New Yorkers are buckling down for a week of high temperatures. We will give you tips for how to stay cool when it’s sweltering outside. We’ll also discuss how to get some relief from rising summer energy costs.
Is it so hot that you'll stay at work to reap the benefits of free air conditioning?
Comment now and tell us how hot you think it is!
Is it so hot that you'll stay at work to reap the benefits of free air conditioning?
Comment now and tell us how hot you think it is!
Comments [176]
It's so cold, the goose feathers in my down jacket have flown south for the winter.
It's so cold that penguins and beluga whales are modeling the latest styles in the Sports Illustrated swimwear edition.
It's so cold that Lynn Cheney accepted a hug from her husband.
It's so cold that Lynn Cheney allowed Vice President Cheney to hug her
It's so hot...
....my water-heater actually IS a hot-water heater.
... my kishkes are cooking ...
(kish-kes = Yiddish for intestines)
(kishke also a Jewish culinary dish called "stuffed derma")
It's so hot that I ate fried eggs straight from the carton.
It's so hot I cancelled baseball practice, and I never cancel baseball practice.
It's so hot I've been petting my dog with an ice cube in the palm of my hand.
In addition to telling everyone to blast their a/c and stay inside, it might help to give some practical advice like keeping curtains and blinds closed, slow down a little, and find an open fire hydrant
Only Johnny Carson could do justice to the line "It's so hot..." Shame on Brian Lehrer for wasting time airtime! That was some brainstorm Brian and his staff must have had to include this segment on today's show. It's too bad the FCC can't fine a radio station for lack of effort. You mailed it in Brian with this segment. It's a heatwave. They happen every year. It does not signify the end of the world. Brian, try to use some imagination next time and make an effort to put together a worthwhile show.
So hot, WNYC has become cold.
it's hot enough that bryan and/or his producer's brain was/were scrambled enough to broadcast this segment and the one on "words that feel right in your mouth" on today's show!
Its so hot I'm loving it.
It's so hot, I saw two trees fighting over a dog.
It's so hot, I'm glad I'm at Lake Chautauqua with a cool breeze coming in the window!
Finally its so hot. we complain about the long winter and now that the summer cow is brathing down our necks, lets enjoy it! i love it.
it's so hot and FINALLY. we complain about the cold and now...here its it's the summer cow, finally breathing down our necks.
Just came back from hiking in the palisades in Alpine,NJ. One hour under the trees. It was nice and a treat. It is gorgeous up there and shaded under the canopy of greens.
It is so hot that I am actually thrilled! I am hopeful days like this will motivate all of us to be more responsible with our energy consumption. Can we imagine if every day of our lives was like this?! and we could not cool off with freon chemicals?! We would all be LETHARGIC for certain.
Hooray! Let's be good citizens today for cooler tomorrows!
It's so hot my daughter's crayons are melting in her hand!
It is so hot I saw an Englishman walking a mad dog in the Short Hills Mall
it's so hot Eliot Spitzer took his socks off
I am in a state of Helter Swelter...
It's so hot that I'm comfortable enough roaming about my house naked that I thought I'd inform the whole world about it!
It's so hot I'm afraid to blow the power grid so I'm listening to Brian on my battery operated radio.
Please! Humor is something that is best left in the hands of professionals.
It's so hot the East River actually looks inviting.
When Brian asked the Councilman how hot it is in Woodside earlier in the show, he should have said: "It's so hot, it feels more like I'm sitting fireside."
It's so hot that you leave rice and some vegetables in a bowl on your deck in the morning and can enjoy vegetable rice when you come back from your work.
Thanks,
it's so hot that manhattanites finally understand why air-conditioning was invented. in texas.
but nowhere near as hot/steamy as it gets in texas. try adding 90%+ humidity to heat.
Thanks Brian (if you did it) I finally heard that the reason for the suspension of alternate side parking today was because of the Jewish Holiday Shevuhath. I've been asking that the DOT and/or WNYC news dep't participate more fully in NYC's multicultural awareness by announcing the name of the variety of holidays we celebrate here. I am happy to say Satyrious Johnson did just that.
Bravo!
