37 Die In South, Midwest Heat Wave
Emergency Room Doctor Says Biggest Problem Is Dehydration
So he’s been selling his patients tap water for $10/gal.
So global warming and lack of free health care are killing Americans. What else?
The Tennessee Valley Authority, the nation’s largest public utility, shut down one of three units at the Browns Ferry nuclear plant in Athens, Ala., because water drawn from the Tennessee River was exceeding a 90-degree average over 24 hours
On the positive side its shut down nuclear energy! Yay for the birds and fishes!
The shutdown posed no safety threat, officials said. The TVA will compensate for the loss of power by buying power elsewhere, Moulton said.
Wherever else the rviers aren’t yet boilng, that is.
This is kinda like buying noble carbon offsets. You scorch the earth in your backyard with your 100 hp gas grill, but have an Indian plant a tree in the Himalayas to offset it. Of course that doesn’t help the bugs in your yard, but its a noble gesture overall.
