1986 — June-Aug Heat, esp. GA/41 TX/38 IL/30 AR/25 MS/23 CA/22 SC/22 NC/20 — >400
—>400 Blanchard tally based on State and local breakouts below.[1]
— 363 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
— 100 NCDC. Billion Dollar US Weather Disasters, 1980-2007. “Southeast…Heat…” 1-1-2008.
Summary of Heat Fatality Breakout by States for 1986
Alabama 16
Arizona 8
Arkansas 25
California 22
District of Co. 2
Florida 19
Georgia 41
Hawaii 1
Idaho 3
Illinois 30
Indiana 10
Kansas 4
Kentucky 6
Louisiana 14
Maryland 4
Massachusetts 1
Michigan 6
Minnesota 3
Mississippi 23
Missouri 14
Nevada 1
New Jersey 1
New York 3
No. Carolina 20
Ohio 4
Oklahoma 12
Oregon 4
Pennsylvania 8
Rhode Island 1
So. Carolina >22
Tennessee 19
Texas 38
Utah 1
Virginia 8
West Virginia 4
Wisconsin 2
Breakout of 1986 Heat-Related Fatalities by State
Alabama ( 16)
— 16 Blanchard tally based on breakouts below.[2]
— 14 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
–1 Chilton County. Male, 35-44.
–1 Dale County. Male, 65-74.
–1 Franklin County. Male, 45-54.
–2 Houston County. Females, 85+.
–1 Lowndes County. Female, 55-64.
–1 Madison County. Male, 75-84.
–3 Mobile County. Female, 75-84, and males, 55-64.
–2 Montgomery County. Males, 20-24, and 45-54.
–1 Pickens County. Male, 75-84.
–1 Shelby County. Male 45-54.
— 11 NCDC/NOAA. Storm Data, Vol. 28, No. 7, July 1986, p. 24.
–2 June.
–3 July.
–6 August.
— >15 years old (2), 15-44 (3), 45-64 (2), >65 (4).
Arizona ( 8)
— 8 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
–4 Maricopa County. Females 45-74, males, 35-44 and 55-64.
–1 Mohave County. Male, 55-64.
–1 Pima County. Female, 65-74.
–2 Yuma County, males, ages not noted.
Arkansas ( 28)
— 28 Blanchard tally based on breakouts below.[3]
— 22 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
–1 Benton County. Male, 75-84.[4]
–1 Benton Co., Siloam Springs, July 31. Ruffus C. Harviston, 79.[5]
–1 Bradley County. Female, 75-84.
–2 Chicot County. Female, 65-74, and male, 35-44.[6]
–1 Clark County. Female, 65-74.[7]
–1 Clark Co., Arkadelphia, July 31. Veola McGhee, 73, in mobile home, no AC.[8]
–1 Conway County. Female, 65-74.[9]
–1 Crawford County. Male, 75-84.[10]
–1 Mountainburg area, July 28. Walter Collins, 83; heat exhaustion at home.[11]
–2 Crittenden County. Females, 45-54 and 75-84.[12]
–2 Faulkner County. Female, 75-84, and male, 85+.[13]
–2 Conway, found July 28. Elmer Elliott, 91, and his sister, Ruth Brantley, 90.[14]
–2 Garland County. Males, 75-84.
–1 Logan County. Female, 75-84.[15]
–2 Phillips County. Females, 65-74, and 75-84.
–2 Pulaski County. Females, 85+.[16]
[–1 Pulaski Co., Jacksonville, July 30. Gertrude McKeever, 76, at home.][17]
–1 Pulaski Co., Little Rock, July 31. Della Calk, 85, home AC not turned on.[18]
[–1 Pulaski Co., Little Rock, July 31. Irean Gery, 61, apt. with no AC.][19]
[–1 Pulaski Co., Little Rock, July 31. Vera L. Lewis, 73, heat contributing.][20]
[–1 Pulaski Co., Little Rock, July 30. Willie Thomas, 40, in boarding home.][21]
–1 St. Francis County. Male, 75-84.[22]
–1 Sebastian County. Male, 45-54.[23]
–1 Fort Smith, found July 29 in his room. Wayne Buck Kavanaugh, 54.[24]
–1 Sharp County. Male, 75-84.
–1 White County. Male, 55-64.
[–1 White Co., July 31. Samuel Ripley, 83, in home with no air conditioning.[25]]
[–1 White County, Aug 15. Female, 62. NCDC. Storm Data, 28/8, Aug 1986, p. 22.]
[–1 White County, Aug 13. Male 83. NCDC. Storm Data, 28/8, Aug 1986, p. 22.]
California ( 22)
— 22 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
–1 Alameda County. Male, 45-54.
–1 Contra Costa County. Male, 45-54.
–5 Imperial County. Male, 25-34, males, age not noted.
–1 Kern County. Female, <1 year.
–2 Los Angeles County. Male, 55-64, and male, age not noted.
–1 Marin County. Male, 75-84.
[–2 Orange County, Garden Grove, July 20. Twins, 3-months, left by mother in car.[26]
–7 Riverside County, Females 55-64, 65-74; males 25-34, 35-44, 55-64 (2), 1 no age.
–2 San Diego County. Males, 45-54 and 55-64.
–1 San Mateo County. Male. 65-74.
–1 Tulare County. Male, 25-34.
District of Columbia ( 2)
–2 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search.
–1 Male, 35-44.
–1 Female, 75-84.
Florida ( 19)
–19 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
–1 Broward County. Male. 45-54.
–1 Collier County. Male, 75-84.
–1 Columbia County. Female, 1-4.
–1 Duval County. Female, 85+.
–1 Hillsborough County. Male, 55-64.
–1 Manatee County. Male, 75-84.
–3 Miami-Dade County. Females, 25-34, 55-64, and 75-84.
–1 Okaloosa County. Male, 45-54.
–1 Orange County. Male, 45-54.
–1 Palm Beach County. Female, 45-54.
–2 Pinellas County. Males, 75-84.
