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It's Getting Hot Outside (So Hot) So Dress Accordingly
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Ben Yakas
Published Jun 29, 2021
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It was so hot outside on Monday, Angels pitcher Dylan Bundy vomited while on the mound in the third inning of their game against the Yankees. But that wasn't the worst of it: Nets star Kevin Durant was sitting in the front row at Yankees Stadium, which resulted in the humiliating headline, "Dylan Bundy pukes on mound, leaves start against Yankees as Kevin Durant is entertained**."**
So if you don't want Kevin Durant to point and laugh at you while you're dry heaving around town, then you better take heed and prepare, because it's gonna be even hotter outside today than it was when Bundy was on that mound. We're talkin' around 93-degrees, but a real feel of melting in place.
Is that tweet too dry for you? Do you need a graphic featuring giant cartoon suns to really hammer home how hot it is going to be outside today?
NO, MAKE IT SPICIER! IF THE WORD "HOT" ISN'T LITERALLY ON FIRE, THEN IT MEANS NOTHING!!
That's more like it. Today is going to be so hot, the heat index will make you feel like the word "hot" is on fire. There's a decent chance that the city will break records for high temperatures for today; yesterday, records were tied at both LaGuardia and Newark.
Don't forget that 200 cooling centers across the city are open, as are pools, beaches, and parks with water features. You can report outages to Con Ed here or by calling 1-800-75-CONED/1-800-752-6633.
Note: I have also decided to place NYC on high flying cockroach alert. Prepare accordingly.
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Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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