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CNN Live At Daybreak

Another Hot Day

Aired August 08, 2001 - 07:16   ET

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BRAD HUFFINES, METEOROLOGIST: I am Brad Huffines, with your CNN weather update. Good morning.

Temperatures in the east are very warm, specifically Philadelphia, the warmest on the East Coast -- 84 degrees.

Therefore, let's take you live to Philadelphia. Robin Rieger with KYW is standing at Penn's Landing.

Robin, it's going to be another hot day there. How are folks handling it there in Philadelphia?

ROBIN RIEGER, KYW REPORTER: Well, they are doing pretty well at this point. We are expected to be about 98 degrees today and possibly 100 degrees tomorrow.

We are on Penn's Landing, where normally at this time of the morning, we would see more people exercising. But below me on the walkway, not too many people are out here this morning -- just a handful going back and forth -- not too many joggers at all. So a lot of people have been heeding the warnings that we have been giving them to drink lots of fluid and limit their outdoor activity.

We have had some people over in New Jersey, just in the Camden county area, without power last night -- about 6,000 people. And that is because of the drain on the electricity, because of the demand for all of the usage -- people using their fans and air conditioners to stay cool. A lot of the people are experiencing some problems.

But again, most of that power has been restored. We have been told that all of those people are back on line using their air conditioners this morning. But again, a lot of people trying to stay inside today here in the city area just to stay cool.

HUFFINES: Robin, are there public parks, where there are fountains in places where kids can go and get cooled off during the afternoon there in Philadelphia?

RIEGER: Plenty of that. Plenty of places for kids to splash around. Also the hydrants, they did try to change some of the hydrants so the kids couldn't, with a wrench, open it up and spill water onto the streets. Kids are learning how to use the new locks they have on there. They have to jimmy something into the new hydrant lock, and then the water will come shooting out. So kids are finding ways to cool off, even though it may be illegal. They know it's too hot to stay outside without something cool.

HUFFINES: Robin, thank you. And now remember, I said kids, not you -- kids only. All right.

RIEGER: I am not doing anything illegal.

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