Michael Schaefer from Meals on Wheels of Trenton/Ewing was doing more than delivering lunch on this hot Wednesday. Schaefer was also checking up on clients like 85-year-old Caroline Potter of Trenton.
"It's hot, 'cause I'm sweaty!" she said.
Schaefer said his organization is an extra set of eyes and ears for the families of shut-ins. Thankfully, Ms. Potter seemed to be doing okay. She turned the fan on and closed her blinds. She knows that her front porch is a good spot to catch a breeze.
"You have to have sense enough to stay out of the sun," said Potter.
"Most of them have been longtime Trenton residents, so they know how to deal with the heat. But it is rougher today, that's for sure," said Shaefer.
"It's hard to breathe and as you know, drink a lot of water, but it is… it takes all your energy and your strength," said Henrietta Richardson of Trenton.
71-year-old Henrietta and her 78-year-old husband Ronald are making a point to wear light clothing. They have air conditioning, but say they don't turn it on until they really need it. For most of the day they rely on tightly drawn drapes to keep the house cool, and it works pretty well.
So there's a savings in money by not turning on the air conditioning when we don't need it," said Ronald Richardson.
75-year-old Hailie Sheppard and his friend Henry Brown, both of Trenton, looked for relief from the heat on a shady bench near the Conner French Towers.
"It makes you very cranky, very cranky," said Sheppard.
"I'm not doing too good. I'm from the Virgin islands. It doesn't get this hot in the Virgin islands!"
And then Action News found James Gage, who may be one of the few senior citizens delighted by these scorching temperatures. At a park near the statehouse, dressed in shorts and a sleeveless shirt, he was a happy man.
