This account of the 2006 California heat wave that killed 138 people cruises on the drama of the event, focusing on one man who died soon after driving his tractor in a farm field in 110-degree heat. The piece also provides useful explanation and background, including the ways that heat kills and the factors that made the heat wave particularly deadly for a certain demographic.
Read “Silent Inferno,” by Tracie White
Read “Silent Inferno,” by Tracie White
