Summary Of The Heat Wave Of 1995 In Chicago

The author, Eric Klinenburg, uses multiple aspects such as meteorological, sociological, political, ethnographic, political, and journalistic aspects to explain the Heat Wave of 1995 in Chicago. My preliminary diagnoses of the cause of the high death rate would be that the heat wave worsened the health of Chicagoans who were already diagnosed with serious health conditions. The author poses a question that the heat wave may have affected the individuals who were already stricken with a disease. These individuals include African Americans and the elderly. Poverty levels could also be a reason as to why the death rates were so high because people living within poverty would have poor living conditions and unclean areas which could harbor pathogens