Nation Faces Record Heat

American Voices • environment • ISSUE 42•31 • Aug 3, 2006

A devastating heat wave that began in the Southwest is moving through the Midwest and East, racking up record-breaking, triple-digit temperatures. What do you think?

“As a radio DJ, I couldn't be happier. 'Heat Wave,' 'Summer In the City,' 'Fire'—they just don't make 'em like that anymore.”
Ryan Lalley –
DJ
“I'm tired of this shameless viral marketing for An Inconvenient Truth. The movie premiered in May. Enough already!”
Justin Henson –
Paper Maker
“The nice thing about a heat wave is that everybody's trying to stay cool indoors and you can go to the bathroom pretty much wherever you want outside.”
Lisa Jennings –
Radiologist

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