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Hetd Wave Arrives
In Dog Days
Washington — This year's dog days have a sharper bite * than usual. f Since July 3, the traditional > start of the dog days, much s. of the United States has sweltered in continuous 90-plus * and 100-degree temperatures, (< the National Geographic Society says.
Instead of worrying about : mad dogs and other odd legen* dary dangers of the season, ; present-day Americans are ’ concerned about power fail? ures caused by overloading r from air conditioners.
Those without air conditiont ing follow tbeNadvice given 2,800 years ago by the Greek poet Hesiod: “When Sirius par ; ches head and knees, and the : body is dried up by reason ' of the beat, then sit in the _ shade and drink.*
Bright Dag Star
Sirius is the name of the : brightest visible star—28 times brighter than the sun. ; Its clear blue-white light ; marks the constellation Canis Major, “the Greater Dog,* so . Sirius became known as the : Dog Star.
The Greeks and Romans notf ed that Sirius rose with the : sun at midsummer, the hottest * time of the year. Thus the -Romans called this period * dies caniculares, or dog days.
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