Tour's Gotta Suck Right Now
- From: "Catherine" <Catherine@yahoo!!!.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 02:17:02 GMT
Wonder if anyone has buses with bad/nonexistent A/C; certainly there are gyms like
that, still.
Another reason touring groups suck - particularly if summer is the "only" season...
-- Catherine
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Across the nation, weather almost too hot to handle
Sufferers sweat their way to nearest air conditioning
By Jennifer Steinhauer THE NEW YORK TIMES
A water droplet bounces off of Calvin Studivant?s head yesterday as the 7-year-old
plays in the water in Philadelphia. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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LOS ANGELES? Mail carriers fanned themselves with telephone bills, children greased
with sunscreen begged for just one more hour at pools and local officials pleaded
with residents to turn down their air conditioners and refrain from midday
dishwashing as high temperatures afflicted nearly every state in the nation
yesterday.
The National Weather Service issued heat warnings from Las Vegas to New Jersey, where
temperatures approached 100 degrees, after a weekend of breathtaking discomfort.
The heat was at its worst in the Northeast, Midwest and West, with temperatures
rising yesterday in New York (94 degrees) above those in Miami (90 degrees). Seeking
someone to feel sorriest for? Call a friend, if you have one, in Death Valley, where
the nation?s highest temperature was recorded yesterday at a parching 121 degrees.
The best bet for relief? Wiscasset, Maine, relatively frosty at 80 degrees.
Hot temperatures claimed at least one life over the weekend; a 3-year-old boy died in
South Bend, Ind., after locking himself in a hot car.
In Southern California, an unusual burst of Gulf Coast moisture created a stubborn
bout of humidity better known in Houston than Hollywood.
Day laborers, cable installation men and warehouse workers from the San Fernando
Valley to Palm Springs paused in their work frequently to draw on freezing water
bottles and catch their breath. Residents in Los Angeles lamented any parking spot
that was not within feet of their destination.
?This is the hottest July I remember,? said Elizabeth Hunter, a native Angeleno who
lives in the Silver Lake neighborhood. Her mini poodle, Lake Ziggy-Pierre, accustomed
to daily two-mile walks, has spent the last several days folding like a fan after a
tenth of a mile, and racing back to Hunter?s Silver Lake house to lie on the tiled
floor of her bathroom, panting.
California surpassed its record of peak demand power usage yesterday ? expending
48,200 megawatts compared with last year?s all-time high of 45,431 megawatts ?
according to the state?s Independent System Operator. One megawatt gives electricity
to about 750 homes.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger urged residents yesterday to conserve energy and directed
state agencies to cut electricity use by 25 percent for the rest of the week during
peak usage hours.
In Illinois, Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich created cooling centers in 130 office buildings
statewide between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. On the west side of Chicago, Dana Atkins,
36, waited outside the nearest center she could find ? miles from her home ? at 7:30
a.m. to escape her un-air-conditioned home and bury herself in romance novels and
crossword puzzles, trying to escape the headache the heat induced.
Some people ? usually those shorter than 4 feet tall who enjoy activities that
exhaust, bore or otherwise vex their caregivers ? insisted on finding fun in the
heat. In Millennium Park in downtown Chicago, dozens of children splashed and jumped
in the Crown Fountain, where water shoots out of two 50-foot glass block towers.
Michele Lukowski, 35, of Munster, Ind., took her sons, ages 2 and 6, to play in the
fountain. ?I love the heat. As long as I don?t have to go somewhere like work dressed
up, I don?t mind sweating,? she said. The family has air conditioning and a pool at
home and enjoys hot weather. ?They?re outside kids,? she said. ?We?ve been in the
pool all weekend.?
With temperatures around 100 degrees and the stifling humidity pushing the heat index
to nearly 105, Baltimore declared a ?code red? heat emergency and opened 10 of its
own centers at which the weary could hide from the heat and find water and ice.
Others found refuge at an ice rink at the Northwest Family Sports Center in
Baltimore. ?It?s so beautiful in here,? said Lisa Lalor, the director of a summer
camp at the center. ?I mean, it?s a funny thing to go home from work and everybody
says, ?It was a scorcher out there today, wasn?t it?? and here we?re wearing mittens
and gloves. It?s just a little bit of heaven.?
Theresa Dodd, a 21-year-old student at Loyola College in Maryland, headed for a
tanning salon just north of Baltimore to maintain her golden look of summer, unable
to tolerate her usual outdoor sunbathing ritual.
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