Bathed in sunlight and heated from the spine wall, the Long Gallery was among the warmer of the grand, ceremonial rooms. During last summer’s heat wave, the sun blasted the walls and windows of ...

Stephen Colbert addressed the extreme heat wave affecting the country during ... We all remember a Reagan's summertime speech, 'Mr. goopy name, make wall go boom," which of course was a riff ...

Consequently, people living in urban areas may be at greater risk from the effects of a prolonged heat wave than those living in rural areas. Asphalt and concrete also store heat longer and ...