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"How do you beat the heat?"
(asked at the Bellevue Transit Center on 07-22-98; published in the EJ on 07-26-98)

Ron Desjardins, Transit operator, Fall City

"I beat the heat by going to a sink and dousing my head with cold water. I comb it through, let it drip-dry. It acts as a natural air conditioner. And I wear shorts and short sleeves."

Erica Healy, University senior & part-time intern, Bellevue

"I lay out in the pool. Or I sit under trees when I try to stay out of the sun. I don't like the humidity, but I like the heat."

Rasheda Capers, Janitor, Bellevue

"I stay in the house with fans. And I fan myself with paper. And I drink a lot of water."

Sarah Greenwood, Barista, Bellevue

"I drink lots of water and iced coffee. The sun doesn't hit my house so it's always cool -- I can't wait to get home."

Monica McAllister-Day, Stay-at-home mom, Bellevue

"We have air conditioning in the car and in the house and I definitely need to beat the heat -- I'm eight months pregnant! At home, I also have two fans going at all times. I've become a weather wimp since we moved to Seattle from California six years ago."

Gage Hudson, Loan originator, Mill Creek

"I take an ice-cold shower and we have a couple of fans and we sit with a bucket of beer. Cold showers, fans, Coors Light -- that's about all you need. That, and the remote control."

© 1998 by the Bellevue, WA-based Eastside Journal (née Journal American) newspaper.

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