It's so hot that Themi, at P.S. 3 on Hudson Street, is watering his fourth and fifth graders with his plant sprayer. And they are loving it!
it's so hot, i don' feel slightly guilty about that late-morning nap i just took on the couch
Hola everyone. I agree with the caller from India that this weather is not too bad (yet). I am from Panama and usually by 6:00am it is already over 90F and over 90% humidity. And yes Brian, runners are in Central Park. Why? Because we are CRAZY and that is how we roll. I got to the park at 8:00am and ran the 6-mile loop. It was warm indeed, but not as bad as it will be at 12noon, I am sure.
Stay cool everybody and drink lots of water!
It's so hot that hot's not cool
It's so hot that my cat Rufus unplugged his electric bed.
It's so hot that even the normally frosty upper east side blondes are looking wilted.
it's so hot that paris hilton is a weather forecaster...
I was hot. Now I'm Neo-Hot.
It's so hot, the birds had to pick up the worms with potholders.
It's so hot, I am expecting Katie Lee Gifford to turn up at any moment.
It's so hot, I'm glad at Lake Chautauqua with a cool breeze blowing in my window!
It's so hot, even my camel refuses to work today.
It's so hot Spitzer's libido looks chilly.
It's so hot and humid in NYC it is making me HATE LA a tad bit less than usual!
It's so hot that Bill Kristol will have to bathe in the blood of the innocent TWICE today.
It's so hot that the even the frosty upper east side blondes are looking a bit wilted.
It's so hot, I'm going to the gym and will fake a workout just to get my baby in the air-conditioned childcare.
Its so hot that I'm just going to chill out.
it's so hot that my 2 cats have wisely curled up in our old porcelain bathtub. I may join them &/or evict them temporarily for a cool bath.
It's so hot, I'm boycotting pants
When it's so hot, I like to quote the comedian Steven Wright: "If you saw a heat wave, would you wave back?"
Its so hot that Hillary finally got out of the kitchen.
It's so hot here in Ann Arbor, I wish I were in NYC so I could spend the day in the cool halls of the Metropolitan Museum of Art!
It's so hot I'm gonna chill my chimichanga (which is also a great word to say).
It's so hot in my non- air conditioned apt that my cats aren't bothering to cover their you know whats in the litter box.
so hot that, true to wasteful form, my office building, like every other, is SO cold i have to wear a sweater at my desk. GO FIGURE!!
it's so hot i forgot...
It's so hot that the cup of hot coffee I just poured tastes like iced coffee.
It's so hot my sushi came poached.
It's so hot even New Yorkers are complaining ;)
It's so hot, the subway rats were fanning themselves with discarded metro cards.
It's so hot, I'm going to the campus library to actually do work.
It's so hot...
the Heileman's Girl is drinking a Coke!
(From Top Banana, 1954, Starring Phil Silvers)
It's so hot, my car won't start.
It's so hot, the dog on the Greyhound bus jumped off side and climbed aboard.
It's so hot I turned the oven on to cool down my house.
It's so hot Dick Cheney doesn't
have to turn up the heat.
It's so hot I can't think properly.
It's so hot my bread turned to toast without the toaster.
(Margaret has it right, when it's hotter outside ... keep windows mostly closed, block sun ... you can get by w/o A/C ... I have for years ... open in evening, use fans while it's cool ... move slowly, take no unnecessary actions)
. . . I didn't bother to put make-up on.
It is so hot that City Council is trying to regulate the price of ice cream.
it's so hot...milk was a bad choice
It's so hot...
my chinese take-out won't cool.
It's so hot, John McCain's neighbor should visit him and make sure he is OK.
It's so hot, my wife saw two snakes while waiting for the bus. Not sure what that means as far as heat, but it's a first!
...so hot I'm looking forward to the subway ride I'll be taking later.
It's so hot that it's cooler in Austin, Texas (where I am right now, listening via the net).
It's so hot, the cabbies are actually wearing deodorant.
It's so hot that I'm thinking of holding our last PTA meeting of the year in a bar.
Greenwich Village Middle School PTA President
MMN
So hot Paris Hilton isn't.
It is so hot and humid...it is like living in the mouth of a dog.
I remember when Brian Lehrer used to scoff when hot weather in the summer was treated as news.
Its so hot the trains stopped running, I was an hour late, but I didn't mind because the train had AC whereas my apartment does not - just a weak fan and a block of ice.
It's so hot that we all should be deeply watering all of the young trees that have recently be planted all over the city...
These young trees are in grave danger in such heat waves.
They need deep watering as they are still in a fragile state from being planted in the last few months.
its so hot my sweat is sweating
It's so hot that I'm freezing to death at work!
