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Heat "Dome" To Blame For The Sweat Pouring Off Your Body
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Garth Johnston
Published Jul 21, 2011
Modified Jul 21, 2011
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The heat, as expected, keeps coming down on us. Today the National Weather Service says we've got excessive heat warnings, excessive heat watches, air quality alerts and a hazardous weather outlook! These days a walk outside is a vista of sweat-stained heaving bodies dodging A/C exhaust and rushing to take shelter in the shade. It is almost enough to make you wish for another blizzard! In the meantime, if you want to sound knowledgable when complaining about the weather (which is not expected to break until Saturday night) your watchword is: "heat dome."
That's the phrase that meteorologists are tossing around for the massive area of high pressure that is trapping (and compressing) hot, humid air from the Gulf of Mexico. The "dome" had already been bringing pain to the midwest for some time now and is now spreading its coverage to include the East Coast. There are heat warnings and advisories in 36 states right now and the National Weather Service has estimated that the extreme weather has killed as many as 22 people.
So what to do about that heat? You've at least got lots of options. If, like the C train, you don't have A/C you may want to start with the city's many cooling centers. Or you can brave the heat and cool off our city's many easily accessible beaches and pools. Or you can go sit at Brooklyn Bridge Park tonight with us and watch Sweet Smell of Success—we're sure there will be a nice breeze off the water.
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