–1 Sarasota County. Male, 75-84.
–1 Seminole County. Male, 25-34.
–2 Volusia County. Female, 65-74, and male, 45-54.
–1 Walton County. Male, 25-34.
— Walton Co., DeFuniak Springs, July 31. Heatstroke; Joe Dan Nelson, 30.[27]
–12 Lushine. Underreporting… Figure 3, “Annual Temperature Deaths, Florida, 1979-1999.”[28]
Georgia (41)
— 41 Blanchard tally based on locality breakouts below.[29]
— 32 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
–1 Baldwin County. Male, 55-64.[30]
–1 Bibb County. Female, 75-84.[31]
[–1 Bibb County, July 18. Male, 29. NCDC. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 28.]
–2 Burke County. Females, 65-74 and 85+.[32]
–1 Butts County. Male, 35-44.
–2 Chatham County. Female, 75-84 and Male, 65-74.
–1 July 20. Female, 76. NCDC/NOAA. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 28.
–1 July 21 (body found). Female, 77; Savannah public housing project.[33]
[–1 Savannah public housing project, July 21. Female, 62; authorities blamed death on heat.[34]]
–1 Clayton County. Female, 55-64.
–1 Dodge County. Male, 75-84.[35]
[–1 Gwinnett County, July. Female, 87. NCDC. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 28.]
[–1 Harris County, July 24. Male, 57. NCDC. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 28.]
–1 Jefferson County. Female, 65-74.[36]
–1 Johnson County. Female, 85+.[37]
[–1 Laurens County, July 9. Female, 51. NCDC. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 28.]
[–1 McDuffie County, July 9. Male, 62. NCDC. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 28.]
[–1 McDuffie County, July 20. Female, 62. NCDC. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 28.]
[–1 McDuffie County, July 20. Male, 74. NCDC. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 28.]
–1 Mitchell County. Female, 45-54.[38]
–1 Pelham, July 21. Heatstroke; female, 54, in “sweltering room,” 100°.
–7 Muscogee County. Females, 55-65, 75-84, and 85+; males (4), 65-74.[39]
–1 Columbus. Johnny E. Drake, 66. (Citing Muscogee Co. Coroner.).[40]
–1 Peach County. Male, 55-64.
–1 Pulaski County. Female, 75-84.
–5 Richmond County. Females, 55-64, 65-74 (2), 85+ (2).[41]
–1 Rockdale County. Female, 65-74.[42]
–1 Stewart County. Male, 65-74.
–3 Sumter County. Females, 45-54 and 85+, Male, 35-44.
–1 Upson County. Male, 45-54.
[–1 Wilcox County, July 11. Male, 69. NCDC. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 28.]
— 30 NCDC/NOAA. Storm Data, Vol. 28, No. 7, July 1986, p. 28.[43]
— 28 AP, by Aug 2. “Drought Update. South says ‘thanks’; USDA expands aid.” 8-2-1986, 10B.
Hawaii ( 1)
–1 Honolulu Co. Male 20-24. CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure natural heat.
Idaho ( 3)
— 3 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
–1 Benewah County. Female, 65-74.
–1 Jerome County. Male, 20-24.
–1 Payette County. Female, 25-34.
Illinois ( 30)
— 30 Blanchard tally based on locality breakouts below.
— 29 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
— 1 Carroll County. Male, 75-84.
[– 1 Clark County, Marshall vicinity farm field, July 16. Robert Frink, 19.[44]]
— 3 Cook County. Females, 65-74 and 75-84 (2).
–21 “ Males <1, 1-4, 20-24 (2), 25-34 (3), 35-44 (2) 45-54 (2), 55-64 (8), 65-74 (2).
— 1 Franklin County. Male, 65-74.
— 1 Jackson County. Male, 55064.
— 1 St. Clair County. Male, 85+.
— 1 Whiteside County. Male, 25-34.
Indiana (~10)
–~10 Blanchard tally based on locality breakouts below.[45]
— 6 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
[–1 Brown County, LaSalle Lake, July 16. Keith Otto, 68, outdoors.[46]]
[–1 Brown County. Apparent heatstroke; Rachel Snider, 16, camp worker.[47]]
[–1 Elkhart Co. Jail, July 2. Heatstroke; James Lee Marble, 42; solitary confinement.[48]
[–5? Marion County.[49]]
–4 Marion County. Females, 65-74 (2), and 75-84; male, 75-84.
–1 Indianapolis, July 18. Hyperthermia; Goldie Thompson, 82, in her home.[50]
–1 Martin County. Male, 35-44.
–1 Gary Inman, 38, July 18; hyperthermia, outdoors (gone for walk, hot day).[51]
–1 Vanderburgh County. Male, 55-64.
Kansas ( 4)
— 4 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
–1 Finney County. Male, 35-44.
–1 Miami County. Male, 65-74.
–1 Sedgwick County. Male, 55-64.
Kentucky ( 6)
— 6 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
–1 Daviess County. Female, <1 year.
–1 Fayette County. Female, 55-64.
–3 Jefferson County. Females, 55-64 and 65-74; male, 45-54.
–1 Taylor County. Female, 85+.
Louisiana ( 14)
–14 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
–1 Calcasieu Parish. Male, 15-19.[52]
–2 De Soto Parish. Males, 35-34 and 35-44.
–1 Iberia Parish. Male, 65-74.
–1 Jefferson Davis Parish. Female, 45-54.
–1 Morehouse Parish. Female, 85+.
–4 Orleans Parish. Females, 45-44, 65-74 and 75-84; male, 85+.
–1 New Orleans, July 13. Heatstroke; Elvina Martal, 74; apt. with broken AC.[53]
–1 New Orleans, July 30. Female, 40, in her apartment.[54]
–1 New Orleans, July 31. Female, 77, in her apartment.[55]
–1 New Orleans, July 31. Male, 84, outdoors.[56]
–1 Richland Parish. Female, 85+.
–1 St. James Parish. Female, 65-74.[57]
–1 St. Mary Parish. Female, 75-84.
