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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Violet Miller

Chicagoans get creative to keep pets cool

Delilah, a 2-year-old Goldendoodle, poses for a photo with owner Kate Seaman at West Loop Dog Park Friday, July 28, 2023. (Violet Miller/Sun-Times)

Some Chicago pet owners had to get creative to keep their fuzzy friends cool Friday as temperatures soared again.

On top of an air quality alert in effect until midnight, and temperatures reaching into the low 90s, the city’s heat index — a measurement of how hot it feels when humidity is factored in — reached 105 degrees in some parts of the city Friday, according to the National Weather Service. 

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