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Heat Wave A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago

Eric Klinenberg

On Thursday, July 13, 1995, Chicagoans awoke to a blistering day in which the temperature would reach 106 degrees. The heat index, which measures how the temperature actually feels on the body, would hit 126 degrees by the time the day was over. Meteorologists had been warning residents about a two-...

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Freakonomics Radio

It was written following the Chicago heatwave, exploring social isolation and its role in the tragedy, with living alone being a significant risk factor for death.

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He ultimately wrote a book about the tragedy called Heat Wave.

— Episode: 407. Is There Really a “Loneliness Epide...

Episode: 407. Is There Really a “Loneliness Epidemic”?

It was written following the Chicago heatwave, exploring social isolation and its role in the tragedy, with living alone being a significant risk factor for death.

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He ultimately wrote a book about the tragedy called Heat Wave.

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