HOT AND HOTTER: VALLEY SIZZLES IN HEAT WAVE'S GRIP.Byline: Susan Goldsmith Daily News Staff Writer As temperatures hit 109 in Woodland Hills on Tuesday and soared into the triple digits across the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. for the fifth day in a row, residents found relief in air-conditioned movie theaters, ice cream cones and intermittent whining. The hot weather made life difficult for Donna Webb, a stress management counselor at a hypnotherapy Hypnotherapy Definition Hypnotherapy is the treatment of a variety of health conditions by hypnotism or by inducing prolonged sleep. Pioneers in this field, such as James Braid and James Esdaile discovered that hypnosis could be used to center called Awakenings in Canoga Park. After nearly a week of dealing with irritable, heat-weary customers, Webb needed a little stress management herself. ``My clients are in a bad mood. They're sweaty, edgy and argumentative Controversial; subject to argument. Pleading in which a point relied upon is not set out, but merely implied, is often labeled argumentative. Pleading that contains arguments that should be saved for trial, in addition to allegations establishing a Cause of Action or ,'' she said, sighing. ``They're so cranky crank·y 1 adj. crank·i·er, crank·i·est 1. Having a bad disposition; peevish. 2. Having eccentric ways; odd. 3. they're getting into road warrior A person who frequently travels with laptop and cellphone. games on the freeway.'' After taking a long, deep breath, Webb offered a little advice to the sweaty and stressed out. ``People should use creative visualization Creative Visualization refers to the practice of seeking to affect the outer world via changing one's thoughts. Although various spiritual traditions claim that our thoughts affect the outer world, the phrase "Creative Visualization" came from the New Age Movement. to escape the heat,'' she said. ``Focus on a cool, rainy day or a day out in the snow. . . . People need to calm themselves down.'' Meteorologists Atmospheric scientists
v. scorched, scorch·ing, scorch·es v.tr. 1. To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. heat. For the last several days, temperatures across Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, have been about 10 degrees above normal. The heat is expected to hover a while longer. Meteorologists expect temperatures to soar into the upper 90s and low 100s today and Thursday in the Valley. Friday should usher in Verb 1. usher in - be a precursor of; "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period" inaugurate, introduce commence, lead off, start, begin - set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. a drop from triple digits, with highs in the mid- to upper 90s. By late Tuesday afternoon, temperatures had soared to 102 in Van Nuys, 99 in Burbank and a scorching 109 in Woodland Hills. ``The normal temperature in August in Woodland Hills is 94.7 degrees,'' said Bill Hoffer, a Weather Service specialist. ``It's hotter than hell.'' The triple-digit temperatures did prompt the weather-watchers to issue the first heat advisory of the summer. ``When we think conditions are going to be hotter than normal we want to make the public aware so they take precautions,'' said Dedric Walker, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Oddly, though, the oven-like weather and special heat advisory didn't slow things down at Miami Tan in Canoga Park on Tuesday. Die-hard tanners slathered themselves with lotion and slid underneath the ultraviolet lights - despite the abundant, free sunshine available outside. ``There's air conditioning in here,'' said Kelly Hellmann, who spent 15 minutes in a high-intensity tanning bed. ``I don't want to pass out in the heat. You'd have to spend hours in the sun to get what I can get in here in 15 minutes.'' Luckily, Los Angeles city firefighters were ready for the scorching temperatures. ``Our firefighters have been preparing for this weather for months,'' said Brian Humphrey, a spokesman for the Los Angeles City Fire Department. ``They're mandated to work out one hour each day and have been acclimating themselves by working out outdoors.'' By late Tuesday afternoon, Humphrey said it seemed like the city hardly even noticed the scorching heat. ``People in L.A., especially in the inland valleys, are heat-smart,'' he said. ``Not one of the calls we had in the last 24 hours has been directly heat-related.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Chart Photo: (1--Color) Antonio Alfaro mops off sweat wh ile repairing a natural gas line in Northridge. (2) Foreman Terry Rhodes rehydrates at the Northridge construction site. Gus Ruelas/Daily News Chart: HEAT WAVES The Los Angeles area has baked under two sets of heat waves in late July and August. The following shows the daily high temperature for three locations Daily News |
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