Every American is vulnerable to the health impacts associated with climate change, but some populations will be especially affected.Climate change can affect human health in two main ways: first, by changing the severity or frequency of health problems that are already affected by climate or weather factors and second, by creating unprecedented or unanticipated health problems or health threats in places or times of the year where they have not previously occurred.Climate change is a significant threat to the health of the American people.Global Change Research Program produced a report that analyzed the impacts of global climate change on human health in the United States. The Chicago Motor Club reported a ''very busy day'' answering emergency calls from members whose cars had overheated, often because they were driving with the air conditioning on.In 2016, the U.S.
''It`s like slow suicide,'' said construction worker John Blackman, while working on the Dan Ryan Expressway repair project.ĭavid Hennric Yeboah, a cabdriver from Ghana, said Chicago on Monday experienced ''hotter than African heat.'' He said that cabbies were not turning on their cab`s air conditioners for fear of overheating their engines. Not everyone was able to enjoy the wonders of air conditioning during the day`s heat. The second unit at Braidwood, which is in startup testing, operated at half capacity. The two Byron units and the first unit at Braidwood operated at or near capacity. Edison reported that all four of the company`s newest nuclear generating units were used to meet the record demand for electricity. 3, but Edison spokesmen said the new record could be short-lived if the heat wave continues. This broke the previous record of 15,683,000 kilowatts set last Aug. said it set an all-time record for generating electricity: 15,784,000 kilowatts between 3 p.m.
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With all the heat and humidity Monday, air conditioners were operating at full blast. Little is known about the weather before that time because the National Weather Service`s Chicago records for the previous era were destroyed in the Chicago Fire in 1871. Monday was only the 48th day of 100 or higher since 1872. The last time Chicago`s temperature reached 100 degrees was on July 28, 1983.
''Residents are urged to use common sense in their outdoor activities,''Īt the lakefront, breezes off the lake dropped the temperature from 101 degrees to the comparatively mild 80s in late afternoon while the rest of the city was sweltering. The 110 index reading Monday placed the Chicago area in what the National Weather Service called its ''hazard category.'' The service warned that with a 110 reading, heat cramps or heat exhaustion are likely with prolonged exposure combined with physical activity. On that day, the relative humidity was 25 percent and the discomfort index 91, lower than the temperature because of the lower humidity. The previous high temperature this year was 94, on several days, including June 14. The heat-humidity index that measures such discomfort was 110 Monday afternoon. The relative humidity Monday was 30 percent, which, when combined with 104-degree heat, was mighty uncomfortable. Showers were scattered across most of northern Illinois, however.įorecasters said the warm, moist air blanketing the Chicago area Monday was in sharp contrast to the drier hot air that came in from the southwest in the last few weeks. The weather service said the rain was heaviest in a 10-mile band that stretched southeast from Woodstock to Chicago Heights.
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