F1: Hotting up in Kuala Lumpur

May 22, 2012 | There are the little in-kerb drain holes so beloved of rats, but the pavements themselves have half-metre wide grids cut into them to increase the speed that rain pours into the gullies - and given that pavements are often under water to ankle... The drains are not those little wimpish drains we get in Europe: they are metre wide gullies with the pavements suspended over them. Jenson Button loves the Sepang circuit: he loves the grip from the hot, sweaty tarmac. If recent days are anything to go by, he's going to get both several times during the next few days. But when the monsoon rains come, roads flood up to axle height on a normal car within a matter of minutes. And he loves the F1 equivalent of power-boating when the monsoons come. When it stops raining, the water is usually gone within ten to fifteen minutes. Bernie Ecclestone is a control freak and, frankly, so are most of the people who run F1 teams. But the one thing they can't control even a tiny bit is the weather.... Read more »

Open Season: Success of fall hunts best enjoyed on summer grills

May 22, 2739 | Tyler Shoberg / The thermometer reads 89 degrees Fahrenheit, and the mercury is rising. Beads of sweat condense and drip off the dark brown glass of a beer bottle. The noonday sun coincidentally causes my forehead to replicate the

MTA Delays Feel Worse On Hottest Day Of The Year

May 22, 4982 | The deer thermometer said it was 100 degrees!" Another tweeted a similar tale: "110° over crowded Howard Beach Subway platform, for over 50 minutes while six A trains arrive for the wrong direction. Well done MTA." Chelsea-Lyn Rudder told the News she

US midsection roasts another day

Jul 18, 2011 | MINNEAPOLIS, July 18 (UPI) -- Much of the US midsection was in the blast furnace Monday, as heat and humidity combined for a natural sauna. The hottest spots in Oklahoma through South Dakota expected highs topping 100 degrees Fahrenheit,