–1 Winn Parish. Male, 65-74.
Maryland ( 4)
— 4 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
–1 Allegany County. Male, 45-54.
–3 Baltimore city. Males, 1-4, 25-34, and 45-54.
Massachusetts ( 1)
— 1 Essex Co. Male 1-4, CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat.
Michigan ( 6)
— 6 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
–1 Eaton County. Male, 85+.
–1 Genesee County. Female, 25-34.
–1 Kent County. Male, 65-74.
–1 Van Buren County. Female, 55-64.
–2 Wayne County. Females, 75-84.
Minnesota ( 3)
— 3 Blanchard tally of locality breakouts below.
— 2 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
–1 Anoka County. Male, 35-44.
–1 Otter Tail County. Female, 65-74.
— 1 Hennepin County, Minnetonka area, June 26. Heat exhaustion; male roofer, 85° day.[58]
Mississippi ( 23)
–23 Blanchard tally of locality breakouts below.
–17 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
–1 Benton County. Male, 65-74.
–1 Choctaw County. Female, 75-84.
–2 Clay County. Female, 65-74 and Male, 75-84.[59]
–1 Grenada County. Female. 55-64.[60]
–1 Hinds County. Female, 75-84.
–1 Jones Co., June 16. Male, 90; “heat contributed to his death” (Jones Co. Coroner.)[61]
–1 Lamar County. Male, 35-44.
–1 Marshall County. Male, 75-84.
–2 Oktibbeha County. Females, 75-84.
–1 Pontotoc County. Male, 75-84.
–1 Quitman County. Male, 85+.[62]
–1 Marks, July 24. David Rose, 88; heatstroke at home.[63]
[–1 Quitman Co, Marks, July 23, female (Channie Hayman), 84, home, windows closed.][64]
–1 Tate County. Female, 75-84.
–2 Tippah County. Female, 75-84 and Male, 85+.
–1 Washington County. Male, 75-84.
–1 Washington County, Greenville, July 25. Male, 79. NCDC. Storm Data.[65]
[–1 Washington County, Greenville, July 31. Male, 85, in un-airconditioned home.][66]
[–1 Washington County, Leland, July 26. Female, 100, in un-airconditioned home.][67]
[–1 Washington County. July 26-31. County Coroner investigates 5 heat-related deaths.][68]
[–1 Washington County. July 26-31. County Coroner investigates 5 heat-related deaths.][69]
–1 Yalobusha County. Male, 75-84.
Missouri (14)
–~15 MO DHSS. Data and Statistical Reports. “Health Conditions & Diseases, Hyperthermia.”
— 14 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.[70]
— 1 Chariton County. Male, 85+.
— 1 Jackson County. Male, 35-44.
— 1 Pike County. Male, 75-84.
— 1 Scott County. Female, 55-64.[71]
–10 St. Louis city. Females, 45-54, 65-74, 75-84 (4); males, 55-64 (2), 65-74, 75-84.
–1 St. Louis, July 10. Heatstroke; male, 66 (noted as 5th heat death in there).[72]
–1 St. Louis, July 19. Hazel Hughes, 54; body temp. of 109 when found.[73]
Nevada ( 1)
–1 Clark County. Male, 65-74. CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to heat.
New Jersey ( 1)
–1 Sussex Co. Female, 75-84. CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to heat.
New York ( 3)
— 3 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
–1 Bronx. Female, 85+.
–1 Broome County. Female, 55-64.
–1 Monroe County. Male, 25-34.
North Carolina (20)
–20 Blanchard tally based on locality breakouts below.
–17 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
–1 Brunswick County. Female, 65-74.
–1 Cabarrus County. Male, 45-54.
–2 Cumberland County. Males, 45-54 and 55-64.
–1 Duplin County. Female, 85+.
–1 Durham County. Female, 75-84.
–2 Guilford County. Female, 75-84 and male, 35-44.
–1 Lee County. Female, 65-74.
[–1 Lenoir County, Kinston, July 7. Guy Fisher. Heart failure with heat contributing.[74]]
–2 Lincoln County. Females, 65-74.
–1 Mecklenburg County. Male, 65-74.
–3 Pitt County. Female, 35-44, Males, 75-84 and 85+.
[–1 Rowan County, Salisbury, July 17. Hattie Taylor, 72, in her apartment.[75]]
–1 Sampson County. Male, 45-54.
[–1 Wake County, Raleigh, July 12. Josephine Jones, 68, heart failure and heat stroke.[76]]
–1 Wilson County. Female. 75-74.
— 15 Mirabelli & Richardson. “Heat-Related Fatalities in North Carolina.” AJPH, 2005, fig. 1.
—>10 NCDC/NOAA. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 54. (7 direct, “several” indirect)
Ohio ( 4)
— 4 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
–1 Clermont County. Female, 65-74.
–1 Franklin County. Female, 75-84.
–1 Hamilton County. Male, 20-24.
–1 Lucas County. Male, 35-44.
Oklahoma (12)
—12 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
–1 Blaine County. Male, 85+
–1 Carter County. Male, 65-74.
–1 Craig County. Male, 55-64.
–1 Garvin County. Male, 45-54.[77]
–1 Jefferson County. Male, 55-64.
–1 McClain County. Male, 75-84.
–1 Muskogee County. Male, 75-84.
–4 Oklahoma County. Females, 55-64; males, 25-34 and 85+.
–1 Okmulgee County. Male, 25-34.
Oregon ( 4)
— 4 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
–1 Lincoln County. Female, 1-4.
–1 Linn County. Male, 20-24.[78]
–2 Washington County. Males, 20-24 and 45-54.
Pennsylvania ( 8)
— 8 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
–1 Allegheny County. Male, 25-34.
–2 Erie County. Males, 55-64 and 65-74.
–1 Mercer County. Female, 75-84.
–3 Philadelphia County. Males, 35-44 (2), and 65-74.
–1 Venango County. Male, 20-24.
