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Weather can kill,
A&M prof claims
Is the weather a killer?
That’s a question of keen in
terest to Dr. D. M. Driscoll, A&M
meteorology professor.
While not inclined to issue any
indictments, Dr. Driscoll has com
piled some statistics which reflect
a distinct increase in the death
rate following marked changes in
the weather.
Dr. Driscoll launched his re
search in human biometeorology
while studying for a Ph.D. degree
at the University of Wisconsin
and has continued the project
since joining the A&M faculty
last year.
His doctoral research involved
relationships between weather
and mortality in 10 metropolitan
areas from 1962 to 1965. Cities
included in the study were Dallas,
Atlanta, Seattle, Los Angeles, Mi
ami, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Pitts
burgh, New York and Chicago.
New York and Chicago studies
clearly revealed an increase in the
number of deaths with rising
temperatures and humidity levels.
The study also showed a mark
ed increase in the death rate
prior to a cold front passage and
a decrease after it.
Driscoll said changes in the
weather definitely put stress on
the human body.
“The older or sicker a person
is,” he said, “the more apt he is
to succumb to a heat wave.” He
added that in such cases, air pol
lution is “highly suspect.”
He emphasized, however, that
changes in the weather and pol
lution are separate considerations.
“Pollution has been tied to in
creases in daily mortality in New
York, Chicago and Los Anegeles,”
he said.
While weather changes and pol
lution are separate factors, Dr.
Driscoll noted pollution is often
related to an interaction of heat
and humidity.
“You can’t have serious pollu
tion unless the weather co
operates,” he quipped.
The meteorologist’s death tabu
lations were divided into five
categories. Two categories per
tained to strokes and heart at
tacks, which jointly account for
40 percent of all deaths on a
typical day. These two categories
were then split into brackets of
above and below 70 years of age.
The fifth category was devoted to
“total deaths.”
“All categories were respon
sive to weather,” the professor
said, “but the most responsivi
was the category reflecting total
deaths.”
If the weather is a killer, then
the professor contends the bif
question is: What is it about
weather that causes deaths?
Leading theories point to air
ions and electromagnetic long
wave radiation, he said.
Much more study is needed to
specify more accurately the re
lationship between weather ani
all aspects of human response,
he added.
Asked if he had any general
suggestions concerning the most
healthful climates and localities,
Dr. Driscoll advised: “Stay out
of the big cities.”
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