Heat Deaths In Summer? Shirley Not! | Principia Scientific Intl.

After several weeks of heat because it is summer, we get a headline about seven people dying, and the cause of death might be heat-related - Jack

This from a report shared via Yahoo News:

Record-breaking heat suspected in at least 7 deaths as temperatures soar across U.S.
The sweltering heat wave gripping parts of the U.S. has shattered heat records and sparked an air quality health advisory, and it is suspected of having contributed to at least seven deaths.

Of the seven, five deaths occurred in Oregon—not the desert-like landscape of eastern Oregon though, but Multnomah County, with its lakes and rivers and relatively close proximity to the Pacific Ocean (I find this odd, and wonder if there’s more to the story). One was a motorcyclist who died in Death Valley…and should be attributed to stupidity. 
Putting the deaths into perspective:

• Over three million people die in the U.S. each year, which equates to around 8,000 per day, and in a few weeks of heat this summer, we get a big story on seven deaths as “possibly being heat-related,” as it serves as fuel to the fire to continue the push to destroy those things that greatly improve our quality and length of life...