Cassie and I just got back from a short walk around the block. We did a 45-minute walk at 7:15, when we both could still tolerate the temperature, but just now my backyard thermometer shows a temperature of 33.1°C with a dewpoint of 23.3°C, which gives us a heat index of 38.5°C (101.4°F). Honestly, I prefer winter to this.
The National Weather Service predicts the heat wave could extend through the week.
Meanwhile, in the rest of the world:
Finally, author Edward Robert McClelland visited all 77 community areas in Chicago, and lived to write about it.