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  • The 1995 Heat Wave: Autopsy of Disaster

    The 1995 Heat Wave: Autopsy of Disaster

    During Chicago’s 1995 heat wave, thousands of cars broke down in the street. Roads buckled. And power outages rendered air conditioners and lights useless. Few, however, remember the scale of human devastation during that catastrophic week, chronicled in a faculty member’s book.