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..
Lunatic. Lunatic is an informal term referring to people who are considered mentally ill, dangerous, foolish or unpredictable; conditions once called lunacy. The term may be considered insulting in serious contexts, though is sometimes used in friendly jest.unatic (adj). of or pertaining to, or suitable for, an insane person; evincing lunacy; as, lunatic gibberish; a lunatic asylum. Lunatic (noun). a person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind. Origin: [F. lunatique, L. lunaticus, fr. luna the moon.