day three of scorching heat in chicago the worst yet to come. temperatures are rising into the upper 90s tomorrow and thursday extreme heat and humidity continuing to the weekend. city officials with familiar warning. please check on your debt neighbors and friends and relatives especially those elderly greatest danger in extreme heat. deadly summer of 1995 lessons learned more than 700 heat related deaths baby pete i just hope the city is ready to the difference now the fire commissioner says better communication between the city agencies all of these people you see we worked together every minute of every day to make sure that everybody is on target so far cost 23114 well-being checks lower than normal that is a good side people truly taking heed and the warnings seriously across the city people surgical ways to cool off most people i made sure that i drank a lot of water jumping into the lake not an option at chicago beaches today need to get out of t
that the record set 31 years ago and what it feels like it s the heat index is expected to be between 110-115 degrees the national weather service is calling the city of chicago a heat island where the heat will remain above 100 degrees and is not likely to fall below 90 degrees all night we are in heat warning advisory until early friday morning this week people are urged to check on the elderly watch the children stay cool and safe and hydrated . we look back to a time when the heat wave hitting chicago years ago killed nearly 700 people . it s too hot out hear people can die in these heat waves to right now we re just trying to duck it. people need to be vigilant extreme he is dangerous we want to all the weekend to get the message out to assure that we are being good neighbors and checking on one another especially those with limited mobility and the elderly . the city is providing cooling centers for a complete list go to wgntv.com/midday and you can call 311 for othe
joe: how about heath bell coming into this game, and how about the camera operator behind him trying to chase him. nobody wanted to get in front of him. and if bell can catch his breath. here we go, phillips. i don t blame you, phillips. that stuff is not light. tim: no. joe: he told us he was coming into this game and throwing all fastballs. in his 100-yard dash at 10.2 and then he did a slide. so out of breath they may have to take him out. here s the 2-0. there s a breaking ball. it s 3-0. tim: heath bell told us on saturday before the dodger-padres game that he did all his running before the game. but in the all-star damion easley doing it during the game. joe: 93 to make it 3-1. peralta has plenty of power. he pops it up. phillips hauls it in. heath bell all over the place. he goes one-third. after this. what a beauty. bottom of the eighth, nl batting. up by 4. joe: tonight s game is sponsored by moneyball starring brad pitt. this film not yet rated. by lexu
top story seen around the country storm has passed the damage is done and now lights back on sean lewis live in downers grove when there is an evacuation underway at a senior citizen residence still without power tonight correct, we are at oaktree towers a 164 you get six story senior citizen high rise no power in a building not just a nuisance it is dangerous and potentially deadly which is why voluntary evacuation offered to residents so far nine residents have said yes to being moved to a cooling center in lyle until power is restored other residents making the most of its sitting outside talking com ed warning much of northern illinois ted knight those without power right now could be without power for days. mother nature doing her thing the storm fast and furious packing winds up to 80 mi. per hour from the northern suburbs ripped off the power box from the house and these wires started dancing to the south side with wind up proving a tree and crashed into the
355 are shut down, as well. and as i said earlier, i can t give you an exact time as to how long. our first concern is to safely mitigate. as for the residents and businesses surrounding this area, we have crews monitoring the atmosphere, taking air samples, both in the commercial center right there that s parallel to 270 northbound, as well as the residential area, the townhomes that you see just east of the incident. scott, as you were talking, we were watching what looked like a puff of something coming up out of that hole that they re working on. do you know what that is? is that just dust? yeah, wendy, it s a six-inch main, and it s putting out significant pressure. and there s a combination between, you know, dirt and dust that s down into the hole, and that s what you re seeing coming up out via the pressure of the gas forced against the dirt that s down into the excavation site. all right. wow. all right, so you have got you have been incredibly thorough. than