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Philly summers are getting — and staying — hotter High temperatures are constant, overnight relief is lacking, and mugginess is on the rise, an Inquirer analysis shows. That can be especially hazardous for elderly people who live alone and the poor and vulnerable. Said Eric Klinenberg, sociologist at New York University and author of a seminal treatment of the 1995 deadly Chicago heat wave, “We have a tendency to treat them as expendable.” https://www.inquirer.com/science/climate/inq2/philadelphia-weather-summer-temperatures-data-20240618.html?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=android&utm_campaign=app_android_article_share&utm_content=IY5JEYUFQZA2TKMTIRGTFQISVI