Some German news service used the hype of 'desert days' to describe what is coming in five days....temperatures of 33 to 36 C (91.4 F to 96.8). There's the hint that this will last for a week minimum.
I grew up in Alabama (knowing summer heat)....lived three years in Panama (tropical heat), and four years in Tucson (one day....it got up to 47 C (117 F). So I know heat.
First, if you take precautions....no hard labor after 12-noon....hydrate regularly, and wear loose clothing....you survive.
Second, close your shutters and windows at 11 AM (keeping some cool morning air in).....and reopen only after the sun goes down....the inside temps aren't that bad.
Third, remember......the Romans came when it was even worse heat, and survived.
Fourth, the news media seems intent on making hot-weather into a demon or 'dragon'. It's not rocket science....fronts move in....stall for a while....then new fronts come to replace them.
Fifth, drinking hot coffee for breakfast in a heat wave.....is probably not smart.
Sixth, the true death rate? Well....more folks die in winter months....than summer months. Don't bring this up to a German.
So my advice....suck it up for 80 more days....then we get to fall.
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