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	Heat wave - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A heat wave is a prolonged period of excessively hot weather, which may be accompanied by excessive humidity.
		A severe heat wave in 2003 killed tens of thousands in Europe; much of the heat was concentrated in France, where nearly 20,000 people died.
		Heat waves are the most lethal type of weather phenomenon, overall.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Heat_wave (267 words)

	Chicago Heat Wave of 1995 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Most of the heat wave victims were the elderly poor living in the heart of the city, who either had no working air conditioning or could not afford to turn it on.
		A contributing factor in the heat wave is an effect called an urban heat island.
		A thorough study of the sociology of this heat wave is "Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago" by Eric Klinenberg.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chicago_Heat_Wave_of_1995 (760 words)

	Heat Wave
		Heat disorders generally have to do with a reduction or collapse of the body's ability to shed heat by circulatory changes and sweating, or a chemical (salt) imbalance caused by too much sweating.
		The stagnant atmospheric conditions of the heat wave trap pollutants in urban areas and add the stresses of severe pollution to the already dangerous stresses of hot weather, creating a health problem of undiscovered dimensions.
		Indications from the 1980 Texas heat wave suggest that some elderly people on fixed incomes, many of them in buildings that could not be ventilated without air conditioning, found the cost too high, turned off their units, and ultimately succumbed to the stresses of heat.
	www.srh.noaa.gov /ssd/html/heatwv.htm (1196 words)

	Coping with a Heat Wave
		Heat wave: Prolonged period of excessive heat, often combined with excessive humidity.
		Heat cramps: Heat cramps are muscular pains and spasms due to heavy exertion.
		Although heat cramps are the least severe, they are often the first signal that the body is having trouble with the heat.
	www.disastercenter.com /guide/heat.html (2303 words)

	October 9, 2003: Record Heat Wave in Europe Takes 35,000 Lives
		Heat waves are a silent killer, mostly affecting the elderly, the very young, or the chronically ill.
		Although the historical data for heat waves leave much to be desired, we can say with confidence that the August heat wave in Europe has broken all records for heat-induced human fatalities.
		For many of the millions who suffered through these record heat waves and the relatives of the tens of thousands who died, cutting carbon emissions is becoming a pressing personal issue.
	www.earth-policy.org /Updates/Update29.htm (1327 words)

	1995 Chicago Heat Wave
		The heat wave in July 1995 in Chicago was one of the worst weather-related disasters in Illinois history with approximately 525 deaths over a 5-day period.
		Most of the victims of the 1995 heat wave were the elderly in the heart of the urban area.
		Other factors that contributed to the high number of deaths were an inadequate local heat wave warning system, power failures, inadequate ambulance service and hospital facilities, and the aging of the population in the urban areas.
	www.sws.uiuc.edu /atmos/statecli/General/1995Chicago.htm (485 words)

	USATODAY.com - France heat wave death toll set at 14,802 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The bulk of the victims — many of them elderly — died during the height of the heat wave, which brought suffocating temperatures of up to 104 degrees in a country where air conditioning is rare.
		The heat wave swept across much of Europe, but the death toll was far higher in France than in any other country.
		Environmental experts warn that because of climate change, such heat waves are expected to increase in number in coming years, meaning Europe — a continent that historically has enjoyed a temperate climate — will have to make adjustments.
	www.usatoday.com /weather/news/2003-09-25-france-heat_x.htm (578 words)

	Heat Wave of Orlando Drum & Bugle Corps - Official Site - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Heat Wave Drum and Bugle Corps will be performing as a mini corps at the 2006 DCA World Championships.
		Heat Wave was started in 1992 by a group of Drum Corps veterans and enthusiasts who felt it was time for the South and Florida to have a competitive All Age Drum and Bugle Corps.
		Heat Wave is an "ALL AGE" group and membership, open to anyone age 16 and above; includes a mix of people from teens to elders, high school to college, and vocations as diverse as dentists, mechanics, homemakers, teachers, students and more.
	www.heatwavecorps.org (753 words)

	Heat Wave
		A heat wave is a period of excessive heat lasting two days or more that leads to illnesses and other stresses on people with prolonged exposure to these conditions.
		Of the 522 deaths that occurred in Chicago during the July 12-16, 1995 heat wave, 371 (73 percent) were 65 or older.
		The heat index values used in forecasts, advisories, and warnings assume an average size adult with light clothing in the shade with a 5-mile-per-hour wind blowing.
	www.yhti.net /~fcema/Heatwave2.html (871 words)

	American Red Cross
		Heat wave: Prolonged period of excessive heat and humidity.
		Heat index: A number in degrees Fahrenheit (F) that tells how hot it really feels when relative humidity is added to the actual air temperature.
		Although heat cramps are the least severe, they are an early signal that the body is having trouble with the heat.
	www.redcross.org /services/disaster/0,1082,0_586_,00.html (792 words)

