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Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago (Illinois) (1st Edition) by Eric Klinenberg Paperback, 328 Pages, Published 2003 ISBN-10: 0-226-44322-1 / 0226443221 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-44322-5 / 9780226443225 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- |