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Parks: Building Playgrounds For Heat Waves
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With extreme temps becoming the norm, cities and builders find ways to adapt
By Karen Fischer
For the past few summers, new heat records were set almost daily, across the country. The phenomenon suggests no single region is more prone to excessive heat than another. Most municipalities in North America are guaranteed to experience an unprecedented heat wave at some point.