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Heat builds across the Chicago area as storm threat returns – NBC Chicago

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Public Discourse · Bluesky · this story as of 9d ago
26 distinct posts / 48h, matching Chicago 26
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9d ago Due to air quality conditions, Six Flags Great America & Hurricane Harbor Chicago will be closed today, July 17. -2.5
9d ago Extreme heat is buckling highways and warping streets from Baltimore to Chicago. Our roads were built for a climate that no longer exists. Fixing them for the one we're living in will cost us all. … -4.5
9d ago This cartoon reminds me of a true story during a heatwave in, I think, Chicago, when a young coyote actually walked into a restaurant and climbed into the drinks cooler. I remember the pictures tak… +2.0
9d ago Chicago's air quality drastically deteriorated today. At 1:00, the AQI was 338. Now it's 651, with PM2.5 levels > 80 times the WHO guideline We've had record breaking tornadoes, a deadly heatwave… -6.5
9d ago Today, Chicago set a record for the worst AQI in its history - a staggering 597! Communities across Chicago hit have been hit with with tornadoes, flooding, and extreme heat this summer, and many… -6.5
9d ago Chicago invests in park cooling upgrades to tackle extreme heat www.smartcitiesworld.net/climate-acti... +3.5
9d ago My Dad told me that when he worked at US Steel South Works in Chicago, they had something similar on hand. People sweat so much working in extreme heat that it's important to replenish salt. +1.0
9d ago Chicago AQI: 597 PM 10! Official US AQI scale tops out at 500—a public health emergency. This year, we had a drought, record tornadoes & rains, and now this. Add a hotter, drier world fueling larg… -7.0
10d ago ⛈️ Strong summer storms are forecast for the Chicago metro today. It's a sharp shift from the extreme heat that topped the same area yesterday, now easing as the storms move in. +1.0
10d ago Today's top local stories across America: 1. Cleveland extends operatio… (Ohio) 2. The strange journey from… (Michigan) 3. Flash flood emergency oc… (Texas) 4. Slavery exhibit replaced;… (Pennsylva… +0.5
10d ago Hey so update, its gotten worse in the city of Chicago Proper If you're downtown or farther north in the Chicagoland area, please stay extra safe. Mask up if you HAVE to go outside (I know its mis… -4.0
10d ago The Chicago region, like much of the country, is experiencing an extreme heat wave. There are wildfires from the north that are reaching Chicago and the combination is extreme. I want to warn that… -3.5
10d ago Taking tennis classes amid climate change means one of the three classes I’ve had was during a gnarly heat wave and one I’ll have to miss because Chicago is choked with smoke and smells like fire -4.0
10d ago Tenants organizing against mold, flooding and utility shutoffs are also confronting the climate crisis. In Chicago, Southside Together is building unions capable of fighting landlords and reshaping… -1.5
10d ago I left California because the wildfires were getting worse. I left North Florida because the one part of the state that wasn't in hurricane lanes started being in them. I moved to Chicago which … -6.0
10d ago since I moved to Chicago in late 2016, I have experienced: - a historic polar vortex - a derecho - multiple historic El Ninos - multiple instances of hazardous AQIs brought on by forest fires - th… -2.0
10d ago I’ll keep going on about this storm cuz I’m awake now but it got me to thinking of my last week living in Chicago (and I was in a hotel mind you) where we had a tornado WARNING in the city with sir… -3.0
10d ago I did have a good time on this Chicago work trip but now that I leave today I can say this humid ass heat wave had me feeling more disgusting than I’ve felt in literal years. -3.0
10d ago Good morning from Chicago where toxic smoke is now smothering our city. It smells awful, too. Plus, we are in the middle of a nasty heat wave so there’s that. -5.0
10d ago I usually open all the windows & air out the house in the mornings during a heat wave because the air conditioned air feels stale. But today the smoke from wildfires in Canada has reached Chicago … -5.0
10d ago Chicago is wild and needs a mister during this heat wave -1.5
10d ago Article explains cultivation, processing, and how the olive oil reaches Chicago. And the destruction of the olive trees by Israeli settlers. Palestinian olive oil importers struggle with drought, t… -5.0
10d ago This was the day I realized there were a lot of lurkers on Bluesky because my weather feeds lit up like crazy as this derecho entered Chicago and people were posting about it +1.5
10d ago July 15th, 2024: A derecho tore through the Midwest. The squall line produced widespread damaging wind gusts up to 105 mph, bringing down countless trees and knocking out power from Iowa to Ohio. … -6.0
10d ago Chicago is in the middle of its second heat wave in the last three weeks, but if you think it’s been hot so far this summer, it doesn’t compare to the conditions Chicago faced exactly 90 years ago … -2.5
10d ago Air Quality Alert in Chicago amid heat wave means extra caution needed for sports -3.0

Articles in Story

Tier Title Category Source Feeling SentimentSentiment Score (-5 to +5)
LLM-assessed emotional tone of coverage.

-5 = extremely negative/alarming
0 = neutral/factual
+5 = extremely positive/hopeful

The colored bar shows position on the scale. Emotion badge uses Plutchik's 8 primary emotions: joy, trust, fear, surprise, sadness, disgust, anger, anticipation.
T3 Heat builds across the Chicago area as storm threat returns – NBC Chicago weather_forecast nbcchicago.com oppressive, watchful, tense
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anticipation
T3 Thunderstorms mixed with heat and humidity move into Chicago area weather_forecast suntimes.com sticky, rumbling, watchful
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anticipation