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Hypothermia?

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They froze to death.

Fever = hyperthermia

Freezing = hypothermia

Hyper = high

Hypo = Low

Therm = temperature

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Dr Margaret, your title says HYPER-thermia. Abigail was pointing out the typo.

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Exactly, thanks.

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Oh! I couldn't tell that was what she meant, thanks! I changed it;)

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Yep. I know that. Your title said “hyperthermia”

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Thanks for letting me know but next time feel free to be more specific appreciate you! ❤️

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Yep- sorry, didn’t mean to be cryptic- next time will use more words- was in the middle of something. .

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I get that 😂 plus my fingers are apt to touch the wrong letter or the stupid spellcheck grabs words out of nowhere 😂

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I just talked to the emergency operations center in Avery county and they state that this is a rumor and it's not true. I called and talked directly to them. 828-733-8213

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THANK YOU! YOU ARE RIGHT! See my note below, and I added an addendum to my article. I am also in the process of getting in touch with Dr. Mollie James.

Addendum: The Secretary answered the phone, a woman. She didn't know anything and had never been to the airport field hospital.

The EMS/911 Communications Director didn't know of any hypothermia deaths in the field hospital either.

That's not to say that there weren't deaths from hypothermia in other areas. And please see my article on what happens when two people say completely different things during a disaster - because it's not always that someone is lying and someone is telling the truth:

https://therebelpatient.substack.com/p/making-sense-of-evolving-needs-during

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I spoke to the Secretary who did not have any information but answered a lot of my initial questions as if she did. Then she got a Mike on the phone for me; he is the EMS and 911 Communications Director at the Emergency Operations Center in Avery County. He told me that he spoke with the Director of the Field Hospital at Avery Co Airport - THERE HAVE BEEN NO DEATHS OVERNIGHT, THEY HAVE POWER, AND NO ONE IS FREEZING TO DEATH. In fact, he said there were no reported deaths ANYWHERE in their county last night, and he had just had a conversation with the local Sheriff an hour ago, around 1:20 pm today CST, 10/15/24. THANK YOU to @DazedAgain for your fine work at tipping me off. I had confirmed my information with the Airport CHAIRMAN, who backed up Dr. Mollie's accounting.

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I want to ship albuterol and other

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Suggestions ?

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Do they still need coats and blankets etc?

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