Heat wave 2012

• Thermometers strained again on Saturday as the eastern half of the United States faced Day 10 of Heat wave 2012, with temps creeping up into the humid 100s as sweaty Americans sought out pools, ponds, oceans, and rivers for relief.
(The Christian Science Monitor)
• A dangerous heat wave is expected to hit parts of Southern California beginning Tuesday, bringing triple-digit temperatures to inland valley areas. Officials said the hot, dry conditions are also raising the danger for wildfires.
(Los Angeles Times)
• The heat wave that scorched much of the U.S. for the last month was brutal. But there's more pain to come, this time in the form of higher food prices.
(Time)
• On a 100 degree workday, many people have the luxury of complaining about the heat while sitting in an air-conditioned shop or office, sipping iced coffee.
(Huffington Post)
• Unlike anything weve experience since; the three-month long 1936 North American heat wave wiped out crops and snuffed out lives during the Great Depressions Dust Bowl days.
(NJ.com)
• NEW YORK — The heat that blanketed much of the U.S. will begin easing up this week as temperatures approach normal from the Midwest to the East Coast. Andrew Orrison, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Camp Springs, Md.
(Huffington Post)
• So far, 2012 has been an unusual scorcher for eastern Massachusetts The region was slated to see more severe heat the first full weekend of July with a taste of a heat wave that had hung over the Midwest for days.
(Abington Mariner)
• The heat wave that has been sweeping much of the country in recent with its prices taking an unprecedented free fall in recent years.
(Seekingalpha.com)
• The recent heat wave that has fried much of the country, ruined crops and led to heat-related deaths has again raised the question of whether this and other extreme weather events can be attributed to human-induced climate change.
(New York Times)
• WASHINGTON - Washingtons streak of excessively hot weather ended this weekend after 11 consecutive days of temperatures exceeding 95 degrees at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
(WTOP)