Hot, hot heat: Edmontonians dancing for joy 广场舞到爱城

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Edmonton's record-breaking hot weather on Friday had Edmontonians out sunning themselves and believing that winter is finally over.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ed ... g-for-joy-1.4102173

酷似广场舞。
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Environment Canada showed the temperature reached 28 C in mid-afternoon, surpassing the record 26.3 recorded on May 5, 2013.
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4 D& b7 {) |% W+ BIt was even warmer in Edmonton than it was in Anaheim, Calif. where the Oilers are getting ready to face off against the Ducks in Game 5 of their second-round playoff series.
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! M2 [( c  {# }9 N2 q7 a9 LAnaheim was 21 C under partly cloudy skies on Friday afternoon.
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) L4 M; Y  W. T2 hIn Edmonton, people were quick to take advantage of the summer-like weather, after a long, wet and unseasonably cold spring.
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So many people showed up at the Native Delights food truck in Churchill Square that the popular mobile eatery ran out of food within 45 minutes.
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Kyle Makokis
Kyle Makokis says the Native Delights food truck ran out of food Friday in 45 minutes. (Nola Keeler)
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6 p2 H  `: b; @3 c1 K: cUsually the supplies would last until the end of the afternoon, manager Kyle Makokis said.
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"When it's hot there's a lot of people just hanging out on the square here so that just brings in business all on its own," Makokis said.
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( x5 o: p* i$ [5 |"The weather definitely makes a big difference. You know, when it's gloomy and stuff, people aren't really into waiting outside for food."

# y2 m5 z1 X; Y# M  `6 UAt the Second Cup in City Centre mall, people were putting the hot drinks on ice.

"Usually we get a lot of coffees and lattes but today we get a lot of, like, cold ice coffees and blended cold drinks," said barista Joanna Chou.
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( C9 ]9 p. Z6 L# ]! ~She estimated she sold four times as many cold drinks Friday as she did hot drinks.

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7 `+ `) }% J2 L9 M! ~Sun-Mi Turner makes ice coffee to help her customers keep their cool. (Nola Keeler)
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Chou could find herself blending up a lot of ice this summer, according to CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe.
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8 W7 F# d) Z. u) ^5 M"An El Nino is building and typically that means hot, dry summers for Alberta," Wagstaffe said.

4 z" T/ N. d0 e7 e: EEven though she's optimistic for the summer, the meteorologist said anyone who hasn't taken off their winter tires yet may want to wait a few more weeks.
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"The long range forecast is very spring-like but on average even May could see a couple centimetres of snow. It's not out of the question."
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