 Barrels being blamed for six deaths in Texas and one in Louisiana. The almost unbearable heat blanketing much of the country has now claimed at least five lives. Multnomah County, Oregon Health Officer Dr. Richard Bruno. These are probably preventable deaths, you know, based on the fact that we assume that they probably would not have expired if they had had better cooling options. And so we're trying to ramp up and make sure people have those options right now.