@AnnaAnthro
Reading this i was wondering how hot it was in #Mecca just now - I don’t really have a sense of “normal” temperatures during the #Hajj or indeed of what kind of #ClimateAdaption or #HeatActionPlans are in place for this already, but it’s made me think more about wider social, cultural impact of #ClimateChange - might events like Hajj or #Juneteenth in #Houston (where rapper #BigPokey may have died of #Heatstroke during performance) become untenable? #ClimateDiary
#ClimateDiary now read that indeed it’s been really difficult for a lot of #Hajj Pilgrims in 48°C, with many suffering #Heatstrokes and 230 dying. There are of course many other contributing factors, as always - age, heart disease etc. - but the extreme heat can’t have helped. Heat is #SlowViolence #SilentViolence