America’s wicked, deadly heat wave last week

Grist: Released on Friday by NOAA, the map shows the hellish days that preceded the nation`s current meteorological bugbear: an "oppressively hot area of high pressure," to use the National Weather Service`s language, that`s now making eyeballs sweat on the East Coast. How nasty is it there? Here are a few indicators: So many people were camped in front of their A/Cs on Friday that New York`s power grid reached an all-time usage high. Reports Reuters: "The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO)......

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