NEW YORK—With temperatures hitting triple digits over the weekend, as a record-breaking heat wave scorched the Midwest and the East Coast, New Yorkers had to tough it out in the heat. The Epoch Times checked in with a few locals to see how they were bearing up under the extreme temperatures.
Peach Wriyaskunpan, 25, Queens, English student
It's similar to my country, because I'm from Thailand, so I'm not having much difficulty. In Thailand it's more humid, but here it's more dry. It's cooler at the restaurant where I work. I also go to the park and the pool.(Kristina Skorbach/The Epoch Times)
Robert Rosenberg, 53, Bronx, pharmacy owner
just walking like I usually walk, eating like I usually eat. It has been unusually hot, but you have to function in the heat. (Kristina Skorbach/The Epoch Times)”]
Ruth Dunn, 31, Brooklyn, lawyer at NY Life
My office building is the coldest in New York, so I've been trying to stay at work as much as I can. Everyone's wearing coats in the office. (Kristina Skorbach/The Epoch Times)
Michael, 70, Union Square, photographer
I survive it. Life doesn't stop because it's 100 degrees. (Kristina Skorbach/The Epoch Times)
Lauren Sternberg, 31, Union Square, teacher
It's been pretty hard. On Friday, for the first time ever, I went to the public pool; it was so hot, I felt like it was extreme measures. I also walk into stores that have air conditioning when walking down the street. (Kristina Skorbach/The Epoch Times)
![I've been working at the pharmacy at Washington Heights, and I eat in this neighborhood. [I'm] just walking like I usually walk, eating like I usually eat. It has been unusually hot, but you have to function in the heat. (Kristina Skorbach/The Epoch Times)](https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/Robert_Rosenberg.jpg "I've been working at the pharmacy at Washington Heights, and I eat in this neighborhood. [I'm] just walking like I usually walk, eating like I usually eat. It has been unusually hot, but you have to function in the heat. (Kristina Skorbach/The Epoch Times)")
