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Chicago When It Sizzles
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
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Hot, wet air was slow oozing over chicago from the southwest. Stores sold out of air conditioners. The lucky folk who did have air conditioners turned them up to the max. Those who didn't went to the beach or a municipal pool. Some people set up sprinklers. Others illegally opened fire hydrants to provide a little relief and a little joya less joyfully pelted workmen with rocks and bricks when they tried to shut them off. Cars were breaking down, roads buckling. Heat could be found from omaha to no kidding again, it's chChicago in july.
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