Given the level of intelligence of current 'journalists' I bet this was news to them.
I lived for four years in Tucson, and you actually have to prepare yourself daily to be out in the heat...especially after mid-day.
Someone’s called a ambulance-chasing lawyer and is preparing a wrongful-death lawsuit
Her level of performance is not expected to be changed for the next several months. The postal union is still disputing whether death is a viable reason to stop pay.
(I escaped to an aircraft hanger, then on to a desk job, thank you Jesus)
Lots of details missing that would clarify this. We live in so Cal - that day was a beast. Like an oven outside. So, go inside and deliver the mail tomorrow??
Neither rain nor snow nor heat...
Back in the late 1800s we had a family member who froze to death delivering the mail.
It’s probably bad for the carriers here in the Houston area. Our summers last a minimum of 6 months, and it’s “heat wave” conditions all summer long with high humidity. I assume the mail carrier vehicles do not have A/C because they are open so that they can reach mailboxes, step out easily, etc.
I am sorry for her family’s loss.
Just counting down until some left wing nut politician blames it on Climate Change and lays the death at the feet of us deniers, like the President. 3, 2, 1, ...
I sense that important details have been omitted from this report.
Here in North Texas, attics, if not adequately ventilated, can get up to 140 and I see cable guys, AC guys, insulation guys and wonder how they do it. I finally got two attic fans after my AC installer told me our attic was one of the hottest they’d ever worked in. It’s made a world of difference.
I play tennis daily and at 60 years old, I can play for 2 hours in this heat, we have played in 107 degrees and average around 100. No problema......stay in shape.
The post office has ordered new trucks. I’ve heard the ones they’re sending north don’t have air conditioning the ones sent south have no heat. These are self inflicted wounds when they get sued.
In Charlevoix Mi. where I lived for thirty five years, we had the same mailman (maleman(?), (I know, sexist), for over fifteen years. Alfred would even wear shorts in the northern Michigan winters when he delivered our mail.
Recent broken ankle in a person her age, having to spend most of the day seated in her mail truck -— I would suspect a blood clot or fat embolism, to the brain, lungs, or heart. Just my two cents.
This is really sad. I was out in that heat for 2 errands that day and it was brain-penetrating. It was like being seriously drugged. I think once 115+ heats settles into you, there may be an effect similar to hypothermia, where you no longer feel heat per se but you just start to fade and feel curiously numb. Her truck was open on both sides and I dont think there is a/c nor would it help with that open mail truck. It breaks my heart, really.
For most northern European blood types, the older you get the harder it is to tolerate hot days.
RIP.