New York – Americans withered under yet another day of searing sun Friday as a heat wave spread in earnest into the urban core of the Northeast, while warnings about excessive heat stretched from Kansas to Maine and the Carolinas.
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Temperatures hit 102 in New York’s Central Park and in Newark and Teterboro, N.J. The National Weather Service said the smoldering humidity made those temperatures feel like 116, 114 and 110, respectively.
In New York, people looking to beat the heat also were thwarted by warnings urging them to avoid some city waterways after a wastewater treatment plant disabled by fire began spewing millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Hudson River.
Officials cautioned against swimming and bathing at four beaches in the city boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn, especially for people with medical conditions.
Across the country, emergency room visits were way up, according to public health officials, mainly because of people suffering from heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
The weather is suspected of contributing to a number of deaths nationwide. At least six more fatalities were reported Thursday, including a Michigan restaurant cook who suffered a heart attack after being sent home from his job and a teenage boy who drowned while swimming at summer camp in the same state.
All of New Jersey, save for a sliver of its shoreline, was under an excessive heat warning. The heat forced Monmouth Park to cancel its horse racing card and reschedule it for Monday, and some businesses were planning to shut down early on Friday.
“So far, so good,” said Mary Goepferd, the external affairs officer for the state’s Office of Emergency Management. “We’re not hearing of many major problems, and people seem to be finding ways to cope with the heat. We’re also thankful that senior centers and libraries have been welcoming people who don’t have air conditioning.”
While the current heat wave has recorded 12 all-time daily highs so far this month, it also has registered 98 all-time overnight highs, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported at a briefing Thursday.
Its so hot outside, Levi Aron was overheard asking his attorney if he is in hell
In 1966, it was 106 degrees in Brooklyn!
As America does to Israel , so does Hashem do to America, America is turning the heat u on Israel so Hashem is turning the heat up in America
I am always amused at the number of contributors to VIN who profess to know and to understand the workings of HaShem’s mind.