Rhode Island ( 1)
— 1 Providence Co. Female, 75-84. CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to heat.
South Carolina (>22)
—>22 Blanchard tally based on breakouts below.[79]
— 20 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
–1 Anderson County. Female, 65-74.
[–1 Barnwell Co., June 25. Heat stress; Leon Churchwell, 59. Storm Data, 28/6, p. 46.]
–1 Barnwell County. Female, 75-84.[80]
[–1 Berkeley County, July 18. Heat stress; Gladys Collins, 64. Storm Data, 28/6, p. 61.]
–5 Charleston Co. Female, 45-54; males, 25-34, 35-44, 75-84 (2).[81]
–1 June 2. Robert Banks, 79, heat stress.[82]
–1 July 10. Naomi Washington, 48; heat stress.[83]
–1 July 20. James Davis, 42, heat stress.[84]
–1 Cherokee County. Male, 55-64.
–1 Clarendon County. Female, 65-74.[85]
–1 Darlington County. Male, 75-84.
–1 Georgetown County. Male, 75-84.
–1 Greenwood County. Female, 65-74.[86]
–1 Horry County. Male, 65-74.[87]
–1 Lee County. Male, 35-44.[88]
–1 Marion County. Male, 25-34.
–1 Orangeburg County. Female, 25-34.
–1 Pickens County. Male, 45-54.[89]
–2 Richland County. Female, 65-74 and male, 45-54.[90]
–1 York County. Male, 75-84.[91]
Tennessee (19)
–19 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
— 3 Davidson County. Female, 35-44, and males, 45-54 and 55-64.
— 1 Gibson County. Male, 45-54.
— 2 Hamilton County. Males, 55-64 and 65-74.[92]
— 1 Hickman County. Female, 65-74.[93]
— 1 Sequatchie County. Male, 35-44.
–10 Shelby Co. Females, 65-74, 75-84 (2), 85+; males, 55-64, 65-74, 75-84 (3), 85+.[94]
— 1 Warren County. Male, 55-64.
Texas (38)
–38 Blanchard tally based on locality breakouts below.
–34 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
–2 Bexar County. Female, 85+, and male, 35-44.
–1 San Antonio, July 16. Male, 40, while working in a warehouse.[95]
–1 San Antonio, July 24. Heatstroke; female, 90, at home.[96]
[–1 San Antonio, July 30. Elderly male, apt., low income complex, no AC.][97]
[–1 San Antonio, Aug 2. Male, 58, while working in his yard.][98]
–1 Brazoria County. Female, 75-84.
–1 Cameron County. Female, 35-44.
–1 Cass County. Female, 25-34.
–4 Dallas County. Females 45-54 and 75-84; males 35-44 and 45-54.
–1 Dallas, July 29. Heatstroke, male, 40, outside along a roadside.[99]
–1 Dallas, July 30. Heatstroke, Steve Tisdale, 41.[100]
–1 El Paso County. Male, 35-44.
–1 Grayson County. Female, 65-74.
–1 Gregg County. Male, 55-64.
–7 Harris County. Female, 75-84; males, 10-14, 25-34, 35-44 (2), 65-74, 75-84.
–1 Hidalgo County. Male, 55-64.
–1 Johnson County. Female, 65-74.
–1 Knox County. Male, 65-74.
–1 Lubbock County. Male, 75-84.
[–1 Montgomery Co., Magnolia, July 27. Ryan Dennis Welch, 2, left in car by father.][101]
–1 Orange County. Male. 55-64.
–1 Robertson County. Female, 85+.
–1 Tarrant County. Male, 35-44.
–2 Taylor County. Females, 55-64 and 65-74.
–1 Tom Green County. Female, 75-84.
–2 Travis County. Females, 55-64 and 85+.
[–1 Travis Co., Austin, July 31. Charles Weaver; construction worker, at elec. substation.][102]
–2 Wichita County. Female, 35-44, and male, 1-4.
–1 Williamson County. Male, 25-34.
–1 Locale not noted, July 30. Adolfo Banda, 30, TX Corrections Dept. inmate working in field.[103]
Utah ( 1)
— 1 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
Virginia ( 8)
— 8 Blanchard tally based on locality breakouts below.
— 7 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
–2 Norfolk city. Female, 55-64, and male, 45-54.
–2 Petersburg city. Males, 20-24 and 75-84.
–1 Portsmouth city. Male, 75-84.
–1 Richmond city. Male, 85+.
–1 Roanoke city. Male, 35-44.
— 1 Richmond, April 1. Heat exhaustion. Male, 20; tree trimming crew. OSHA.[104]
West Virginia ( 4)
— 4 CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure to natural heat search 1-1-2017.
–1 Brooke County. Male, 55-64.
–1 Harrison County. Female, 75-84.
–1 Lewis County. Male, 45-54.
–1 Mercer County. Female, 20-24.
Wisconsin ( 2)
–1 Kenosha County, Twin Lakes, July 19. Female, 82. NCDC Storm Data, 28/7, July, p. 71.[105]
–1 Milwaukee Co. Male 25-34. CDC WONDER, ICD-9/E900.0 Excessive exposure nat. heat.
Narrative Information
Aug 2, NW AR Times: “The state is to buy fans for poor people who are old or ailing, to help them death with the heat wave. That was decided Thursday when the legislative Energy Committee approved Gov. Bill Clinton’s request for authority to spend $250,000 to $500,000 for 16,000-17,000 three-speed, 20-inch box fans. The purchase of the fans will be funded with a $100,000 reserve from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program and with an additional $250,000 in Exxon oil overcharge settlement funds. This funding will purchase 16,000 to 17,000 fans.
“Gov. Clinton said, ‘We have now had seven consecutive days of over 100 degree weather. This program will provide our citizens some relief from the extreme heat.’
“Thirteen people across the state, most of them elderly, have died from illness related to the heat — seven of those died on Thursday. In some of the deaths, officials reported several of the victim’s home had contained air conditioning units, but that those units had not been used, probably in fear of running up electricity bills they could not pay.
