Sweltering Heat Everywhere

From coast to coast and North to South, Americans are sweltering in oppressive heat. Even industrial size fans couldn't beat the heat in Hell's Kitchen Tuesday. The manager of a taxi repair shop in the Manhattan neighborhood said the fans only blow hot air around, doing little to keep the mechanics cool. More than a week of high temperatures across the West has raised wildfire concerns. Conditions have gotten supper dry and it's only going to get drier over the next few days. In the East, the heat spread as far south as Virginia. Temperatures in the 90's prompted hazardous weather alerts. In Washington, D.C. forecasters predicted 96 degrees which would feel like 101 with the humidity. New Jersey was more like a hothouse than a Garden State. In Iowa, there isn't any rain predicted for at least the next 5 days and the corn crop is suffering along with the people. This is serious and the farmers are worried.