
70 ◾ Risk Assessment and Security
1250 people died. In the heat wave of 1995, more than 700 deaths in the Chicago
area were attributed to heat. In August 2003, a record heat wave in Europe claimed
an estimated 50,000 lives (NOAA 2013b). NOAA’s heat alert procedures are based
mainly on Heat Index Values (NOAA 2013b). e Heat Index, sometimes referred
to as the apparent temperature and given in degrees Fahrenheit, is a measure of how
hot it really feels when relative humidity is factored with the actual air temperature
(NOAA 2013b). Heat disorders generally have to do with a reduction or collapse
of the body’s ability to shed heat by circulator ...