CNN CNN Newsroom July 21, 2011
that feels like 200 degrees. even though it's 105, it feels so much hotter because your body cannot perspire, and it cannot cool itself down. a sauna is 160 or 170, but it feels cooler because the air is dry. now, this is a 10-year average, 170 people die of heat-related deaths per year, compared to 62 in tornados, and lightning, 44, and flooding 74. i know people are making fun of the weather men out there, oh, come on, it's summer and hot. no, this is a ridiculously hot year. guess what happened all summer long and all spring long? there were thunderstorms all the way through here....