	Klinenberg, Eric: Heat Wave
		The heat index, which measures how the temperature actually feels on the body, would hit 126 degrees by the time the day was over.
		When the heat wave broke a week later, city streets had buckled; the records for electrical use were shattered; and power grids had failed, leaving residents without electricity for up to two days.
		In Heat Wave, Eric Klinenberg takes us inside the anatomy of the metropolis to conduct what he calls a "social autopsy," examining the social, political, and institutional organs of the city that made this urban disaster so much worse than it ought to have been.
	www.press.uchicago.edu /cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/14801.ctl (536 words)

	The New Yorker: PRINTABLES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		When the final statistics were tallied, the city calculated that in the seven days between July 14th and July 20th, the heat wave had resulted in the deaths of seven hundred and thirty-nine Chicagoans; on Saturday, July 15th, alone, three hundred and sixty-five people died from the heat.
		Klinenberg suggests that such distillation only obscures the truth, and by the end of "Heat Wave" he has traced the lines of culpability in dozens of directions, drawing a dense and subtle portrait of exactly what happened during that week in July.
		On the Friday of the Chicago heat wave, when power demand peaked, one of the main problem areas was the transmission substation (TSS) at California Avenue and Addison Street, in the city's northwest corner.
	www.newyorker.com /printables/critics/020812crbo_books (3259 words)

	HEAT WAVE A NATIONAL PROBLEM
		Heat Disorder" table that follows relates ranges of HI with specific disorders, particularly for people in higher risk groups.
		Human bodies dissipate heat by varying the rate and depth of blood circulation, by losing water through the skin and sweat glands, and-as the last extremity is reached by panting, when blood is heated above 98.6 degrees.
		Indications from the 1978 Texas heat wave suggest that some elderly people on fixed incomes, many of them in buildings that could not be ventilated without air conditioning, found the cost too high, turned off their units, and ultimately succumbed to the stresses of heat.
	www.aoml.noaa.gov /general/lib/heatw.html (1378 words)

	Dying Alone in the Heat Wave, an interview with Eric Klinenberg
		The heat wave was a particle accelerator for the city: It sped up and made visible the hazardous social conditions that are always present but difficult to perceive.
		In 1999, when Chicago experienced another severe heat wave, the city issued strongly worded warnings and press releases to the media, opened cooling centers and provided free bus transportation to them, phoned elderly residents, and sent police officers and city workers door-to-door to check up on seniors who lived alone.
		That aggressive response drastically reduced the death toll of the 1999 heat wave: 110 residents died, a fraction of the 1995 level but still catastrophic.
	www.press.uchicago.edu /Misc/Chicago/443213in.html (2324 words)

	French government tries to quell scandal over heat wave deaths
		Faced with the scandal over its response to the heat wave, the government of French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin—with the aid of the media—is firmly denying that the government received adequate warnings.
		The official report on the heat wave, prepared by a panel of experts appointed by Health Minister Jean-François Mattei, is one example of this argument.
		If health officials were fully conscious of the heat wave-related deaths from their beginnings, they chose to deny the heat wave’s role in their public statements.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2003/sep2003/heat-s18.shtml (1449 words)

	Radiator 'Heat Wave' by Joris Laarman
		The radiator Heat Wave proves that decoration and functionality do not have to be mutually exclusive.
		Heat Wave is a modular radiator, made of concrete and aluminium consolidated by glass fibre, that, starting off with 4 basic elements, can be extended as one pleases.
		By now, Heat Wave is a very well - known design in great demand but up until today it was not for sale.
	www.yankodesign.com /product_info.php?products_id=754 (242 words)

	Heat Wave
		A heat wave is an extended time interval of abnormally and uncomfortably hot and unusually humid weather.
		To be a "heat wave" such a period should last at least one day, but conventionally it lasts from several days to several weeks.
		The heat index is the "APPARENT TEMPERATURE" that describes the combined effect of high air temperature and high humidity.
	www.floridadisaster.org /bpr/emtools/severe/heatwave.htm (523 words)

	CNN - Heat wave blazes on - July 25, 1998
		Officials blamed the break on the heat wave, saying it probably happened because of high demand, metal fatigue and extremely dry conditions.
		Forecasters said they see no break in the heat wave that has claimed 141 lives nationwide, including 93 in the Lone Star State.
		The heat is being blamed for more than 6,000 wildfires and $1.5 billion in agriculture damage.
	www.cnn.com /WEATHER/9807/25/heat.wave (479 words)

	heat_wave (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Heat waves are the second highest cause of death among weather related events.
		The Heat Index comibnes the effects of heat and humidity.
		Avoid cooking: the exertion and the heat are a danger; eat light, easily digested meals, salads, cold cuts, or sandwiches.
	www.haccnet.org /heat_wave.html (746 words)

