Volume 56 - No. 32
August 6, 2026
SUMMER HEAT CASUALITES SETTING RECORDS! By Friedrich Gomez
ness of the true dangers of the “current heat crisis across our San Diego metropolitan landscape – inland to the coast,” in the hopes of educating, curtailing, and preventing a rising and dangerous PREFACE: San Diego County Health Officials, health crisis we are all facing across the U.S. First Responders, medical hospitals, and family physicians are imploring the media for assistance NORTH SAN DIEGO COUNTY is addressed in in promoting greater public awareness on this this exclusive report to THE PAPER. year’s summer heat-related health concerns and heat-related deaths that are spiking! SUMMER HEAT IS NOW THE LEADING As a public service, THE PAPER is eager and happy to comply with San Diego County health officials’ request in promoting greater public aware-
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WEATHER-RELATED KILLER IN THE U.S.
The average American is aware of global warm-
ing, but many are often knocked back on their heels when science researchers and medical experts inform them of the following grisly reality: “Extreme summer heat is now the leading weather-related killer in the U.S., with recent 2026 July heat causing rising death tolls, and tens of millions of Americans under active heat alerts. Major public health announcements and tracking organisations confirm that hot weather outpaces severe weather events like floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes.”
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