Holy Shiot!!

Skogen · Post by **Skogen** » August 14, 2003, 1:51 pm

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/08 ... index.html

No AC in most buildings in Paris + record heat wave = unbelievable casualites.

Neost · Post by **Neost** » August 14, 2003, 1:55 pm

So that's where they sent the heat that is usually cooking this part of the country this time of year.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » August 14, 2003, 1:57 pm

Iraqis seem to be able to stay alive w/o AC.

Cartalas · Post by **Cartalas** » August 14, 2003, 1:58 pm

Voronwë wrote:Iraqis seem to be able to stay alive w/o AC.

Because they are not pussy's.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » August 14, 2003, 2:01 pm

And I thought they smelled bad WITH climate control. I bet it's their own stink that killing them.

Cartalas · Post by **Cartalas** » August 14, 2003, 2:09 pm

Where can I mail my copies?

Post by **Sylvus** » August 14, 2003, 2:10 pm

I hope those kids from the Real World are okay!

Skogen · Post by **Skogen** » August 14, 2003, 2:36 pm

Sylvus wrote:I hope those kids from the Real World are okay!

Not me. I hope they die.

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » August 14, 2003, 2:57 pm

Shame Cartalas wasn't in France.

Anyway, people die in the US during heatwaves as well. When I lived in Texas we heard about it every summer.

Cartalas · Post by **Cartalas** » August 14, 2003, 3:00 pm

Kelshara wrote:Shame Cartalas wasn't in France.

Anyway, people die in the US during heatwaves as well. When I lived in Texas we heard about it every summer.

Not 3,000 in one summer your dumb ass. In 2001 the U.S had about 400 heat related deaths.

During 1979-1999 (the most recent years for which national data are available), 8,015 deaths in the United States were heat-related.

Mort · Post by **Mort** » August 14, 2003, 3:07 pm

9 replies and no "Global Warming" posts...... WTF?

/sarcasm off

Cartalas · Post by **Cartalas** » August 14, 2003, 3:13 pm

Mort wrote:9 replies and no "Global Warming" posts...... WTF?

/sarcasm off

Its called Culling the herd.

Skogen · Post by **Skogen** » August 14, 2003, 3:16 pm

Mort wrote:9 replies and no "Global Warming" posts...... WTF?

/sarcasm off

global warming my ass! We have not been taking data near long enough to even seriously consider the the theory!! However comma to er on the side of caution, maybe it will start to effect us many years in the future. It's a good idea to start tackling this as a potential threat now.

Mort · Post by **Mort** » August 14, 2003, 3:23 pm

Skogen wrote:
Mort wrote:9 replies and no "Global Warming" posts...... WTF?

/sarcasm off
global warming my ass! We have not been taking data near long enough to even seriously consider the the theory!! However comma to er on the side of caution, maybe it will start to effect us many years in the future. It's a good idea to start tackling this as a potential threat now.

Thank you sir for making my point!

Kargyle · Post by **Kargyle** » August 14, 2003, 3:27 pm

This has nothing to do with Parisians being pussies. Iraqis are used to the extreme heat and coping without air conditioning. Most Parisians don't have air conditioning because it isn't necessary for them, atleast usually. This year they are having to deal with heat that is far beyond the norm for them, their bodies just aren't adapted to dealing with that kind of heat.

Skogen · Post by **Skogen** » August 14, 2003, 3:29 pm

Kargyle wrote:This has nothing to do with Parisians being pussies. Iraqis are used to the extreme heat and coping without air conditioning. Most Parisians don't have air conditioning because it isn't necessary for them, atleast usually. This year they are having to deal with heat that is far beyond the norm for them, their bodies just aren't adapted to dealing with that kind of heat.

Sorry, yer wrong. They are pussies.

Kargyle · Post by **Kargyle** » August 14, 2003, 3:38 pm

Oh I agree, they are pussies. I just meant that dying from the heat isn't what makes them pussies.

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » August 14, 2003, 4:15 pm

Skogen you truly are as stupid as Cartalas and his dumbass followers, aren't you?

Kylere · Post by **Kylere** » August 14, 2003, 4:24 pm

Parisians and all French are pussies, but I do not think that is the only reason for the high numbers of deaths.