It's so hot we had to take off our skin and sit around in our bones!
In addition to the mall, a great place to cool off is the public library!! Or at least a bookstore--settle in and read.
Can we also raise the issue of store owners who leave their doors open blowing all the AC onto the sidewalk, wasting energy?
This is so boring...c'mon..
It's so hot...the ice cream guy is now a VP candidate.
Its so hot the local politicians are blowing a pretty comfortable breeze.
We need to think about global warming and how everyone using air conditioners to cool there apartments while gone all day is irresponsible. It makes me concerned to hear air conditioners on at night when its cool but people are so self obsessed that they don't consider the consequences of there actions.
Save energy, SUCK IT UP!
It's so hot that NY is currently chilling itself to temperatures that would cause them to put the heating on if it were winter.
It's so hot that, the dogs licking the sweat off the farmers neck. Ewwww!
Its so hot in williamsburg even a roomfull of hipsters cant stay cool
It's so hot that I see women fainting all around me and I am sure it is not at the sight of me.
It's so hot my hot sauce is just "sauce" now.
Right after you asked if anyone was out running, my husband left to go on a rollerblade on the west side highway. I hope he survives!
Hi,
I guess I'm one of those ignorant runners who didn't get the memo. I just walked in the door from a run in Prospect Park in Brooklyn. It was fine in the shady spots and in the breeze, but near the Nethermead it was simply an awful curtain of heat. I wouldn't recommend it!!!
It's so hot that in Africa, they're saying it's "New York hot"!
It's so hot my AC sweats along with me.
It's even hot in Vermont -- so hot I may have to use my mother's old trick from her childhood - put my sheets in the freezer for a while before going to bed. We have no AC
It's so hot, Harry Truman would have gotten out of the kitchen.
It's so hot that I have one more excuse to NOT go to the gym
It's so hot, I want to shower with a friend!
Unfortunately some stores have lowered their AC systems and it leaves the store feeling sauna-like and very uncomfortable that it's barely any better, only a little less hot.
Its so hot that 3 people are stuck on my aunt Pearl's plastic covered couch- unable to move
It's so hot I've decided to spend the afternoon at Duane Reade.
You can improvise an 'air conditioner', if you don't have the real thing, by filling a bathtub with cold water and directing a fan over it. The air coming off is genuinely cool. You can also stand in the water, which will lower your overall body temperature pretty effectively.
it's so hot... that my mom, who is a 64 Irishwoman, went out running a four mile run in 92 degree heat. Thank God she came back =-)
It's so hot my sweat is sweating.
It's so hot, the hens are panting.
It's so hot that
the heat/smoke alarm in my kitchen went off.
Brian,
Can you please ask business owners to close their doors. It is such a waste of energy as well as a symbolic 'raised finger' to the environment.
Thank you!
It's so hot
My black and white cat Allen has melted into all grey
It's so hot that Al Gore is sitting-just sitting-- in an SUV running the air conditioner full blast...
It's so hot I just called work, begging to come in and enjoy the a.c. on my day off!
It's so hot, I'll have to listen to people whine about it all day. Seriously, it's not that bad. Just dress appropriately and don't be afraid to sweat.
Your comments about using a regular phone is now being mitigated by the fact that many of the new phone systems (FIOS) and other fiber optic systems or cable phone systems will NOT operate in a power failure as they are dependent on outside power to operate as opposed to our old copper wire phone system that gets its power from a central phone office (Verizon)
Bob
It's so hot my computer went on strike for a/c.
Its so hot I want to jump into the HUDSON.
It's so hot, I'm GLAD I'm unemployed! I'm not leaving the shower today . . . .
it's so hot, i miss the winter!
It's so hot these comments are making me hotter.
It's so hot that Bill will continue being IRISH... just in case.
It's so hot i just called work on my day off, begging to come in and work in the a.c.'s air!
It's so hot, my grandmother doesn't need her cardigan...
It's so hot my terrier doesn't even look up when I say "squirrel!"
Its so hot, I feel it here in Boston
It's so hot it makes you think about how it it's been hotter than this for months in Iraq, where it is 15 degrees warmer than we are now and won't go below 100 all week.
It's so hot that we should invite Karl Rove to visit New York, so he doesn't have to go all the way to "that other place."
it so hot...indeed...but Senate Republicans don't think it is so hot, they blocked a global warming bill on Friday. Doh!
