Bellagio Fountain mist provides relief!
In an "emergency call" fo relief, City Officials swung into action bright-and-early this morning, and swiftly threw open the doors of 11 "cooling stations", in a bold-faced effort to get a handle on a potentially dangerous health crisis brought on by the heat.
After all, the mercury soared to 111 degrees by noon, and was inching higher.
The record for the desert oasis is a startling 115 degrees.
By 10 a.m. today, one of the shelters just off the Vegas strip was packed with wilting tourists and a posse of homeless individuals, anxious to escape the intense rays of the cruel sun beating down without mercy.
The City has facilitated a handful of gymnasiums around the mainland to carry out their humanitarian effort - to offer up a safe haven for individuals with no place to seek refuge - as the heat wave rages on.
Volunteers are providing water and a comfortable cool environment for the needy.
A spokesperson noted that the shelters will be open on the weekend, but will be reduced to 5 in number on Sunday, for some inexplicable reason.
Information and directions may be obtained by calling up 211 locally.
One charity that relies on donations by pick up - the Goodwill - was forced to give nine drivers a break to prevent heat exhaustion during the course of their hectic routes along the busy strip and in sweltering downtown Vegas.
This evening the mercury is expected to drop to 109 degrees, but expected to zoom up to life-threatening double-digits tomorrow afternoon, and throughout the upcoming weekend.
Stay cool, eh?
Tao Beach provides a respite from it all!
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