“Attorney General Steve Clark said Wednesday in Fayetteville that state law forbids utility companies from disconnecting the service of elderly customers or others with medical conditions in periods of extreme heat — regardless of ability to pay. Companies will work out payment schedules for those with high bills, Clark said, adding that assistance in paying utility bills is available for eligible households….
“To be eligible for fans, persons must:
–Be Arkansas residents.
–Have income of 110 percent of the poverty level or less…
–Have someone in the house who is age 65 or older, or have someone in the house who has a medical condition which, because of he heat, has serious effects. Officials said they will not be demanding about the medical condition….
(Northwest Arkansas Times, Fayetteville, AR. “The heat wave: Poor people to get fans. State sets record temps.” 8-2-1985, p. 1.)
Sources
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Associated Press. “All seasons hurt homeless.” Kokomo Tribune, IN. 7-21-1986, p. 5. Accessed 1-4-2017 at: http://newspaperarchive.com/us/indiana/kokomo/kokomo-tribune/1986/07-21/page-5?tag
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Associated Press. “Dip of thermometer has St. Louis area residents hopeful.” The Telegraph, Alton, IL. 7-21-1986, p. A-12. Accessed 1-4-2017 at: http://newspaperarchive.com/us/illinois/alton/alton-telegraph/1986/07-21/page-18?tag
Associated Press. “Drought Update. South says ‘thanks’; USDA expands aid.” 8-2-1986, 10B. Accessed 1-5-2017 at: http://newspaperarchive.com/us/iowa/cedar-rapids/cedar-rapids-gazette/1986/08-02/page-78?tag
Associated Press. “Eight from Georgia die in Southeast heatwave.” The New Mexican, Santa Fe. 7-22-1986, p. A-2. Accessed 1-4-2016 at: http://newspaperarchive.com/us/new-mexico/santa-fe/santa-fe-new-mexican/1986/07-22/page-2?tag
Associated Press. “Heat kills 3 Arkansans.” Northwest Arkansas Times, Fayetteville, Ark. 7-30-1986, p. 1. Accessed 1-4-2017 at: http://newspaperarchive.com/us/arkansas/fayetteville/fayetteville-northwest-arkansas-times/1986/07-30?tag
Associated Press, Jackson. “Heat kills two in state.” Laurel Leader-Call, MS. 7-26-1986, p. 2. Accessed 1-4-2017 at: http://newspaperarchive.com/us/mississippi/laurel/laurel-leader-call/1986/07-26/page-2?tag
Associated Press, Indianapolis. “Heat-related death reported in state.” Kokomo Tribune, IN. 7-20-1986, p. 28. Accessed 1-4-2017 at: http://newspaperarchive.com/us/indiana/kokomo/kokomo-tribune/1986/07-20/page-28?tag
Associated Press. “Heat wave. Austin construction worker collapses in record heat.” New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung, 8-1-1986, p. 2. Accessed 1-4-2017 at: http://newspaperarchive.com/us/texas/new-braunfels/new-braunfels-herald-zeitung/1986/08-01?tag
Associated Press. “Indiana heat kills 2 teens.” Anderson Daily Bulletin, IN. 7-18-1986, p. 1. Accessed 1-3-2017 at: http://newspaperarchive.com/us/indiana/anderson/anderson-daily-bulletin/1986/07-18?tag
Associated Press. “Our State Prays for Rain. Little Relief Foreseen This Week.” Aiken Standard, SC. 7-21-1986, p. 1. Accessed 1-4-2017 at: http://newspaperarchive.com/us/south-carolina/aiken/aiken-standard/1986/07-21?tag
Associated Press. “Record Temperatures Remain Across Much of State.” Kerrville Daily Times, TX. 7-31-1986, p. 2A. Accessed 1-4-2017 at: http://newspaperarchive.com/us/texas/kerrville/kerrville-daily-times/1986/07-31/page-2?tag
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Daily News (Bruce Rolfsen), Fort Walton Beach, FL. “Heat cited in area death. DeFuniak man becomes first heat wave victim.” 8-1-1986, p. 1. Accessed 1-4-2017 at: http://newspaperarchive.com/us/florida/fort-walton-beach/fort-walton-beach-playground-daily-news/1986/08-01?tag
Kenosha News, WI. “Woman dies as home’s heat rises to 100 degrees.” 7-20-1986, p. 1. Accessed 1-4-2017 at: http://newspaperarchive.com/us/wisconsin/kenosha/kenosha-news/1986/07-20?tag
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Tyrone Daily Herald, PA. “Power Companies Swap Watts to Help Beat Heat Wave.” 7-19-1986, p. 3. Accessed 1-3-2017 at: http://newspaperarchive.com/us/pennsylvania/tyrone/tyrone-daily-herald/1986/07-19/page-3?tag
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[1] CDC Wonder represents only those deaths that are available to their data retrieval system and are coded E900.0 (death due to excessive natural heat) on the death certificate as primary cause of death. Often a background chronic condition or cardiac arrest is coded as the primary cause of death, with heat noted as a contributing condition.
[2] We start with CDC tally of 14. We add to this the two deaths of victims below the age of 15, which are not noted by the CDC, to obtain out total of 16.
[3] We start with CDC and add deaths noted by NCD not noted by CDC Wonder.
[4] NCDC/NOAA Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 25, notes death of 82-year-old male on July 31.
[5] AP. “7 more Arkansans die in heat wave; toll at 13.” Northwest Arkansas Times, Fayetteville, AR. 8-1-1986, p. 1. Notes his body temperature was 112 degrees when found by a neighbor.
[6] According to NCDC Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 25, a 70-year-old female died of high heat on July 29.
[7] NCDC/NOAA Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 25, notes death of 72-year-old female on July 30.
[8] AP. “7 more Arkansans die in heat wave; toll at 13.” Northwest Arkansas Times, Fayetteville, AR. 8-1-1986, p. 1.
[9] NCDC/NOAA Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 25, notes death of 68-year-old female on July 31.
