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Date Posted: 07:29:13 08/17/03 Sun
Author: Antje
Subject: Gee, of course our news coverage wasn't just concentrating on AC's Lissa! It's the same coverage like you had (as far as I could see on CNN and CNMBC. It's just when you sit there in your own sweat for weeks already and then you hear people complain about suddenly no AC and 86°F that just makes you smile! :-)
In reply to: Lissa 's message, "It's funny that with the heat wave in Europe, their main coverage of this massive event is about airconditioning. hahaha It's about the fact that energy from Canada to NY went out in only 3 seconds. Of all the news reporting I heard and watched last night on all the channels, no one mentioned airconditioning. They talked about all these thousands of people out in the streets, they wondered if there would be looting, they wondered what people would do for food. They talked about how people were directing traffic because the traffic lights were out, how strangers were helping each other, how the subways were all safely evacuated and people stuck in elevators were all rescued. There was an incredible lack of panic and an obvious air of adventure. Hearing you talk of the German news reports of no airconditioning was the first I had heard of that angle of the story. *G* It must be the current european obssession with their heat wave. *wink*" on 12:46:35 08/15/03 Fri


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[> [> [> [> [> I'm glad to hear that the reporting was well-rounded. I hope you could see that I was having fun with you about that subject. I apologize if anyone took my statements the wrong way, like I was attacking someone or something. Just laughing back at what you guys were laughing about to begin with. Anyways, no AC in NYC during that kind of heat is a serious thing since the city is mostly all concrete and holds the heat worse than around our houses with all the green. I hear that most of the heat deaths in France are in Paris, where I imagine the city conditions are like NYC. Like you have said, most people in your area don't need AC. It's the same for lots of people around here....they just stiff it out during heat waves. But places like NYC need to have AC to deal with their tight spaces and thousands of people, so it's a good thing that they got it back before serious health troubles started. Whatever... it's all past and all good. And all we're doing is talking *G* -- Lissa, 21:50:51 08/17/03 Sun


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