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The christian god certainly is a COLD-HEARTED *****
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/08/03/heat.wave.ap/index.html'
VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia (AP) -- Edward Landry came to this resort city to
try to beat the heat. Instead, it was so hot he couldn't even wiggle his
toes in the sand.
Landry, of Amarillo, Texas, joined hundreds of other vacationers lounging
beneath giant umbrellas Thursday to escape a searing heat wave that finally
showed signs of breaking after tormenting the East and Midwest for nearly a
week.
"It's tolerable as long as you're around some water and the breeze is
blowing somewhat and you can get wet," said Landry, 39, drinking bottled
beer as his wife rubbed sunscreen on his back.
The heat wave left behind scattered power outages and at least 25 deaths.
More than a dozen states from Georgia to Connecticut were under heat
warnings as temperatures rose into the 90s or higher. Virginia Beach reached
a high of 99 degrees, but the humidity made it feel like 111.
The temperature climbed to record levels in several cities, including 97 in
Bridgeport, Connecticut; 98 in Islip, New York; and 100 in Newark, New
Jersey, and Baltimore, Maryland, according to the National Weather Service.
Some relief rolled in after nightfall, as thunderstorms were reported in
parts of the East. Temperatures in Chicago, Illinois, and Detroit, Michigan,
dropped Thursday. (Watch to see what may follow the hottest seven months
ever -- 1:44)
Authorities have confirmed that heat played a role in at least 25 deaths in
10 states and the District of Columbia since the scorching temperatures set
in Sunday. Heat was suspected in at least eight other deaths.
In Illinois, at least six heat-related deaths were confirmed this week in
Cook County, and police believe another six deaths Wednesday could be
heat-related.
But the relatively few deaths in Chicago offered evidence that the city had
learned from its experience in 1995, when a similar heat wave killed more
than 700 people in four days, said Eric Klinenberg, who wrote "Heat Wave: A
Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago," after the 1995 heat wave.
"I would say Chicago has become a national leader for heat emergency
planning," said Klinenberg, a New York University sociologist. He said
electronic billboards on major roads and public service announcements
throughout the day on local media outlets got the word out, and the city
checked on thousands of vulnerable residents and provided transportation to
cooling centers.
But Klinenberg said the heat wave, which earlier left more than 160 people
dead in California, is evidence that many other communities are not prepared
to do what it takes to protect residents.
"Most cities only take heat waves seriously when they are experiencing their
own disaster firsthand, and usually the responsiveness comes too late," he
said.
New York City reported its first heat-related death of the year, an
unidentified man whose body was found in Brooklyn. Other deaths were under
investigation.
Authorities in Newark confirmed that two elderly people found dead in their
home Thursday had died because of the hot weather. Relatives told a
television station that both had mental problems and kept their windows
closed out of fear of intruders. The home had a fan but no air conditioning.
In northern Indiana, heat killed an inmate at the mostly un-air-conditioned
Indiana State Prison and contributed to the death of another, officials said
Thursday.
In Michigan, the brutal temperatures may have caused the death of a
50-year-old man who was pouring concrete at a construction site, authorities
said.
Four deaths were reported in Maryland, including three elderly victims who
did not have air conditioning.
In Pennsylvania, a 74-year-old custodian was found dead in bed, his heart
disease aggravated by the heat. In Oklahoma, a 92-year-old man found near
his car Tuesday died of heat-related causes.
Thousands in the dark
Consolidated Edison, the utility that serves much of the New York
metropolitan area, said underground electrical problems on Manhattan's East
side left 22,400 people without power. On Long Island, 12,000 people were in
the dark.
Thousands of customers in downtown Stamford, Connecticut, lost power after
demand caused some underground lines to catch fire and put others at risk of
extensive damage. Some businesses were evacuated.
In New York, the heat was not unusual for Iman Arbab, 57, a native of Sudan
who sells newspapers from a crate outside Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan.
"For me, 100 degrees -- it's normal," Arbab said Thursday.
But even he admitted he was getting a little fed up. "When you're young, you
don't feel it," Arbab said. "When you get old, you feel it."
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