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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Wed Jun 12 2002 - 20:03:38 EDT

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Sidenote: At 5PM Today, over 25% of the nation was over 90 degrees.
http://www.ems.psu.edu/wx/usstats/above90.lis
http://www.ems.psu.edu/wx/usstats/tempstats.html

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Heat Disrupts End of School Year (Associated Press)

Call it the polar opposite of snow days: Schools throughout the East Coast
have been suffering under a withering heat wave, with some closing early
each day.

School districts have differing, and mostly informal policies during heat
waves. In Baltimore, for instance, school officials take the temperature at
11 a.m. each day. If it reaches 90 degrees, school is dismissed. Others
track the heat index, a combination of heat and humidity.

In a few cases, the heat has disrupted final exams and other end-of-year
activities as school officials sent children home or simply let them rest
in class. Most severely hit have been aging inner city schools without
working air conditioning.

For the full story, go to:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020612/ap_on_re_us/schools_heat_1

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