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• Source: Stockton Record
• Date: August 20, 2006
• URL: Read the story
• Bylines: Hank Shaw
• Topics: Disasters
• Data Types: Paper Trail
• Description/Excerpt: "A Record investigation involving dozens of county coroners' reports, published accounts as well as state and local data shows most of the victims fit a pattern: They lived alone, many in trailers. Most had underlying health problems. Many were too poor to afford air conditioning. And a number refused to use what air conditioning they had."