland this year, I spent over a week taking it quite easy in AC house. When I and daughter first arrived in panhandle area, we had no AC for a week, then got a generator that ran a single 5K BTU window unit, and two weeks later finally got grid electric hooked back to the place. Had to get through local inspection, then county inspection, then the company inspection, and had to install our own electric pole w/weatherhead, the latter which seems crazy to me. There were a few times I felt faint during it.
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