@_InThisTogether Per study: During 2006-10, about 2,000 U.S. residents died each year from weather-related causes of death. 31% were attributed to exposure to excessive natural heat, and 63% were attributed to exposure to excessive natural cold. https://t.
@washingtonpost In fairness, this article refers to world numbers, not the U.S. It appears that the number of cold-related deaths are comparable to the number of heat-related deaths in the U.S. 600/yr by extreme heat: https://t.co/E9mcjuzOfa 1300/yr by
@CNN More people die of extreme cold each year than extreme heat. Here's just ONE citation for the citation needed crowd https://t.co/LxduppHpCA