[lit-ideas] article on French (aka European) heat wave
- From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 13:29:44 -0400
Here's a news snippet from the Beeb. Note the similarities.
The Prime Minister was on vacation. The response was too slow.
Thursday, 14 August, 2003,
French heat deaths 'up to 3,000'
The French health ministry has said the deaths of up to
3,000 people in recent weeks could be attributed to the
European heat wave.
The announcement came as the government extended throughout
the country an emergency hospital plan originally introduced
in the Paris region to deal with the medical crisis.
The move was ordered by Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin,
who cut short his holiday to head a crisis meeting of his
cabinet in Paris.
<snip>
But the BBC's Alan Little in Paris says the health
ministry's announcement is a humiliating turnaround for a
government whose response to the crisis has been perceived
as too slow.
full story at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3150097.stm
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