In Denaturalizing disaster: A social autopsy of the 1995 Chicago heat wave, Klinenberg makes an interesting point that the numerous deaths that occurred during the heat wave were not mainly caused by the natural disaster that is the heat wave itself.  Simply, I would assume that the extreme heat was too much for many people to handle unfortunately causing many of them to die; however, Klinenberg attributes the deaths during the 1995 heat wave to the circumstances in the city of Chicago.  Evidence showed that, compared to the previous heat waves, so many more people died in 1995 meaning that the natural disaster was not entirely to blame.  Klinenberg blames social and spatial division prior to the heat wave for the deaths saying that the urban city was unprepared to handle the disaster.  There was neglect in the city, a new urban poverty, isolation of seniors in bad neighborhoods, rising violence, and more contributing to the condition of Chicago.

Klinenberg also mentions that the media portrayed the countless deaths on the natural disaster, thus naturalizing the situation.  Even now, people look to the media for information on what is going on in their cities and countries, and what is portrayed in the media is often taken as true even if it actually is not completely accurate.  Klinenberg also says that there is pressure when it comes to the media.  Journalists often ponder what they are going to present to the public because it has to be consumable and appealing, but they also want to keep their connections to sources such as public officials.  This means what they end up reporting is effected by what public officials will approve of.  This contributes to why it was so hard for the few politicians and activist groups who were trying to expose the societal problems to get their views to other people.