On the other hand, rather than being in tepidly damp Torino, I might be in the searing Balkans

http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/48543/story.htm

Link: Planet Ark : Heatwave Hits Balkans, Dozens In Hospital .

Heatwave Hits Balkans, Dozens In Hospital

BOSNIA: May 29, 2008

SARAJEVO - Temperatures hit record highs across the Balkans on Wednesday, killing one person and sending dozens to hospitals around the region with heatstroke.

Bosnia's meteorology institute said temperatures may hit a 100-year record, reaching over 35 degrees Celsius in central parts of the country and 38 degrees in the south. Temperatures had jumped by 15 degrees since Monday, it added.

The Sarajevo University medical centre said it had seen over 200 patients with heat-induced complaints in the last few days.

"It's is like a madhouse in here," Senad Prasto, head of the centre's emergency ward, told the daily Vecernji List....