Another day, another record-breaking temperature: after it hit 104 on Friday, there was yet another record-high temperature on Saturday when it hit 100 in Central Park around 2 p.m., breaking the old record of 99 set in 1991 (Newark also set a record high of 102 yesterday), and today there's another heat advisory. Which means there's only one way to truly celebrate this sustained feeling of being enveloped inside a thick fuzzy blanket: fire hydrants (and water fountains)! There is literally a rainbow shooting out of one! So click through the pictures above, and take-in the sights of people enjoying a good old fashioned baptism-by-hydrant.
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Hot Weather Photos: Release The Fire Hydrants!
Beat The Heat: Fire Hydrant Style
It's still really freaking hot out there, you guys. So, let's learn how to beat the heat old-school style, by opening a fire hydrant, shall we? Yes! You can do that! Here's how:
Councilman Wants To Cut Down Hydrant "No Parking" Zone
As we all know, parking spaces are a precious commodity in this city, one that will become even more precious after Mayor Bloomberg increases parking prices throughout the city next year to appease the budget Gods. But Councilman David Greenfield has got commuters' backs: he has proposed legislation to cut down the “no parking” zone from the longstanding 15 feet to just 10 feet. He also wants to require city workers to paint markings to the left and right of all fire hydrants. “The original 15-foot rule was issued so that fire trucks could parallel park next to hydrants. But those trucks don’t have time to parallel park, they just pull up next to the hydrant. So they don’t need a huge amount of space,” Greenfield told Brooklyn Paper.
Unmarked Police Car Blocks Hydrant During Fire
Yesterday morning, a fire broke out in an apartment building in the Fordham section of the Bronx, and when the firefighters responded, there was a car—with an "official NYPD placard issued to cops"— blocking the hydrant. The Post reports "frustrated firefighters had to rely on handheld fire extinguishers to put out the kitchen blaze." Four young children were treated for smoke inhalation at a local hospital—and a cat was given oxygen on the scene! While the FDNY said it wasn't clear whether the hydrant-blocking car was a cop's car, "another fire official at the scene told The Post it was an unmarked police vehicle." Still, a Post photographer who tried to snap a picture of the placard itself "was forced to move away by cops." The car was towed and moved to the 52nd Precinct, probably to keep from the angry neighbors egging it—they told the Post, "Why would you leave your car where people need to get water in case of an emergency?" and "If it was an off-duty cop, he should have known better."
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