Cartalas · Post by **Cartalas** » August 14, 2003, 4:35 pm

Kelshara wrote:Skogen you truly are as stupid as Cartalas and his dumbass followers, aren't you?

Oh and your not Bandwagon Bob?

Skogen · Post by **Skogen** » August 14, 2003, 4:37 pm

Kelshara wrote:Skogen you truly are as stupid as Cartalas and his dumbass followers, aren't you?

If you had any brains at all you might have considered the possibility that maybe, just maybe, I was being sarcastic.

Ducru · Post by **Ducru** » August 14, 2003, 4:43 pm

The most ironic thing about the whole story is that the corpses ARE being air conditioned.

Poor fuckers had to wait until they died to "Get their Condishinin on"

I know a 20 degree swing from the norm is quite a bit, but do they just not know how to take care of it? It gets over 100 quite often in Arkansas, and our death rate is very low (referring to lower lvl housing that HAS no AC). I feel for them, that's for sure.

Side Note - They've lived this long without AC, and we call THEM pussies? I bet every one of us would start crying when the house hits 85 degrees.

Or even better when we couldn't use our overheated PCs to get to VooganVault.

Ducru

Skogen · Post by **Skogen** » August 14, 2003, 4:49 pm

Kargyle wrote:Oh I agree, they are pussies. I just meant that dying from the heat isn't what makes them pussies.

Ah, very true! Thanks for the clarification!

Q. Why are there so many tree-lined boulevards in France?
A. Germans like to march in the shade

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » August 14, 2003, 5:09 pm

If you had any brains at all you might have considered the possibility that maybe, just maybe, I was being sarcastic.

My apologies, I've been reading posts by Cartalas, Metanis etc for so long that I forgot people could actually be anything but brainless idiots.

But I will say this.. believe me, when it gets really hot in Europe it is way worse than living through 100+ in Texas. Why? Because for the most part there are no AC. Not in stores, not in homes, not in cars and hell.. not in most restaurants. For the most part it isn't needed except for maybe a short time during the summer. If something extraordinary like this happens, it is hell. Truly hell.

It is incredible how fast people can get used to temperatures. In Texas I could run and work out in the sun. Now, since it is 2.5 years since I moved further north, I feel the heat at 20 degrees less than back then.

Marbus · Post by **Marbus** » August 14, 2003, 5:18 pm

What I don't get is that while I know most building are old and you might not want to retrofit with central heat and air but window units are cheap

And in regards to hospitals, better safe than sorry. NOT putting air conditioning in a Hospital is just stupid if for no other reason than to help keep the environment clean.

Ever since Napolean was defeated the French haven't had their heads on straight if you ask me. They have a proud heritage and use to be a powerhouse, now they are just a bunch pussies IMHO... and I have held that for over 30 years so it has nothing to do with Lybia, Iraq or anything else...

Marb

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » August 14, 2003, 5:28 pm

Dunno about hospitals, but it is simply not common to have AC in houses whatsoever. Window units included. I don't even know where I would have bought one in Norway to be honest. AC in cars is something you have to pay out the ass for as an option as well.

And I am sure they are fine with you calling them pussies since they mostly consider you triggerhappy cowboys who use guns as penis extensions

Cartalas · Post by **Cartalas** » August 14, 2003, 5:52 pm

Kelshara wrote:Dunno about hospitals, but it is simply not common to have AC in houses whatsoever. Window units included. I don't even know where I would have bought one in Norway to be honest. AC in cars is something you have to pay out the ass for as an option as well.

And I am sure they are fine with you calling them pussies since they mostly consider you triggerhappy cowboys who use guns as penis extensions

Still Pussies!!!

masteen · Post by **masteen** » August 14, 2003, 5:59 pm

Kelshara wrote:And I am sure they are fine with you calling them pussies since they mostly consider you triggerhappy cowboys who use guns as penis extensions

Yippie-kai-yay, muthafucka!!!

Skogen · Post by **Skogen** » August 14, 2003, 5:59 pm

I hope the Germans invade them again.

