New York is turning into Beijing!

From the Times:

People did what they had to do. They sat through movies they did not really want to see. They walked around without shirts beneath umbrellas. Tony Gonzalez, a Manhattan doorman and restaurant repairman, had taken two showers by midday and planned on taking six or seven. Yana Galbshtein had no air-conditioning at her home in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, so she hopped on the subway. She was considering riding it all day.

Hope all you Americans are staying cool! It’s been grey and rainy/storming/foggy for the past 10 days now in Beijing … but still really hot. I miss sunshine and blue skies. Looks like we all have our weather problems.