Abstract
The summer of 2012 roiled Chicago with record-breaking heat (the most consecutive days of temperatures above 100 in 60 years) and heart-breaking violence (a 31 percent increase in murders). City and county officials successfully prevented the heat wave from becoming a devastating public health crisis by opening cooling centers and encouraging well-being checks on the elderly and infirm.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Journal | SSA Magazine |
| State | Published - 2013 |
