Jose Pagan, 66, lets out a yell as he sticks his head in the spray from a garden hose on the sidewalk in front of his house in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2006. With temperatures expected to reach 100 degrees or higher, Pagan set up the hose to cool off his grandchildren but couldn't resist getting wet himself.
Boschi Pope, 2, looks up as she drinks water from a fire hydrant, as young children play in the water to beat the heat Aug. 1, 2006 in New York City. New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., and much of the East Coast face record- breaking temperatures that may top 100 degrees and threaten a New York power system damaged during a heat wave two weeks ago.
Ernestine Canty, 68, of Chicago, cools off inside a Chicago Transit Authority bus after being evacuated from her South Side high-rise apartment Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2006. More than 20,000 people lost electricity in an outage that began Monday evening. Temperatures are forecast to climb into the 90s for the fifth straight day.
An unidentified woman and children cool themselves on a Chicago Transit Authority bus after being evacuated from their South Side high-rise apartment in Chicago Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2006. About 20,000 people lost electricity in an outage that began Monday evening. Temperatures are forecast to climb into the 90s for the fifth straight day.
Brian Hall, 11, found a bit of refuge from another day of mid-90's temperatures while relaxing under a fountain at the Roosevelt Park pool in Gary, Ind., Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2006.
The sun rises over the Capitol Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2006, as hot temperatures and high humidity are expected to continue throughout the region. An excessive heat warning has been issued, with afternoon temperatures expected to approach 100 degrees. Meteorologists say the high humidity levels will boost the heat index to about 110 degrees during the afternoon, with the hottest conditions in urban areas.
Mario Myers of Kansas City, Mo., stays as cool with the help of some ice cold water on Monday, July 31, 2006. After helping install a storm drain and new concrete curbing, Myers, who works on a Kansas City, Mo., Public Works crew, headed for a pair of nearby coolers.
Manitowoc firefighter Scott Valleskey cools off by a fan set up on the scene of a house fire Monday, July 31, 2006, in Manitowoc, Wis.
Shayna Braden gets a cold splash of water from her niece, Zsaria Naves, 2, while playing in the wading pool at Westown Park in Grand Rapids, Mich., Monday, July 31, 2006.
Western Michigan University students Bill Bradley, right, and his housemate, Noah Burton, hose down to cool off, Monday, July 31, 2006, outside of their home in Kalamazoo, Mich., that is without air conditioning.
Tristan Cleland, 2, tries cool off by playing in the running water at Ledges State Park Monday, July 31, in Boone, Iowa.
Michael Farr gives his sister Samantha a face full of cool water as they beat the heat in the wading pool at Westown Park in Grand Rapids, Mich., Monday, July 31, 2006.
Trying to cool off from the heat, Josh Bliss, 6, left, of Albany, N.Y., plays in the wading pool in Lincoln Park in Albany, as his sister, Haliegh, gets a ride on the back of his sister Carissa, 12, on Monday, July 31, 2006.
A pilot flies a small plane past the setting sun over Lake Winnipesaukee in Laconia, N.H., Monday July 31, 2006. New England is is not being spared from the heat over the next few days.
Tre Wilson, 5, of Green Bay, Wis., cools off in a public water park, Monday, July 31, 2006, in Green Bay. The area reached 94 degrees Monday, two degrees shy of records set in 1995 and 1917.
Brandy Ulrich, 9, is seen in silhouette as she drinks from the water jug with fellow soccer players Monday, July 31, 2006, at Ben Geren Park in Fort Smith, Ark.
A Scottish Highlands calf stands in a mist to keep cool at the Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange, N.J., Monday, July 31, 2006. Temperatures in the 90s and higher are expected for the next several days on the East Coast.
With the heat index heading toward 105 degrees, Jake Stark is cooled off by his friend Trevor Ward, not pictured, while working in the hog barn at the Illinois State Fair, in Springfield, Ill., Monday, July 31, 2006. Temperatures soared across Illinois on Monday, with the blazing heat expected to approach 100 degrees in parts of the state over the next few days.
A baseball fan uses a fan to cool herself before the Chicago Cubs baseball game against Arizona Diamondbacks at Wrigley Field, Monday, July 31, 2006. An excessive heat warning continues as temperatures approach 100 degrees.
Kathryn Towner surfaces and shakes the water from her hair at the Washington Pool in Mason County, Ky., Monday July 31, 2006. Afternoon temperatures approached the mid 90's while the heat index reached triple digits.