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When a heat wave strikes or a cold snap sets in, a basement stays relatively comfortable compared to an upstairs room.
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Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 27 Feb. 2026
The reactions over this week’s snowball fight were similar to those that followed a 2019 episode during a heat wave, when boisterous young people engaged in water fights were recorded on video tossing water at police officers.
—Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
Some ComEd customers saw a triple-digit increase in their total June electricity bills due to a supply rate increase and high demand during a summer heat wave.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Nothing else any government has ever proposed to do would add as much fuel to global warming and to the increasingly destructive heat waves, hurricanes, droughts, crop failures, wildfires and floods that are among its most obvious immediate effects.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2026
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Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 27 Feb. 2026
The reactions over this week’s snowball fight were similar to those that followed a 2019 episode during a heat wave, when boisterous young people engaged in water fights were recorded on video tossing water at police officers.
—Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
Some ComEd customers saw a triple-digit increase in their total June electricity bills due to a supply rate increase and high demand during a summer heat wave.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Nothing else any government has ever proposed to do would add as much fuel to global warming and to the increasingly destructive heat waves, hurricanes, droughts, crop failures, wildfires and floods that are among its most obvious immediate effects.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2026
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“Heat wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heat%20wave. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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