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It's 90 Degrees!

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It's April 7 and it's freaking 90 degrees! That was the temperature measured at 1:45 p.m. in Central Park and WCBS 2 reports that its "forecasters believe the mercury could rise even a couple more degrees, shattering the 81-year-old record." (The 1929 record was 89 degrees.) In fact, WCBS 2 meteorologist John Elliott had fashion advice, "I want to make sure you have the right clothes, the right shoes, light colored. Don't forget the sunscreen and the water. Prepare as you would for a scorcher during mid-summer... The last time we hit 87 degrees was on August 21 of last year."

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  • valeriob

    Now back to Ollie with the blackuweather forecast- Ollie?

    IT'S HOT!

    Thanks Ollie, back to you Diane.

  • theevilone

    And on Saturday, it'll be 55. Go figure.

  • jibbly

    Man it was HOT in Central Park during lunch when I was walking around during lunch. It's already skin-city out there!

  • evbo

    It was even hotter in Central Park during lunch when I was walking around during dinner. Crazy.

  • Gotham Extremist

    Dude, wait till tomorrow moring breakfast time, yo man, I was like damn, so hot yo!

  • jibbly

    I am comment fail today I comment failed. :(((((

    ;p

    :(

    :D

  • drewo

    WCBS 2 meteorologist John Elliott had fashion advice, "I want to make sure you have the right clothes, the right shoes, light colored. Don't forget the sunscreen and the water.

    And John got a degree for that? Can he also give us tips for crossing the street safely and not to talk to strangers?

  • NannyState

    He got a degree to stand in front of a blue wall with a clicker in his hand. Iowa State alone churns out hundreds of 'em.

  • diablofreak

    meteorologist - the worst profession in the world after used cars salesman.

    how hard is it for a NY based weatherman to get the weather right? obviously very hard. if it snows in ohio today it snows here tomorrow!

    "there's a lot of snow, it's cold, wear plenty of clothing"

    "it's 90 degrees, drink water and stay hydrated!"

    no shit sherlock, a 5 year old can tell me that.

    bunch of wackjobs who dropped out of college. that's all they are.

  • robingee

    Jeez dude. Did Sam Champion spurn your advances? He's a good-looking guy, he's probably real picky.

  • this is not a product of global warming... it's just an unusually warm day in spring.

  • youngpro

    and what will you call it when it's the same tomorrow and for the rest of the summer and next year?

    it's called a pattern, ya follow?

  • diablofreak

    fact: humans caused global warming, not just the way most people think. fat = heat = rising temperature

    fact: fat people melts ice easier than skinny people

    fact: fat people are to blame for everything.

    global warming? indeed. it's just there's a lot of fatties in america.

  • robingee

    Fat people melts ice. By god... it's flawless.

  • diablofreak

    here's one more for you guys

    America will be underwater very soon. while water is rising due to rising temperature. fat people weight are also altering and lowering the land altitude, one day half the country will be below sea level, notably the midwest and northeast, where high concentration of fatties are located.

  • Guest

    No worries. There's an architect who has designed underwater skyscrapers, or whatever kind of 'scraper would go underwater.

  • robingee

    Fat people have GOT to stop sitting on glaciers. Polar bears are all, "Dude! Put down the cheeseburger and get off my ice!"

  • JenChungsBaby

    Fat people's gravitational pull is drawing water out of the ocean basins and toward coastal population centers.

  • WorksInDUMBO

    more fat people = a need for bigger belts

    bigger belts = more cows being slaughtered

    more cows being slaughtered = depletion of rain forest

    So there you have it: Fat people = global warming

  • bigmikebrooklyn

    wait, bigger belts would be more leather would be less cows would be less cow farts would also be less rainforest chopped for pasture land would be better for the environment.

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