Thank God. It finally, finally, rained, breaking up some of the heat, and bringing the tempeture down about 20 degrees. Er, well, maybe we shouldn't thank God exactly.

We should probably thank these girls,who performed a rain dance in Brooklyn Bridge Park, calling the sweet cool drops and saving us all from melting into one giant puddle of B.O.

Heat Wave Exacts a Brutal Parting Toll as It Disrupts Power [Sewell Chan, New York Times]