\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe summer heat is having an impact on the way people in Vermont and Northern New York are spending time outside and how some local businesses are operating.Families got an early start at Burlington’s Oakledge Park on Tuesday \u2014 looking to beat the afternoon heat.Zachary Stevens from South Burlington brought his family to the park during the cooler hours of the day.”We like to come in the morning to avoid the heat,” said Stevens. “We\u2019ve got the water too, so if we need to go cool off, we can dip our toes in.”With even more hot weather in the forecast, visitors say they\u2019re staying flexible with their plans. “We\u2019re not sure what we\u2019re gonna do later in the week yet,” said Angela Messina from New York. “Probably some indoor activities. Probably stay in the air conditioning a little bit. But we\u2019re on vacation, so we want to enjoy it while we\u2019re here.”Heat disrupts local businessesBut it\u2019s not just people making adjustments to the heat. In Jericho, Snowflake Chocolates has temporarily suspended shipping to prevent chocolate orders from melting in transit.”We\u2019re in this cycle of hot weather, melting chocolate, and sending it off with what we hope is enough packaging and cooling and protection \u2013 and a wing and a prayer!” said Sharon Wintersteen, Head of Shipping for Snowflake Chocolates. “I mean, what\u2019s coming? This 90-degree weather? Forget it!”Right next door at Palmer Lane Maple, melting was expected. The hot weather brought in lots of families hoping to cool off with a cold creemee.As the hot stretch continues, folks are getting out early, staying in the shade, and enjoying lots of sweet treats.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\tJERICHO, Vt. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
The summer heat is having an impact on the way people in Vermont and Northern New York are spending time outside and how some local businesses are operating.<\/p>\n
Families got an early start at Burlington’s Oakledge Park on Tuesday \u2014 looking to beat the afternoon heat.<\/p>\n
Zachary Stevens from South Burlington brought his family to the park during the cooler hours of the day.<\/p>\n
“We like to come in the morning to avoid the heat,” said Stevens. “We\u2019ve got the water too, so if we need to go cool off, we can dip our toes in.”<\/p>\n
With even more hot weather in the forecast, visitors say they\u2019re staying flexible with their plans. <\/p>\n
“We\u2019re not sure what we\u2019re gonna do later in the week yet,” said Angela Messina from New York. “Probably some indoor activities. Probably stay in the air conditioning a little bit. But we\u2019re on vacation, so we want to enjoy it while we\u2019re here.”<\/p>\n
Heat disrupts local businesses<\/p>\n
But it\u2019s not just people making adjustments to the heat. In Jericho, Snowflake Chocolates has temporarily suspended shipping to prevent chocolate orders from melting in transit.<\/p>\n
“We\u2019re in this cycle of hot weather, melting chocolate, and sending it off with what we hope is enough packaging and cooling and protection \u2013 and a wing and a prayer!” said Sharon Wintersteen, Head of Shipping for Snowflake Chocolates. “I mean, what\u2019s coming? This 90-degree weather? Forget it!”<\/p>\n
Right next door at Palmer Lane Maple, melting was expected. The hot weather brought in lots of families hoping to cool off with a cold creemee.<\/p>\n
As the hot stretch continues, folks are getting out early, staying in the shade, and enjoying lots of sweet treats. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The summer heat is having an impact on the way people in Vermont and Northern New York are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[90416,3991,92768,9,11,10,108545,108546,108547,11304,1634,108548],"class_list":["post-283038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-extreme-heat","tag-heat","tag-hot-weather","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-oakledge-park","tag-palmer-lane-maple","tag-snowflake-chocolates","tag-summer","tag-vermont","tag-vermont-heat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}