"Doug Semler" wrote in message
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Matt Barrow wrote:
One aspect is that for people outdoors (homeless, for example) cannot
get
out of the heat during the day (shade doesn't work) nor at night (temps
stay
high). I suspect that can add to a death toll.


There's a wikepedia article on the July 1995 chicago heat wave that
reads, in part:

quote
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/quote

Note that I take wikepedia articles with a grain of salt; I don't know
the reference for the "figures" regarding the death toll, but it is
probably from the same book mentioned.

Some here would be REALLY UPSET that you didn't check it against
SNOPES.COM!!

Others want long, detailed notes...and then disappear without a word. :~(