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How Hot is It?
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!
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It's so hot that I think well within our lifetimes it will be too dangerous to go outside in the summer.
I actually miss winter...
AND,
I sweat off the baby power i rubbed on my body, about ten minutes after I put it on!
Its so hot I didn't have the strength to turn off The Take Away
It's so hot that I'm actually happy to be @ work.
Its so hot I'm evaporating!
It's so hot you can see the radio waves rippling in the haze.
It's so hot that political backrooms have emptied out; too much hot air!
It is so hot that even Hillary warmed up to Obama.
It's so hot I just sit and sweat.
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 - they should be doing Bikram outside in Central Park!................in the shade
(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!)
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.
It's so hot, I gave my dogwalker the day off!
It's so hot I wonder why New York City Public schools are open today and staff and children are working under these conditions.
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!
... I could go for some Soylent Green.
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.
...my plants are dying!!!
it's so hot i don't care about my carbon footprint (this week)
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 the iceman melteth
It's so hot I'm gonna freeze to death at work because of the industrial a/c.
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 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.
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 my teeth are sweating!
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 i toasted my bagel on my dash this morning!
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.
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
It's so hot that I'm really glad we're done talking about milk.
it is so hot, the bugs are crawling
It's so hot that the weather forecasters are going to have to start acknowledging global warming.
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, 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 asked the street vendor not to defrost the hot dog.
It's so hot, summer hasn't even started!! (It's not June 21 yet)
It's so hot, satan is selling condos.
It's so hot
Brian thinks he is Henny Youngman
It's so hot that my teeth are melting!
...I'm glad summer has actually arrived.
It's so hot, I saw the Statue of Liberty discreetly wriggling out of her slip and rolling up her sleeves.
.....Obama had to go check opn McCain!!!
It's so hot that Bill will continue to remain
IRISH...just in case. (???)
It's so hot that it's too hot!
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 we should invite Karl Rove to visit New York, so he doesn't have to go all the way to "that other place."
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.
Its so hot, I feel it here in Boston
It's so hot my terrier doesn't even look up when I say "squirrel!"
It's so hot, my grandmother doesn't need her cardigan...
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 that Bill will continue being IRISH... just in case.
It's so hot these comments are making me hotter.
it's so hot, i miss the winter!
It's so hot, I'm GLAD I'm unemployed! I'm not leaving the shower today . . . .
Its so hot I want to jump into the HUDSON.
It's so hot my computer went on strike for a/c.
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, 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.
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 that Al Gore is sitting-just sitting-- in an SUV running the air conditioner full blast...
It's so hot
My black and white cat Allen has melted into all grey
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 that
the heat/smoke alarm in my kitchen went off.
It's so hot, the hens are panting.
It's so hot my sweat is sweating.
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 =-)
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 I've decided to spend the afternoon at Duane Reade.
Its so hot that 3 people are stuck on my aunt Pearl's plastic covered couch- unable to move
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.
It's so hot, I want to shower with a friend!
It's so hot that I have one more excuse to NOT go to the gym
It's so hot, Harry Truman would have gotten out of the kitchen.
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 my AC sweats along with me.
It's so hot that in Africa, they're saying it's "New York hot"!
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!!!
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!
It's so hot my hot sauce is just "sauce" now.
It's so hot that I see women fainting all around me and I am sure it is not at the sight of me.
Its so hot in williamsburg even a roomfull of hipsters cant stay cool
It's so hot that, the dogs licking the sweat off the farmers neck. Ewwww!
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.
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!
Its so hot the local politicians are blowing a pretty comfortable breeze.
It's so hot...the ice cream guy is now a VP candidate.
This is so boring...c'mon..
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?
It's so hot we had to take off our skin and sit around in our bones!
It's so hot that I'm freezing to death at work!
its so hot my sweat is sweating
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 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.
I remember when Brian Lehrer used to scoff when hot weather in the summer was treated as news.
It is so hot and humid...it is like living in the mouth of a dog.
So hot Paris Hilton isn't.
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
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