Summer Heat. Part I
Author: peter Date: 14 November, Category: Appealing, Visits 3591
Anthony Durrah (R), 5, Of North Carolina Frolics At A Fountain In Washington Dc, July 31, 1999. This Has Been The Most Blistering July Since The National Weather Service Began Keeping Records. Around The Country, Soaring Temperatures Were Blamed For 96 Deaths. (Photo By Alex Wong/Getty Images)
South Korean children play in the water fountains in front of city hall on July 21, 2005 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
With the Eiffel Tower in the background, a young French couple kiss as they enjoy a dip in the Trocadero fountains during one of the hottest days of the summer August 14, 2002 in Paris. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
Cano Green of California cools off in the Washington Square Park fountain June 25, 2003 in New York City. After weeks of unseasonably cool and rainy weather, temperatures reached the 90s in New York City. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
Luciano Bermudez (C) and others cool off in a Central Park fountain June 27, 2007 in New York City. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
A young woman cools off at a water fountain as temperatures reached 27 degrees Celsius on July 1, 2008 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
A student cools off in the fountains of Piccadilly Gardens on June 29, 2009 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Four year old Angel Yousafzi cools off in the fountains of Piccadilly Gardens on June 29, 2009 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
A gunner of The Kings Troop Royal Artillery cools off in the surf after a gallop along the beach during their annual holiday break in the seaside resort of Blackpool on September 16, 2009 in Blackpool, England. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
A woman cools off by spaying water on herself from a shower head at St Kilda Beach on January 12, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. Melbourne recorded its equal hottest night ever last night with temperatures hovering above 34 degrees celsius for most of the night, equalling the previous hottest night in February 1902. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)
Finia, a visiting student from Hanover, cools off under a water sprinkler in front of the Chancellery on June 10, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
A young woman cools off at a fountain near the Chancellery on July 2, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
A small dog cools off in the shade as its owners enjoy the fine weather besides the harbour in Padstow on April 20, 2011 in Cornwall, England. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
Max, a red nose pitbull cools himself in the Columbus Circle fountain during a heat wave on July 12, 2011 in New York City. The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory as the heat index is expected to reach 100 in New York City. The city has kept cooling centers open to help residents beat the heat and humidity. (Photo by Ramin Talaie/Getty Images)