"It's too hot!": tourists feel the heat as Palm Springs sizzles in blistering temperatures
Record ID:
1626054
"It's too hot!": tourists feel the heat as Palm Springs sizzles in blistering temperatures
- Title: "It's too hot!": tourists feel the heat as Palm Springs sizzles in blistering temperatures
- Date: 12th July 2021
- Summary: PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (JULY 11, 2021) (REUTERS) VIEW OF TRAFFIC IN DOWNTOWN PALM SPRINGS PEOPLE COOLING OFF UNDER MISTERS IN STREET OUTSIDE RESTAURANT MISTER FAN BLOWING AIR AND MIST TOWARDS DINERS AT RESTAURANT CLOSE-UP OF MISTER FAN BLOWING MIST AND ROTATING GROUP OF WOMEN WEARING WIGS AND POSING FOR SELFIES VIEW OF MISTERS WOMAN WEARING PURPLE WIG LEAVING RESTAURANT AND POSING FOR CAMERA (SOUNDBITE) (English) JORDAN LEE COHEN, 26-YEAR-OLD VISITING PALM SPRINGS FROM LOS ANGELES, SAYING: "I don't feel places like this should exist. It's too hot, it's too hot. I'm drinking as much water as I can, I'm drinking my weight in water every day. It's the only way I feel I can not pass out." MIST (SOUNDBITE) (English) JOHNNY LANGAN, 30-YEAR-OLD VISITING PALM SPRINGS FROM LOS ANGELES, SAYING: "I mean, this heat is what I expect from an area like this, so it is an escape from Los Angeles heat, which is still dry, but this is a special type of dry heat that is oppressive until you get used to it." VARIOUS OF BUSY RESTAURANT WITH PEOPLE SITTING OUTSIDE UNDER MISTERS AND PARASOLS MISTER SPRAYING MIST VARIOUS OF RESTAURANT OWNER ADJUSTING MISTERS OUTSIDE HER RESTAURANT (SOUNDBITE) (English) MINDY REED, PALM SPRINGS RESTAURANT OWNER, SAYING: "Well, as you can see behind me, we do have the misters and those help immensely with just kind of cooling the air, but they only help when it's low humidity so it kind of all depends. Right now, you know, the humidity is a little bit higher so they're not cooling it quite as much. And then just try to stay inside and hydrate." YOUNG GIRL EATING SHAVED ICE YOUNG MAN EATING ICE CREAM (SOUNDBITE) (English) TOM SCOTTI, 51-YEAR-OLD VISITING PALM SPRINGS WITH HIS FAMILY FROM TORRANCE, SAYING: "Well, we just arrived, so the heat hasn't really affected us yet, but we pulled up and decided to get ice cream and then we're going to go ... We rented a house, We're going to stay there. Hopefully the air conditioning is running well and we're going to be in the pool most of the time." FAMILY EATING ICE CREAM IN STREET COUPLE SITTING ON BENCH IN FRONT OF PALM SPRINGS SIGN SIGN READING: "We're back Palm Springs" VARIOUS OF PEOPLE POSING FOR PHOTOS IN FRONT OF SIGN MARILYN MONROE STATUE/WOMAN POSING FOR PHOTO TWO WOMAN WALKING WITH COLD DRINKS VARIOUS OF GROUP OF FRIENDS POSING FOR SELFIES AND PHOTOS IN FRONT OF POPSICLE ART INSTALLATION NEAR DOWNTOWN PALM SPRINGS (SOUNDBITE) (English) SIBYL ROLLE, VISITING PALM SPRINGS FROM INDIANA, SAYING: "I think the best way to describe it, which is actually the way my friend described it, is that moment when you open the oven and that gust of heat hits you in the face. That is exactly what it feels like. I have lived in Kuwait, in the Middle East, and I think this might trump the heat there." PEOPLE EATING POPSICLES IN FRONT OF POPSICLES ART INSTALLATION (SOUNDBITE) (English) TIMOTHY HATCHER, 45-YEAR-OLD FROM FLORIDA, SAYING: "Our friends have a swimming pool, so we've been jumping in there in the morning, although by the evening it's over 95 degrees in the swimming pool. So just that and drinking, lots of beer, lots of lager." SIGN READING: "POPSICLES BY JOHN CERNEY MORE OF PEOPLE EATING POPSICLES IN FRONT OF INSTALLATION VARIOUS DRONE FOOTAGE OF POPSICLES INSTALLATION (MUTE) VARIOUS CLOSE-UPS OF POPSICLES MELTING IN THE SUN TIMELAPSE OF POPSICLES MELTING
- Embargoed: 26th July 2021 07:48
- Keywords: California Palm Springs heat ice cream popsicles timelapse weather
- Location: PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
- City: PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Environment,Temperature,United States
- Reuters ID: LVA001ELJBHHJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A brutal heat wave punishing the U.S. West pushed temperatures toward all-time records for a third day on Sunday (July 11) with California registering some of the hottest temperatures on the planet.
In the desert city of Palm Springs where temperatures are set to continue on their upward trend this week, visitors to the tourist hotspot did what they could to cool off from the blistering heat.
"I don't feel places like this should exist. It's too hot ... I'm drinking as much water as I can, I'm drinking my weight in water every day. It's the only way I feel I can not pass out," said Jordan Lee Cohen, a 26-year-old visiting Palm Springs from Los Angeles.
"I think the best way to describe it, which is actually the way my friend described it, is that moment when you open the oven and that gust of heat hits you in the face. That is exactly what it feels like. I have lived in Kuwait, in the Middle East, and I think this might trump the heat there," added Sybel Rolle, who was visiting Palm Springs from Indiana.
Local restaurants have installed misters on their outdoor patios in an effort to keep diners cool. But with temperatures early Sunday afternoon reaching 113 degrees Fahrenheit (45 Celsius), they had little impact.
"Well, as you can see behind me, we do have the misters and those help immensely with just kind of cooling the air, but they only help when it's low humidity so it kind of all depends. Right now, you know, the humidity is a little bit higher so they're not cooling it quite as much. And then just try to stay inside and hydrate," explained Mindy Reed, a Palm Springs restaurant owner.
The National Weather Service issued excessive heat warnings across much of the region and cautioned residents that the high temperatures could be hazardous to the their health, especially small children and the elderly.
In California's Death Valley, a fiery 130-degrees Fahrenheit (54 Celsius) was registered on Sunday, making it again one of the world's hottest places.
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