[10] NCDC Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 25, notes death of 83-year-old male on July 28. Cites AR Health Dept.
[11] Associated Press. “Heat kills 3 Arkansans.” Northwest Arkansas Times, Fayetteville, Ark. 7-30-1986, p. 1. Notes he collapsed inside after spending time gardening. Cites coroner to effect he measured a temperature of 103°.
[12] NCDC/NOAA Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 25, notes death of 53-year-old female on July 31. Storm Data 28/8, p. 21 notes death of a female, 80, on August 1, “due to high temperatures.” Cites Arkansas Health Department.
[13] NCDC/NOAA Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 25, notes death of female, 84, and male, 91 in July.
[14] Associated Press. “Heat kills 3 Arkansans.” Northwest Arkansas Times, Fayetteville, Ark. 7-30-1986, p. 1. Notes that they were found in their beds on Monday, having apparently died over the weekend. Cites Faulkner Country coroner to effect that “The temperature in their house was 94 degrees when the bodies were found.”
[15] NCDC/NOAA Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 25, notes death of female, 84, on July 29.
[16] NCDC/NOAA Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 25, notes deaths of two females, 85 and 87, on July 31.
[17] AP. “7 more Arkansans die in heat wave; toll at 13.” Northwest Arkansas Times, Fayetteville, AR. 8-1-1986, p. 1.
[18] AP. “7 more Arkansans die in heat wave; toll at 13.” Northwest Arkansas Times, Fayetteville, AR. 8-1-1986, p. 1.
[19] AP. “7 more Arkansans die in heat wave; toll at 13.” Northwest Arkansas Times, Fayetteville, AR. 8-1-1986, p. 1.
[20] AP. “7 more Arkansans die in heat wave; toll at 13.” Northwest Arkansas Times, Fayetteville, AR. 8-1-1986, p. 1. Notes her “death was being partially attributed to heat…[she] also suffered from diabetes and chronic lung disease.”
[21] AP. “7 more Arkansans die in heat wave; toll at 13.” Northwest Arkansas Times, Fayetteville, AR. 8-1-1986, p. 1.
[22] NCDC/NOAA Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 25, notes death of 80-year-old male on July 29.
[23] NCDC/NOAA Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 25, notes death of 54-year-old male on July 29.
[24] Associated Press. “4th Arkansan dies inn heat wave.” Northwest Arkansas Times, Fayetteville. 7-31-1986, p. 1. Cites Sebastian County coroner Jack Sloan to effect “His body temperature was unbelievable.” Notes, according to the coroner, Kavanaugh was in a concrete building with no ventilation or air conditioning on a day when Fort Smith recorded a high temperature of 108 degrees.”
[25] AP. “7 more Arkansans die in heat wave; toll at 13.” Northwest Arkansas Times, Fayetteville, AR. 8-1-1986, p. 1. Also: NCDC/NOAA. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 25.
[26] Identified as Adam and Ashley Ernst. AP notes mother, who was visiting a friend, “was booked for investigation of manslaughter and willful cruelty to a child.” (AP. “Twins Left in Car Die.” Aiken Standard, SC. 7-21-1986, p. 1.)
[27] Daily News (Bruce Rolfsen), Fort Walton Beach, FL. “Heat cited in area death.” 8-1-1986. Had been clearing land at Hurlburt Field when he collapsed. Died later in hospital.
[28] Figure 3 is a chart which shows heat deaths in one color and cold deaths in another on the same horizontal bar for each year. The fatality range shown on the left of the chart is in increments of five, going up to thirty. The bars for each year are shown diagonally and do not show any numbers. This does not make them readily readable. Thus one has to measure with a ruler the bar showing the lowest combined deaths (1979), which appears to show one cold death and one heat death. With the unit of measurement of one death then measured against the heat portion of all the other bars, one can get an approximation of the heat deaths for each year. I say “approximate” in that by this method we counted 133 heat deaths over the 21-year period included in the graph, whereas the text of the article notes that there were 125. Repetitious measurement attempts gave us the same result. The article notes that the data came from death certificates collected by the Public Health Statistics Section, Office of Vital Statistics, Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services.
[29] Start with CDC Wonder tally of 32 and add nine deaths from NCDC Storm Data, 28/7, p. 28, not CDC-noted, and from news accounts (one in Savannah.)
[30] NCDC/NOAA Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 28, notes heat death of male, 70, on July 13. We do not know if this is a separate death or a reference to the same death, with one of the sources showing an incorrect age.
[31] NCDCNOAA Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 28, notes heat death of female, 78, on July 18.
[32] NCDC, Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 28, notes heat death of female, 68, July 12, and female, 88, July 22.
[33] Assoc. Press. “Eight from Georgia die in Southeast heatwave.” The New Mexican, Santa Fe. 7-22-1986, p. A-2. Highlighted in yellow to denote not included in tally in that this may well refer to the same death noted by the NCDC, even though age is off by one year and day of death is off by one day.
[34] Assoc. Press. “Eight from Georgia die in Southeast heatwave.” The New Mexican, Santa Fe. 7-22-1986, p. A-2.
[35] NCDC/NOAA Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 28, notes heat death of male, 82, on July 11.
[36] NCDC/NOAA Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 28, notes heat death of female, 74, July 19.
[37] NCDC/NOAA Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 28, notes heat death of female, 86, on July 9.
[38] NCDC/NOAA Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 28, notes heat death of female, 54, on July 21.
[39] NCDC/NOAA Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 28, notes six heat deaths: Male, 82, July 15; male, 60, July 18; female, 57, July 18; male, 73, July 22; male, 71, July 25; female, 92, July 27.
[40] AP. “Atlantans Take Hot Weather in Stride if Not in Comfort.” Courier News, Blytheville, AR. 7-17-1986, p. 1.
[41] NCDC/NOAA Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 28, notes 3 deaths: female, 90, on July 8, Female, age 71, on July 11, and female, age 62, on July 20.
[42] NCDC/NOAA. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 28, notes heat date of female, 65, July 28.
