How Orioles Players_ Fans and Umpires Are Handling the Record Heat

How Orioles players_ fans and umpires are handling the record heat

In Charlie Morton’s last start in the muggy atmosphere of Tampa, the pitcher’s entire uniform and body was wet with sweat. Still, Morton pitched six innings of one-run ball, so what did he do to stay cool? The veteran went to an old-school method — he dunked his hand in a bucket of ice in between innings. “I guess it kind of worked,” Morton said. The game-time temperatures of 100 degrees Monday and Tuesday are the hottest recorded temperatures f…

How Orioles players, fans and umpires are handling the record heat

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Baltimore opens more cooling centers as heat dome scorches East Coast

As Baltimore temperatures swell under a heat dome scorching much of the East Coast, city officials opted to open more cooling centers Tuesday.

People Are Already Dropping Dead as Extreme Heat Scorches the US

In large swaths of these United States, people are already dying from this summer's brutal heat wave. According to St. Louis' KMOV, a 55-year-old woman was found dead in her apartment this week after her electricity had been shut off during this so-called "heat dome" phenomenon — which involves heat being trapped by atmospheric conditions, as if by a lid or a cap. Reporting from KSDK, another area broadcaster, indicated that the woman had been s…

Officials open cooling centers and urge heat safety precautions

Baltimore is under its first extreme heat alert of the season through Thursday, with temperatures feeling well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

Special hours of operation at Baltimore City pools in effect amid extreme heat

Baltimore City’s Code Red Extreme Heat Alert, in effect through Thursday, means city pools will operate on the following schedules effective Monday through Thursday: Noon-2 p.m., 2:30-4:30 p.m. and 5-7 p.m. The Druid Hill, Lake Clifton and Riverside Park Pools that are regularly closed on Mondays will be open on June 23 from 2:30-4:30 p.m. and 5-7 p.m. The Patterson, Roosevelt and Middle Branch Park Pools regularly closed on Tuesdays will be ope…