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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 1

Chicago AC Repairman Works 10-Hour Shift as Heat Wave Pushes Temperatures Into the Mid-90s

Updated

Updated · The New York Times · Jul 1

Chicago AC Repairman Works 10-Hour Shift as Heat Wave Pushes Temperatures Into the Mid-90s

1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 1

Moshe Pomerantz spent nearly 10 hours Tuesday servicing a condo building air-conditioner in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village as the city sweltered through another day of extreme heat.
Mid-90s temperatures in Chicago are part of a broader heat wave gripping much of the central and eastern United States, driving a rush of emergency calls from homeowners whose aging units are failing.
That surge has turned routine maintenance into long, physically taxing shifts for technicians, who must work outdoors in the same heat they are trying to keep customers out of.
The episode captures the strain hot spells place on cooling systems and the workers who keep homes habitable when demand spikes.

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With heatwaves intensifying, is reliable air conditioning becoming a new marker of social inequality?

Beyond personal ACs, what large-scale cooling solutions can protect entire cities from deadly heat domes?

As AC use creates a 'vicious cycle' of warming, can technology break this loop before our cities become unlivable?

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