[43] In addition to “Thirty deaths directly related to heat” there “were reported…an additional 296 heat-related illnesses.”
[44] AP. “Indiana heat kills 2 teens.” Anderson Daily Bulletin, IN. 7-18-1986, p. 1. The teen was from Montezuma, IN.
[45] We use “approximately” sign (~) in that while the CDC notes four Marion County heat deaths, the County Coroner, reported in mid July that five deaths may have resulted from high heat in hot homes.
[46] UPI. “Heat wave invades Midwest.” Times-Standard, Eureka, CA. 7-18-1986, p. 7. Writes: “Officials believe Otto’s death was related to cardiac problems complicated by heat.”
[47] Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, IN. “Today’s Weather…Indiana.” 7-18-1986, p. 8. Another source notes she had been “resting in the loft of a tin-roofed building at Camp Palawapec…county Coroner Dr. Tim Alward said.” (AP. “Indiana heat kills 2 teens.” Anderson Daily Bulletin, IN. 7-18-1986, p. 1.)
[48] AP. “Indiana heat kills 2 teens.” Anderson Daily Bulletin, IN. 7-18-1986, p. 1. Notes the victim, of Toledo, OH, “had been held in solitary confinement after being arrested for possession of marijuana.”
[49] “In Marion County, Coroner Charles W. Green said the heat may have contributed to the recent deaths of five people who died in homes where temperatures were about 90 degrees.” (AP. “Indiana heat kills 2 teens.” Anderson Daily Bulletin, IN. 7-18-1986, p. 1.)
[50] AP, Indianapolis. “Heat-related death reported in state.” Kokomo Tribune, IN. 7-20-1986, p. 28.
[51] AP. “All seasons hurt homeless.” Kokomo Tribune, IN. 7-21-1986, p. 5.
[52] Probably reference to heat stroke/heat exhaustion death of 18-year-old worker cleaning up an oil spill at a refinery on June 9, at Lake Charles. OSHA. “Inspection: 101083111 — Temporary Services Inc.” OSHA Accident Investigation Summary notes the employee “had been wearing a slicker suit all day. The outside temperature was 88 degrees F and the humidity was 70 percent; the combined adjusted heat stress factor was 99 to 101 degrees F.”
[53] UPI. “Heat Wave Kills 10 in Southeast.” Hutchinson News, KS. 7-16-1986, p. 2.
[54] NCDC/NOAA. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 39. Notes that the outdoor temperature reached nearly 100°
[55] NCDC/NOAA. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 39.
[56] NCDC/NOAA. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 39.
[57] NCDC/NOAA. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 39, notes heatstroke death of a female, 68 in her kitchen in Lutcher, LA on July 31.
[58] OSHA. “Inspection: 104508973 — Dalco Roofing and Sheetmetal, Inc.” Cites medical examiner’s autopsy report listing the cause of death as hyperthermia/environmental heat exhaustion.
[59] NCDC/NOAA. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 45, notes heat death of a female, 79, outdoors.
[60] NCDC. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 45, notes heat death of female, 59, in un-airconditioned home in Grenada.
[61] Laurel Leader-Call, MS. “Elderly residents warned of high temperature hazard.” 6-17-1986, p. 3.
[62] NCDC/NOAA. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 45, notes heatstroke death of a male, 88, in his home in Marks on July 24. Notes house “was closed up with only a small fan used to provide relief from the heat.”
[63] Associated Press, Jackson. “Heat kills two in state.” Laurel Leader-Call, MS. 7-26-1986, p. 2. Died in hospital after being discovered at home. Doctor is quoted saying his temperature was “so high it wouldn’t register” when he was brought in. “Sometime later, after packing him in ice, it went down to 106.”
[64] AP, Jackson. “Heat kills two in state.” Laurel Leader-Call, MS. 7-26-1986, p. 2; NCDC Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 45.
[65] NCDC/NOAA. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 45.
[66] NCDC/NOAA. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 45.
[67] NCDC/NOAA. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 45.
[68] Laurel Leader-Call, MS. “Cool front promises relief from the heat.” 8-1-1986, p. 1. CDC Wonder notes one.
[69] Laurel Leader-Call, MS. “Cool front promises relief from the heat.” 8-1-1986, p. 1. CDC Wonder notes one.
[70] We use the CDC tally for fatality number in that the MO DHSS figure is an approximation from a chart.
[71] Probably reference to Sikeston woman who “died from the heat last week.” (Associated Press. “Dip of thermometer has St. Louis area residents hopeful.” The Telegraph, Alton, IL. 7-21-1986, p. A-12.)
[72] UPI. “Thunderstorms drench Ohio Valley as Southeast sizzles.” Daily Register, Harrisburg, IL, 7-12-1986, p. 8.
[73] UPI. “The South’s killing fields.” Times-Standard, Eureka, CA. 7-20-1986, p. 1. Outdoor temp. hit 100.° Another source notes hers was the 7th heat-related St. Louis area heat death. (AP. “Dip of thermometer has St. Louis area residents hopeful.” The Telegraph, Alton, IL. 7-21-1986, p. A-12.)
[74] “The heat wave has been blamed for one death in North Carolina…” (UPI. “National outlook.” Crescent-News, Defiance, OH. 7-11-1986, p. 2.) Another article cites Medical Examiner Stanley Harris — “Harris blamed the intense heat inside the metal-roofed house.” (Associated Press/David Droschak. “Death is blamed on heat; relief in sight.” Daily Times-News, Burlington, NC. 7-11-1986, p. 1.)
[75] Tyrone Daily Herald, PA. “Power Companies Swap Watts to Help Beat Heat Wave.” 7-19-1986, p. 3. “Taylor’s doctor said she had succumbed to the searing heat.”
[76] Tyrone Daily Herald, PA. “Power Companies Swap Watts to Help Beat Heat Wave.” 7-19-1986, p. 3.
