Episode 201: The 1995 Chicago heat wave
Disaster Area
English - August 12, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 195 MB - ★★★★ - 723 ratingsHistory Society & Culture explosions history massshootings tornadoes volcanoes aviationaccidents disaster disasters earthquakes fires Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 200: Trans American Flight 209
Next Episode: Episode 202: The San Juanico disaster
For five days in July of 1995, the city of Chicago baked underneath record temperatures, and behind closed doors people suffered for days - the poor, the elderly, the disabled. By the time the heat wave was over, over 750 people were dead.
Sources can be found at http://disasterareapodcast.wordpress.com/.