Archive for heat wave
canicule nuit… [cover]
Posted in pictures, Travel with tags canicule, climate change, cover, global warming, heat wave, Libé, Paris on June 26, 2026 by xi'an
ad absurdum
Posted in Statistics with tags climate change, Darjeeling tea, dry spell, ecological disaster, heat wave, Le Monde, M Magazine, Sunday morning, weekend edition on May 27, 2024 by xi'an
another surmortality graph
Posted in Books, R, Statistics with tags coronavirus epidemics, COVID-19, Freakonometrics, heat wave, INSEE, mortality, survey sampling, Université Paris 8, Vincennes - Saint-Denis on April 27, 2020 by xi'an
Another graph showing the recent peak in daily deaths throughout France as recorded by INSEE and plotted by Baptiste Coulmont from Paris 8 Sociology Department. And further discussed by Arthur Charpentier on Freakonometrics. With a few days off due to reporting, this brings an objective perspective on the impact of the epidemics (and of the quarantine) compared with the other years since 2001, without requiring tests or even surveys. (The huge peak in August 2003 was an heat wave that decimated elderly citizens throughout France.)
turning forty…
Posted in Kids, pictures with tags Antony, climate change, Europe, Harry Potter, heat wave, J.K. Rowlings, Parc de Sceaux, swimming pool on July 26, 2019 by xi'an
The previous days have been rather tough thanks to another heat wave all over Europe, with the temperatures at home reaching above 40⁰ (outside) yesterday afternoon and more importantly not getting under 30⁰ inside the house at night, as there was no wind at all to cool it down. (Except in the basement where I ended up sleeping.) After a certain point, as I am pretty susceptible to hot weather, working became impossible and I spent the rest of the day alternating between drinking cold water, taking cold showers, eating radishes, and watching low intensity movies (like The Crimes of Grindelwald!). The day before, my daughter and I tried a late afternoon trip to the nearby outside pool in the parc but this proved quite a disaster as it was so crowded that it was almost impossible to do laps (in a water of questionable composition). Temperatures are now down a wee bit but I wondering at ways to better insulate our house against what is becoming the new “normal”…. Like installing a massive circus tent every summer.