[77] This might refer to the June 26 “heat exhaustion” death of an employee rolling up guy wires during “rigging down operations” on “an extremely hot day” in Maysville, Garvin County, vicinity. (OSHA. “Inspection: 103641676.”
[78] This might refer to the death of logging worker who died of heat exhaustion on June 30 in the Mill City area. (OSHA. “Inspection: 3109980 – Donald L. Cree dba.”)
[79] We use “>” sign to denote “at least” 22 deaths in that, as we note in Charleston County footnote, there were at least four deaths there on one day attributed to natural causes, with high heat thought to have contributed.
[80] NCDC/NOAA. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 61, notes heat stress death of Estell Hagood, 83, on July 20.
[81] Not included in this figure, since CDC WONDER only includes deaths where hyperthermia is noted on death certificate as the cause of death, would be four deaths from natural causes in Charles County on July 19, of people over the age of 60, whose deaths, according to Charleston County Medical Examiner’s Office, “might have been related to the heat.” News article notes: “Since each of the deaths appeared to be due to natural causes, no autopsies were planned…So an exact determination of whether any of the deaths were caused by the heat was not expected.” (AP. “Our State Prays for Rain. Little Relief Foreseen This Week.” Aiken Standard, SC. 7-21-1986, p. 1.)
[82] NCDC/NOAA. Storm Data, Vol. 28, No. 6, June 1986, p. 45.
[83] NCDC/NOAA. Storm Data Vol. 28, No. 7, July 1986, p. 61.
[84] NCDC/NOAA. Storm Data Vol. 28, No. 7, July 1986, p. 61.
[85] NCDC/NOAA. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 61, notes heat prostration death of Susan Isaac, 72, on July 11.
[86] NCDC/NOAA. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 61, notes heat stress death of Iris Smith, 70, on July 19.
[87] NCDC/NOAA. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 61, notes heat stress death of Coleman McNeil, 71, July 13.
[88] NCDC/NOAA. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 61, notes heat stress death of Pert Ramson, 44 on July 19.
[89] NCDC/NOAA. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 61, notes heatstroke death of Charles Nix, 52, on July 9. A news article notes “In Liberty, S.C., a 52-year-old man died of heat exhaustion after walking five miles, officials said.” (Xenia, Ohio, Daily Gazette. “Nation’s Weather.” 7-11-1986, p. 3.)
[90] NCDC/NOAA. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 61, notes heat stress death of Helen Gordon, 72, on July 23.
[91] NCDC/NOAA. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 61, notes heat stress death of Henry Blackmon, 78, July 11.
[92] NCDC/NOAA. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 66, notes July 30 hyperthermia death in Chattanooga, of male, 74 on day when “Afternoon temperatures were near 100 degrees, and the Heat Index was 115 degrees or higher.”
[93] NCDC. Storm Data, 28/8, Aug 1986, p. 48, notes Primm Springs hyperthermia death of female, 68, Aug 2.
[94] NCDC/NOAA. Storm Data, 28/7, July 1986, p. 66, notes July 25 hyperthermia death of female, 81 in Memphis, in home that was closed and poorly ventilated on a day when “High temperatures were in the upper 90s, and the Heat Index was 115 degrees or higher.” Also notes July 30 hyperthermia death of male, 90, in Memphis on day when “Afternoon temperatures were above 100 degrees, and the Heat Index approached 120 degrees.” On next page (62), notes four more Memphis deaths on July 31 — male, 69; Male, 59; female, 95, and female, 70. Notes “The latter two victims were in the same closed house with no ventilation.” NCDC Storm Data 28/8, p. 48, notes Aug 1 hyperthermia death of a male, 30 in Memphis.
[95] AP. “Heat wave. Austin…worker collapses in record heat.” New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung, 8-1-1986, p. 2.
[96] AP. “Heat wave. Austin…worker collapses in record heat.” New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung, 8-1-1986, p. 2.
[97] AP. “Heat wave. Austin…worker collapses in record heat.” New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung, 8-1-1986, p. 2.
[98] News-Herald, Del Rio, TX. “Texas sizzles in heat wave.” 8-2-1986, p. 2A. Article notes that was the sixth San Antonio heat death under investigation there.
[99] Assoc. Press. “Record Temperatures Remain Across Much of State.” Kerrville Daily Times, TX. 7-31-1986, 2A.
[100] AP. “Heat wave. Austin…worker collapses in record heat.” New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung, 8-1-1986, p. 2.
[101] AP, Magnolia. “Heat Fatal to 2-Year-old Locked in Car.” Kerrville Daily Times, TX. 7-28-1986, p. 5. Father went to ballpark and said he thought his son was at home and not in the car. Guessing that this death is not noted by CDC in that emergency room doctor is cited in article as noting the child suffered cardiopulmonary arrest brought on by high heat. CDC Wonder captures deaths reported to them wherein the primary cause of death is coded hyperthermia on the death certificate.
[102] Associated Press. “Heat wave. Austin construction worker collapses in record heat.” New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung, 8-1-1986, p. 2. Writes the victim “collapsed at a city electrical substation in a record-tying 103-degree day and may have suffered heatstroke, said Gwen Hoffman, a Breckenridge Hospital spokeswoman…” A later source notes “An autopsy determined he died of heatstroke.” Citing Travis County Medical Examiner Roberto Bayardo. (News-Herald, Del Rio, TX. “Texas sizzles in heat wave.” 8-2-1986, p. 2A.)
[103] AP. “Heat wave. Austin…worker collapses in record heat.” New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung, 8-1-1986, p. 2. Highlighted in yellow to denote non-inclusion in total — may refer to one of the CDC Wonder noted deaths.
[104] OSHA. “Inspection: 33005596 — Asplundh Tree Expert Company.”
[105] Identified as Nora Celia Weston. Coroner cited to effect that “the house thermostat thermometer registered 100 degrees when he was there. All the windows were closed, the air conditioning unit was not turned on and several fans were operating.” (Kenosha News, WI. “Woman dies as home’s heat rises to 100 degrees.” 7-20-1986, p. 1.)