Chico Harlan
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273 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 19 Aug
Chico Harlan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Temperatures in parts of France hitting 111 degrees.
And if you just look at France for a second, in the span of three days, they set the hottest day in national history, back to back to back.
And if that had just been a three-day thing, that alone would have been remarkable.
But the unusually hot temperatures stayed.
And then they let up for a few days, and then they came roaring back through July.
Some estimates say 10,000 extra deaths because of heat.
Some have said 20,000.
But what you can say for sure is that this was a highly deadly event across Western Europe.
There's a couple reasons for that.
One is Europe has buildings that are older and that were not built for this climate.
They're built for colder temperatures, and they were built to retain heat.
In Paris, these famous beautiful homes, apartments, are under zinc roofs, which basically are like ovens.
Then, of course, there's the air conditioning factor, which is a big one.
Still, a minority of Europeans have air conditioning.
And then during heat waves...
People who can will scramble for anything during a daytime.
They'll go to a mall.
They'll jump in a pool.
But people who are elderly or have pre-existing conditions can be stuck in apartments that just never cool down and stay hot in the night.
And after days...
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