	Caution Urged During Heat Wave
		According to Clark Staten, director of the Chicago-based emergency service think-tank, the recent heat wave has already resulted in the untimely deaths of several people in the Midwest and Southwestern part of the United States and more heat injuries or even deaths can be expected.
		Typical examples of heat stroke victims include elderly people who live in buildings without fans or air conditioning during heat waves, and children that are left in locked cars on a hot days.
		Chicago, IL, July 18, 1995 --Chicago's heat disaster was predicted by one of the nations's lesser known news assets, and that report also offered ways to help mitigate the problems as they were occurring.
	www.emergency.com /heatwave.htm (2101 words)

	Exoterra products - Heat Wave Lamp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Radiant heat is the most important and natural source for heat regulation in reptiles.
		The Exo Terra Heat Wave Lamp is a radiant heat source and creates a natural sun-like heat with a uniform pattern.
		The Heat Wave Lamp is to be used only with the specially designed Exo Terra Wire Light.
	www.exo-terra.com /EN/products/heat_wave_lamp_i.html (138 words)

	CNN.com - Paris heat wave 'kills 100' - Aug. 12, 2003
		A tourist waves her fan as she sits Tuesday in front of the St. Peter's Basilica in Italy.
		But doctors say the heat wave is worse than that endured by Chicago in 1995, when 700 people died from heat-related illnesses in the U.S. city.
		French power giant EDF also is struggling against the heat, with its chairman urging consumers to limit their electricity use.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/europe/08/12/europe.heatwave (777 words)

	Chicago Heat Wave 1995 \| MetaFilter
		September 9, 2005 6:25 AM In the summer of 1995 there was a week-long heat wave in Chicago.
		See also the European heat wave of 2003, that resulted in tens of thousands of deaths.
		However, the chapter of Heat Wave that I find most applicable to the current situation is "Governing By Public Relations." Daley was guilty of that political sin, but Bush and co. has raised to a whole new level of venality.
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/44969 (1406 words)

	The Galvin Opinion
		She told ABC, CBS and NBC that "FEMA worked very well during the Clinton administration." And, criticizing FEMA director Michael Brown she said, "I would never have appointed such a person", a statement that sounds to me like it was the first salvo in the 2008 presidential election.
		Curiously, Hillary Clinton did not point out what her husband and administration did to prevent widespread suffering as a result of the massive heat wave that struck the Midwest in 1995 and was particularly devastating to the city of Chicago.
		By Saturday - just three days into the heat wave - its capacity was exceeded by hundreds, and the county had to bring in a fleet of refrigerated trucks to store the bodies.
	thomasgalvin.blogspot.com /2005/09/forgotten-national-tragedy-bill.html (1729 words)

	Heat Wave (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Heat stress means that an animal is having trouble maintaining its normal body temperature due to its environment.
		It's caused by a combination of high temperature, humidity and poor ventilation, initial signs of heat stress include panting, red mucous membranes and an increased heart rate.
		This condition can progress to heatstroke, where the animal's natural control mechanisms can no longer deal with the heat stress and the animal shows clinical signs of overheating.
	www.stageoneproductions.com /miracool/hwave2.html (418 words)

	Heat Wave (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Among the large continental family of natural hazards, only the cold of winter -- not lightning, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, or earthquakes -- takes a greater toll.
		Lightweight, light-colored clothing reflects heat and sunlight, and helps your body maintain normal temperatures.
		Foods (like proteins) that increase metabolic heat production also increase water loss.
	www.dca.state.fl.us /bpr/EMTOOLS/Heatwave/heatwave.htm (465 words)

	Heat Wave
		In and out of jail, Heat Wave constantly struggled with his illness.
		He began working as a firefighting consultant, using his knowledge of heat and flames from his former criminal career.
		Heat Wave returned briefly to crime before abandoning it to study among Zhutanian monks (New Year’s Evil: The Rogues, 1998).
	www.hyperborea.org /flash/heatwave.html (1020 words)

	Heat Wave
		Maybe it was the air particles or the effect of the heat waves bouncing, rebounding and colliding against their molecular structures like jumping beans, but something absolutely brilliant hooked her in a flux of tornado clip desire, heady in its purest form of saturation between her thighs.
		"That was harsh," rasped Helena, shifting as a sliver of internal high-octane wet heat curled in her belly.
		Each savoring the heat wave as an unwarranted quirk of benevolence.
	www.realmoftheshadow.com /nix/heat_wave.htm (1049 words)

	Burma Ruby Mining: Heat Wave
		It was Burma where the heat really hit me. Comin' down outta Nepal to Calcutta was a taste, but only in Rangoon did I feel its full force.
		All that and the heat – a heat like no other, a steak-frying open-air sauna that envelops all the moment they crack the airplane door.
		It's midnight, and yet the sun is high – another heat wave comin' on.
	www.ruby-sapphire.com /dd_burma_ruby_heat.htm (1122 words)

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