Marbus · Post by **Marbus** » August 14, 2003, 6:00 pm

Kelshara, I didn't say anything about Norway

But you are probably right about the penis thing. I think it's pretty easy to see the bigger-dick war theory at work... "what they have bigger dicks? BOMB THEM!" and all the projectiles are shaped like dicks too but I nor Carlin have figured that out yet

Quite possibly I shouldn't use the word pussies as it sounds too negative. From a historical standpoint France has not been the mecca they once were. Britian, Germany and others have gone through similar if not worse War destruction and survived to become less islotary while France, after many nations - not just the US, helped them seemed to thumb their nose at the relationships then complain when they ran into problems... I'm quite alright with them thinking I'm a WarMonger even though I've never been in the military and in few fights. The US will be there to help them the next time they get themselves into trouble.

...IMHO

Marb

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » August 14, 2003, 6:54 pm

I'm not French I just get tired of all the old jokes, just like the Canada jokes. The silly thing is that France stood up for their believes and their interests, just like USA did. Does the fact that their believes differ from yours make them pussies? If so, isn't that pretty narrow minded?

Skogen · Post by **Skogen** » August 14, 2003, 7:11 pm

Kelshara wrote:I'm not French I just get tired of all the old jokes, just like the Canada jokes. The silly thing is that France stood up for their believes and their interests, just like USA did. Does the fact that their believes differ from yours make them pussies? If so, isn't that pretty narrow minded?

No room for Canada jokes! There is absolute no truth to them!

The french? Hell yes!

Acies · Post by **Acies** » August 14, 2003, 9:39 pm

Skogen wrote:I hope the Germans invade them again.

I hope you die of rabies or some virus strain found in milk that is un-pasteurized.

VariaVespasa · Post by **VariaVespasa** » August 14, 2003, 10:35 pm

Window units are cheap enough, but I wouldnt be the least bit surprised if there just arent any to be had at the moment. Since they dont usually need AC there isnt going to be a distribution network selling many of them in europe, so the few there were likely sold out long ago, and it takes a while to get more in, especially in bulk. And, being a weather related item, and the weather typically being viewed as notoriously unpredictable its not likely that many AC makers are that eager to go to the expense of diverting a significant chunk of their products to europe (which takes 2-4 weeks minimum) and risk a weather change in the meantime that destroys the market for them before they arrive. Which in turn means another 2-3 weeks delay while those AC's all turn around and go back to north america, at yet more expense and disruption to their revenue streams. So theyre a bit fooked.

*Hugs*
Varia

Raistin · Post by **Raistin** » August 14, 2003, 11:10 pm

Drink plenty of water and not over do yourself and you wont die. This is nature killing off the dumbasses who decide not to drink water, or keep themselves hydrated. Or just killing off the old people who are too old to even move out of a bed or chair. Its just speeding up the process of watching them slowly die.

This is one war France wont win..........!

Marbus · Post by **Marbus** » August 14, 2003, 11:57 pm

Kel, the lack of support of our current war has nothing to do with my view on France... it just proves the point.

Think of the 16th Century, the Musketeers, the glorius battles etc... France kicked ass! Then think of WW1... back down, dig a trench... and WW2, big a bigger ditch/hill fortress all around the Eastern boarder and they will never get past. Which of course Germany just bypassed and rolled on in... that is my point. They use to be a leader tactics now... eh. But as I said, the past year really has little to do with my view on France. Personally I would love to see them back to the old ways. They do make some DAMN good jets so I know the gene is still present somewhere

They can start by putting some air conditioning in the hostpitals for sanitary purposes and take the wine rations out of their MREs...

Marb

Marbus · Post by **Marbus** » August 14, 2003, 11:57 pm

Kel, the lack of support of our current war has nothing to do with my view on France... it just proves the point.

Think of the 16th Century, the Musketeers, the glorius battles etc... France kicked ass! Then think of WW1... back down, dig a trench... and WW2, big a bigger ditch/hill fortress all around the Eastern boarder and they will never get past. Which of course Germany just bypassed and rolled on in... that is my point. They use to be a leader tactics now... eh. But as I said, the past year really has little to do with my view on France. Personally I would love to see them back to the old ways. They do make some DAMN good jets so I know the gene is still present somewhere

They can start by putting some air conditioning in the hostpitals for sanitary purposes and take the wine rations out of their MREs...

Marb

rhyae · Post by **rhyae** » August 15, 2003, 8:17 am

wonder if their power grid would stand up to the additional draw of all the new AC units... ze paris blackout 2003.

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