The dangerous excessive heat warning was extended for all five boroughs through Friday night.
Many New Yorkers who have endured a recent six-day heat wave approached the day with resignation.
“It feels quite strong in the stations, especially the underground ones. It is quite hot, but it will pass in a month or a month and a half and we will return to lower temperatures,” said a subway user.
Others have followed the advice:
- Stay out of the sun and avoid extreme temperature changes.
- Avoid strenuous activities, especially between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.
- Drink enough water repeatedly, even if you’re not thirsty, to stay hydrated.
- Take breaks in the shade.
“At the train station I carry a bottle of water and I drink it. One relaxes and I leave school and I have air conditioning in the house,” said another user.
In New York, most heat-related deaths occur from exposure in homes without air conditioning, or from workers like Rosa who sell tamales and hot food on the sidewalk.
“I drink water and cold things and nothing else. It’s too hot at home and here too, but you try to get by because that’s what you do: work,” Rosa said.
The authorities stressed that the cooling centers for those who do not have air conditioning at home will be open until temperatures drop, reminding the public that they can also go to the city’s swimming pools and beaches to cool off.
They also entrusted neighbors to take care of those in their apartment or building who are sick and elderly.
But those who work in settings like the kitchens of the city’s nearly 30,000 restaurants don’t always have respite.
Antonio is one of those who is lucky and has good companions.
“Well, in the kitchen we are the cooks and those of us who work in the kitchen and we have places where they put a fan so that one cools down and other places where they don’t and there, thank God, we have one and we feel a little fresh and we are fine. Antonio Guerrero said.
The city has concentrated the resources available to face the high temperatures on the website nyc.gov/beattheheat
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