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June 25, 2003
(hot)

I pressed my foot into one of those little tar puddles in the subway station. I was somehow not at all surprised that I was able to just leave a deep imprint. Later in the street, same phenomenon. Parts of the city are ready to be molded. It is incredibly hot. Imagine putting a huge stone plate into the sun for the entire day and then letting it give back the stored heat all night. This is how Manhattan works. It is a huge heat storage. Places somewhere outside of the city might actually cool down over night. Manhattan keeps the sun energy stored. If the evening feels like the inside of a dog's mouth, the morning will very likely feel the same. The summer is here. The temperature and humidity combination tomorrow is supposed to be quite lethal. Let's hope nobody gets hurt.
Some New Yorkers were actually able to fry eggs on the sidewalk last year. Will it happen again? (And no, the eggs were not done in 3 minutes, it is not that bad... but still, really horrible.) It is now 5 Minutes to midnight and the temperature is 86F, (30C) tomorrow will be 100F, this equals 37C, we're talking... in the shade. Humidity will be about 90%. Ready?...

Comments

no, I'm not... : (

Posted by: Em!ly on June 26, 2003 12:54 AM

such vivid description! love it :) but humidity? my sympathies - nothing worse than that smothering sticky feeling.

Posted by: shauny on June 26, 2003 05:09 AM

Sounds like Sydney during the Summer months!

How are you sleeping these days Witold?

Posted by: Julie on June 26, 2003 06:19 AM

It is 6:50 and the temperature is 26C or 79F (humidity is at a 62% the sun is just getting ready to rumble...

Posted by: witold on June 26, 2003 06:44 AM

i'm not ready :/

Posted by: louve on June 26, 2003 09:16 AM

i'm never ready for this. i run from one airconditioned room/building/train to the next. actually it's not really running, more moving carefully fast, trying not to sweat too much. can i fast-forward to october?

Posted by: joergen on June 26, 2003 10:10 AM

people in germany complaining about a heatwave of 30C (86F). compared to NYC, it's almost nice weather. NYC feels like a mix between brick-oven and sauna. i can understand why summer houses in the hamptons cost $100k/season...

Posted by: joergen on June 26, 2003 10:17 AM

yeah but, com'on...Long Island :p
I dun'no which is worse the heat or the Hamptons ;)

Posted by: em!ly on June 26, 2003 04:42 PM

your description is so familiar. only span the time length from about march to novemeber. and there you have the lovely texas weather.

Posted by: alexandra on June 26, 2003 07:21 PM

well, i've been in the hamptons during summertime, and it's actually not too bad (as long as you can afford it).

Posted by: joergen on June 27, 2003 11:32 AM
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