Index measures desert’s deadliness
From Times Wire Reports
An emergency room physician in Tucson has devised a scientific index to predict the likelihood that illegal immigrants will die while walking through the desert during extreme heat conditions.
Dr. Samuel Keim concluded that the probability of death reaches 50% when temperatures climb to 104 degrees or higher.
Keim said he hopes to begin issuing daily forecasts by May, but he has not determined how to disseminate the information and with whom to share it.
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