How to Beat the Heat: See It Coming (More than a Week Ahead!)

There’s hot, like the typical heat of summer when children’s popsicles melt down their wrists before they can eat the whole thing, and the cool water from the garden hose is perfect to wipe away sweat and sticky dribbles. Then there’s HOT, like the soul-wilting swelter that makes people sick just walking around, mowing their lawns, or playing a little pickup basketball.

Heat is the #1 weather killer in America. Heat kills more Americans than tornadoes, hurricanes, flooding, lightning, cold, snow, and rip tides. Many of the…