By COLlive and news wires
Scorching temperatures continue to climb across New York and New Jersey, shattering records as Jewish residents near another summer Shabbos.
The temperature hit 103 degrees in Central Park, breaking a 54 year old record in New York City.
New Yorkers who are looking to beat the heat at the beaches in Staten Island and Brooklyn were cautioned against swimming and bathing to avoid some city waterways because of a sewage spill.
Newark is the hottest place in New Jersey, at 104 degrees. That beats the record of 101 set on this day back in 1957.
In Morristown, where Chabad boys are attending the Yeshiva Summer Program (YSP) on the campus of the Rabbinical College of America, heat hit 99 degrees.
In the Rhinebeck village in Upstate New York, Chabad’s Rhinebeck Jewish Center was evacuated Friday afternoon after an electric pole caught fire in front of its building at 102 Montgomery Street.
Shliach Rabbi Hanoch Hecht told COLlive there were only minor damages to the property and that his family was evacuated in the midst of Shabbos preparations.
Shabbos services and meals will take place as scheduled, he assured.
I grew up in a place that was over 100 regularly, and now I live in a colder climate. There is a difference. The cities are not created to deal with the heat. The electric grids are overloaded, which causes fires like these and power outages all over the place. Homes have strong heating systems, but even those with ac are not the same ones that are used in such hot climates. And, I could personally vouch for the fact that being used to the heat makes a big difference. My body can no longer handle it like I used… Read more »
melbourne hits 110 every year and 2 years ago hit 117! on shabbos!
hope your all ok. temporary hitch mechayil el choyil
thats pretty scary