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Source: The Guardian
Heatwave leads to ice cream theft, flying cockroaches and exploding manure
New York is experiencing some of the north-eastern weathers
worst effects, as Häagen-Dazs gets stolen and manure is said
to spontaneously combust
Nicole Puglise
Monday 15 August 2016 19.48 BST
As a heatwave bears down on the country, most New Yorkers are melting, miserable and clinging to their air conditioners to escape the high temperatures. The heat seems to have inspired a number of odd outcomes - including an ice cream crime wave, as would-be thieves attempted to steal 80 pints.
John Catsimatidis, owner of the supermarket chain Gristedes, told CBS that his stores and his competitors have been affected by the thefts. On Friday, he put out a $5,000 reward for the arrest and prosecution of the thieves. He posted photos of a man and a woman with a cart overflowing with ice cream on Facebook.
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The heatwave has also caused a number of more ... unsavory outcomes including flying cockroaches. Experts said high temperatures encourage the bugs to use their wings, which they dont often use in cooler climates. New Yorkers were dismayed, calling the situation a nightmare or pledging to move away.
And if thats not enough to make you think twice about going outside, how about spontaneously combusting horse manure? Near the Finger Lakes region of New York state, horse manure spontaneously combusted in the excessive heat and dry conditions two weeks ago, according to the New York state department of environmental conservation. The smell of burning manure wafted into town and the fire took more than two hours to extinguish.
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New York is experiencing some of the north-eastern weathers
worst effects, as Häagen-Dazs gets stolen and manure is said
to spontaneously combust
Nicole Puglise
Monday 15 August 2016 19.48 BST
As a heatwave bears down on the country, most New Yorkers are melting, miserable and clinging to their air conditioners to escape the high temperatures. The heat seems to have inspired a number of odd outcomes - including an ice cream crime wave, as would-be thieves attempted to steal 80 pints.
John Catsimatidis, owner of the supermarket chain Gristedes, told CBS that his stores and his competitors have been affected by the thefts. On Friday, he put out a $5,000 reward for the arrest and prosecution of the thieves. He posted photos of a man and a woman with a cart overflowing with ice cream on Facebook.
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The heatwave has also caused a number of more ... unsavory outcomes including flying cockroaches. Experts said high temperatures encourage the bugs to use their wings, which they dont often use in cooler climates. New Yorkers were dismayed, calling the situation a nightmare or pledging to move away.
And if thats not enough to make you think twice about going outside, how about spontaneously combusting horse manure? Near the Finger Lakes region of New York state, horse manure spontaneously combusted in the excessive heat and dry conditions two weeks ago, according to the New York state department of environmental conservation. The smell of burning manure wafted into town and the fire took more than two hours to extinguish.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/15/north-east-heatwave-ice-cream-theft
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New York heatwave leads to ice cream theft, flying cockroaches and exploding manure (Original Post)
Eugene
Aug 2016
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shenmue
(38,506 posts)1. Or as we called it when I was growing up,
Thursday.
closeupready
(29,503 posts)2. Though if it's Tuesday, this must be Belgium.
underpants
(182,829 posts)3. That's a great headline
Renew Deal
(81,861 posts)4. Better than flying manure and exploding cockroaches
Mendocino
(7,495 posts)5. Exploding manure?
Did Little Donnie have another fit?