Vol. 19, No. 35

July 6, 2000

Heat alert info on radio

Laurence Kalkstein, geography, will be a guest on the Philadelphia call-in program Radio Times, on WHYY-FM, 90.9, from 11 a.m.-noon, Thursday, July 6, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Host Marty Moss-Coan will interview Kalkstein and Philadelphia Deputy Health Commissioner Lawrence Robinson about the impact climate change is having on urban areas and what affect the heat/health warning system, developed by Kalkstein, is having on heat-related illness and deaths in the city.