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County residents do whatever it takes to cope with the heat

Capital Gazette Communications
Published 07/25/10

For the sixth time this year, Marylanders suffered with brutal 100-degree temperatures yesterday. From sunup to sundown, they sweated, sweltered, sizzled and stewed. Here's a look at how some people in Anne Arundel County coped with the heat.

Joshua McKerrow — The Capital While many people wore minimal clothing in yesterday’s 100-degree heat, Troy Nickoles, left, and James Guilfoyle donned grape costumes for the Great Grapes! wine festival at the county fairgrounds in Crownsville. Like many festival-goers, they found relief in a misting tent.
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9:30 a.m., Lake Waterford Park in Pasadena, 89 degrees:

Extreme heat can't keep people away from an event like the long-awaited opening of a new field for athletes with disabilities at Lake Waterford Park in Pasadena.

But extreme heat can force politicians and government officials to keep their speeches short.

As county Recreation and Parks Director Rick Anthony...

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