On this week’s episode, I look at the 1995 Chicago Heatwave and the impacts of mass realization of mass critical risk. This is an episode that mixes history and technical risk expertise.
The Risktory Podcast is created, written and produced by Jacinthe A Galpin.
Soundtrack for this week's episode (sourced from www.freemusicarchive.org)
Podington Bear - Elephants on Parade
Alan Spiljak – Clouds
Alan Spiljak – Forgotten
Alan Spiljak – Light Blue
Alan Spiljak – Empty Days
Alan Spiljak – Stars Above
Alan Spiljak – Not the End
Alan Spiljak - Sun
Sources for this week’s episode
https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/July-2015/1995-Chicago-heat-wave/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chicago-heat-wave-20-years-later-met-20150715-story.html
https://www.adaptny.org/2016/07/21/case-study-deadly-chicago-heat-wave-of-1995/
Heat Wave - A social autopsy of disaster in Chicago – Eric Klinenberg
Cooked: Survival by Zip Code – Judith Helfand
Cook County Medical Examiner Archives
