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Heat Wave
case studies.

Extreme heat events and how they overwhelm households, hospitals, and infrastructure. Cooling strategies, risk groups, and when heat becomes a medical emergency.

By Dan Whelan, founder of New World Survival

Researched from government agencies, university extension services, and other published sources. See our sources

The record

What actually happened.

Each case study follows one event from first warning through long-term outcome, ending with five specific actions drawn from what the event demonstrated.

About the author

Dan Whelan is the founder of New World Survival. He and his wife Vicki rode out Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and spent the week after sorting donations at a relief center in Homestead. More than thirty years of household preparedness later, he built this site to pass on what works. Read their story