Hot Hot Heat National Weather Service says:

EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH POSTED FOR THIS TIME FRAME AS DANGEROUSLY HIGH
HEAT AND HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE THE BIG STORY THROUGH THE SHORT
TERM. THE MERCURY IS EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE MID AND UPPER 90S
THROUGHOUT THE REGION BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH SOME 100
DEGREE PLUS READINGS LIKELY IN THE METRO AREA. WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE
LOWER 70S EACH DAY...HEAT INDICES WILL REACH THE 105 TO 113 DEGREE
RANGE ACROSS MOST OF THE CWA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY SLIGHTLY
HIGHER THEN THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL ALSO BE
OPPRESSIVE WITH METRO READINGS REMAINING AROUND 80 DEGREES.

If you didn't believe in Global Warming, you will now.

How to cope? Well, I guess we can just crank the A/Cs, sapping more energy, in turn burning more coal, polluting the atmosphere, and making it hotter all over again. That's what I'll do, at least.

Another idea: Watch Do the Right Thing, one of my all-time favorite movies, which takes place, coincidentally, on one of the hottest days in New York history. And, to cut down on the A/C, watch it naked.

(picture from Do the Right Thing with a helpful suggestion of how one might stay cool this week)  ¶ 2:54 PM