No, your blood pressure hasn't gotten a hold over you yet: we're in the middle of a brow-furrowing heatwave, which is reddening our cheeks and drenching our clothes in salty sweat. With record-breaking temperatures making the city feel like a giant stir fry, people are undergoing almost supernatural sensations: "I had to run for the bus. By the time I finished, I looked like Patrick Ewing in the fourth quarter," Robinson Hernandez told the Post.
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People React To The Heat: "Swimming In Hot Pea Soup"
Park Surfaces Reach 171 Degrees!
Good thing those metal orbs were removed in Brooklyn Bridge Park, because yesterday as temperatures reached 102 degrees, certain city surfaces were scorching hot! This photo was taken at the Artificial Turf Field in Manhattan's Booker T. Washington Playground yesterday, showing a 171 degree surface at 11:46 a.m. Geoffrey Croft of the NYC Park Advocates sent the photo along, noting that park surface temperatures are reaching record highs.
Smokin'-Hot Grass in City Parks Could Get You Burned
The artificial turf being used to replace natural grass in NYC parks has been pointed out as a source of unhealthful emissions, but it's also just plain hot. The Daily News dispatched reporters with thermometers to five City parks with artificial grass and found that urban athletes had more to fear than ill-fitting footwear when it comes to blistered feet.
Over two mildly warm days last month, The News took surface temperature readings at five synthetic fields across the city accompanied by NYC Park Advocates, a group that has been critical of the fake grass.more ›
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