As New York Bakes: ‘It’s Late July. This Is What It’s Supposed to Be Like.’

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/30/nyregion/smothering-heat-engulfs-new-york-city.html?ref=topics&_r=0

Still, on a day when temperatures climbed into the mid-90s and a heat advisory was issued for New York, a fragmented pool was better than no pool at all.

Like other city pools, it was staying open an extra hour, until 8 p.m.

“It’s late July. This is what it’s supposed to be like,” said Rich, 32, a cabinet distributor who declined to give his last name, as he vented about the broken concrete and overeager lifeguards. “After the winters we’ve had, everyone was complaining they wanted summer. This is summer.”