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Louvain Rees ⚰️

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Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria
An interesting read about the 1976 #heatwave 🌞

The suggestion that “we all had a wonderful summer and survived” is misleading.

It was reported that “200 people a day were apparently dying who would not have died if the weather had been normal”.

theconversation.com/the-dangers-of…
theconversation.com The dangers of romanticising Britain’s 1976 heatwave By sentimentalising the summer of 1976, we strip away its lessons.
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