It has been blummin' BOILING here recently - on the Tuesday after Tom left it just about reached 40 degrees (or near enough, what's half a degree between friends?), and it sounds even more impressive in Fahrenheit, 101 degrees!
The heat hasn't been helped by the problems on the subway, yesterday morning Abi and I were standing on the platform waiting for the L Train to arrived for about 25 minutes (they usual arrive every 3-5 minutes during rush hour). There was no air conditioning, no ventilation, no fans, no breeze, no nothing down in the station, it was horrible.
I'm an SO grateful of the air conditioning in our apartment, not everyone has air conditioning, let alone a built in system, so we're very lucky. Lots of people buy those systems that sit in the windows for the summer, I think this summer must be seeing record sales judging by this shop just by work...
All of those boxes are a/c units!New York amazes me, it is hotter than hot during the summer and then come winter it's perishingly cold. It's definitely a city of contrast!
I don't to complain about the heat too much, because the sunshine has been absolutely beautiful and everything feels so summery at the moment - but it's just a wee bit sticky.
The BBC reported it was the hottest day in NYC on Tuesday... Luckily it's no way near as hot as that here. I think there are weather warnings it could get to 31 in the south ... but nothing near 40.
ReplyDeleteMaybe everyday will have to be a 'Naked Tuesday' just to keep cool!