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Beat the heat!

By ALEXIS GARROBO on August 16, 2007

Parents and students were appreciative of the free water, which helped them from succumbing to heat exhaustion and dehydration.
JOSH WEISS
Parents and students were appreciative of the free water, which helped them from succumbing to heat exhaustion and dehydration.
Right guard Josh Davis from Jayess, Miss., cools off during practice Friday. The team has had to reschedule one practice due to the heat.
LINDY DUGGER
Right guard Josh Davis from Jayess, Miss., cools off during practice Friday. The team has had to reschedule one practice due to the heat.
A group of practice officials refresh themselves during the annual football watermelon feast at Sanford Stadium Wednesday. The event is a tradition for the football team, who indulge every year the da
LINDY DUGGER
A group of practice officials refresh themselves during the annual football watermelon feast at Sanford Stadium Wednesday. The event is a tradition for the football team, who indulge every year the da
Allie Eckman, a senior child and family development major, hands a bottle of water to Randy Morrison of Watkinsville while he moves his son Nick into Russell Hall under Saturday
JOSH WEISS
Allie Eckman, a senior child and family development major, hands a bottle of water to Randy Morrison of Watkinsville while he moves his son Nick into Russell Hall under Saturday's 100-degree weather.

The summer’s heat wave will continue today with an expected heat index of 105 degrees. Last week the heat index reached 110 degrees, giving new and returning students a warm welcome as they moved into residence halls.

A forecaster for the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City said the lower humidity will keep temperatures from feeling as toasty as last week.

“It’s not as life-threatening of a heat wave as before,” forecaster Sean Ryan said.

The normal high temperature for this time of year hovers around 89 degrees – 10 degrees cooler than this year, he said.

Volunteers offered bottled water to sweltering students and parents moving belongings into dorms.

“With the intense heat, we decided bottled water would be a good welcome,” said Katie Chambers, a sophomore from Watkinsville and a volunteer with First Baptist Church in Watkinsville.

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