It's so hot that it's too hot!
It's so hot that Bill will continue to remain
IRISH...just in case. (???)
.....Obama had to go check opn McCain!!!
It's so hot, I saw the Statue of Liberty discreetly wriggling out of her slip and rolling up her sleeves.
...I'm glad summer has actually arrived.
It's so hot that my teeth are melting!
It's so hot
Brian thinks he is Henny Youngman
It's so hot, satan is selling condos.
It's so hot, summer hasn't even started!! (It's not June 21 yet)
It's so hot I asked the street vendor not to defrost the hot dog.
It's so hot, my cereal turned into soup this morning. It's so hot, the squirrels have to use pot holders to eat their nuts. It's so hot, .... I can't even think anymore...it's so hot.
It's so hot I wonder why NYC Public Schools are open and staff and children are working under these unsafe conditions.
It's so hot that the weather forecasters are going to have to start acknowledging global warming.
it is so hot, the bugs are crawling
It's so hot that I'm really glad we're done talking about milk.
some Canadian friends stayed in Tokyo awhile and said with no a/c in their tiny tatami space, they slept on garbage bags between two damp towels - also, they froze damp towels and wrapped them around their heads
Regarding your suggestion to have a old-style phone that plugs into the wall phone jack with no power jack required, in case power goes out, your listeners and our municipal leaders should keep in mind that if they convert to FIOS, those phones will not not work because when you hook up FIOS you loose that always powered phone line--no choice.
it's so hot i toasted my bagel on my dash this morning!
It's so hot the pigeons come in two varieties: regular and extra crispy.
And of course we overreact to the weather when it's too hot, too cold, too wet, too hazy-It helps keep our minds off whatever real horrors are out there...
it's so hot my teeth are sweating!
It's so hot that by the time I got my ice cream from Mr. Frostee this morning it was hot chocolate.
It's SO HOT I think
We NEED MORE term limits, like
18 years (3 terms) US Senate, and 9terms in Congress.
It's so Hot, I think EVERY politician who says TERM limits DON't Work should be immediately be terminated... (preferably with BOILING water), or like The Witch in Wizard of Oz.
I'm so glad I have a roof over my head.. unlike some poor people out there who don't have that comfort!!
It's so hot I'm gonna freeze to death at work because of the industrial a/c.
It's so hot the iceman melteth
It's so hot, I saw a dog chasing a cat and they were both walking.
(That's my favorite Johnny Carson joke.)
it's so hot i don't care about my carbon footprint (this week)
...my plants are dying!!!
The OEM is incorrect. When it's hotter outside than inside, close the windows except for a crack, lower the shades or drape curtains to keep OUT the heat the humidity. Have fans on inside to move the air. you won't feel so bad if you don't have AC. At night when it cools off, open the windows until the next day when the heat strts rising.
... I could go for some Soylent Green.
Brian, Thank you, thank you, thank you for not mentioning the phony 'heat index.' It's bad math, inaccurate and sensationalist (isn't 99 degrees news enough). Please ask your friends at WNYC to do the same and leave the meteorological hyperbole to the networks!
It's so hot I wonder why New York City Public schools are open today and staff and children are working under these conditions.
It's so hot, I gave my dogwalker the day off!
Why do New Yorkers get so distressed about weather over 80 degrees? Yes it's hot, but dealing with this weather for a few days is much easier than dealing with the freezing cold for 6 months. If you calm down, you won't be so miserable. I know, telling New Yorkers to calm down is laughable.
(Continuing on with something I forgot in my last "It's so hot...")
Hope the heat wave continues right through the politicial conventions!
(Can't even spell, it's so hot!)
It's so hot - they should be doing Bikram outside in Central Park!................in the shade
I put in my window air conditioner today -- something I am loathe to do, preferring to keep my windows open and get 'fresh' air. I've never put in the A/C this early before!
It's so hot I just sit and sweat.
It is so hot that even Hillary warmed up to Obama.
It's so hot that political backrooms have emptied out; too much hot air!
It's so hot you can see the radio waves rippling in the haze.
Its so hot I'm evaporating!
It's so hot that I'm actually happy to be @ work.
Its so hot I didn't have the strength to turn off The Take Away
I actually miss winter...
AND,
I sweat off the baby power i rubbed on my body, about ten minutes after I put it on!
It's so hot that I think well within our lifetimes it will be too dangerous to go outside in the summer.
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