But when sustained heat waves hit a region, the other health ramifications can be serious, including sunstroke and even major organ damage due to heat. The Chicago heat wave in the summer of 1995 killed an estimated 692 people and sent at least 3,300 people to the emergency room.
Lunatic fringe. (Redirected from Lunatic Fringe) Lunatic fringe is a term used to characterize members of a political or social movement as extremists with eccentric or fanatical views. The term was popularized by Theodore Roosevelt, who wrote in 1913 that, Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe..
Submitted by Anonymous on. The Rural-Urban fringe is the name given to the land at the edge of an urban area, where there is often a huge mixture of land uses.ousing has also encroached into the rural-urban fringe, and small villages have grown as more people move out of the cities and commute to work. Out-of-town shopping centres also find that the space available, good transport connections and cheap land encourage them to establish in the rural-urban fringe.