In the Chicago heat wave, government officials and the media ignored how social factors and governmental policies contributed to the excess mortality. However, in Paris in 2003, the media placed the blame for the scale of the disaster on the
◦ abandonment of the elderly by their vacationing children and on governmental policies.
◦ the meteorological extent of the disaster.
◦ the lack of warning of the extent of the heat.
◦ increase in global warming.