 Media Credit: LINDY DUGGER A group of practice officials refresh themselves during the annual football watermelon feast at Sanford Stadium Wednesday. The event is a tradition for the football team, who indulge every year the day before fall classes start to celebrate the end of two-a-day practices. For the past decade the fruit has been supplied and delivered by Doug and Linda Coggins of Carnesville, Ga. [Click to enlarge]
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 Media Credit: LINDY DUGGER Right guard Josh Davis from Jayess, Miss., cools off during practice Friday. The team has had to reschedule one practice due to the heat. [Click to enlarge]
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 Media Credit: JOSH WEISS Parents and students were appreciative of the free water, which helped them from succumbing to heat exhaustion and dehydration. [Click to enlarge]
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 Media Credit: JOSH WEISS Allie Eckman, a senior child and family development major, hands a bottle of water to Randy Morrison of Watkinsville while he moves his son Nick into Russell Hall under Saturday's 100-degree weather. [Click to enlarge]
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The summer's heat wave will continue today with an expected heat index of 105 degrees. Last week the heat index reached 110 degrees, giving new and returning students a warm welcome as they moved into residence halls.
A forecaster for the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City said the lower humidity will keep temperatures from feeling as toasty as last week.
"It's not as life-threatening of a heat wave as before," forecaster Sean Ryan said.
The normal high temperature for this time of year hovers around 89 degrees - 10 degrees cooler than this year, he said.
Volunteers offered bottled water to sweltering students and parents moving belongings into dorms.
"With the intense heat, we decided bottled water would be a good welcome," said Katie Chambers, a sophomore from Watkinsville and a volunteer with First Baptist Church in Watkinsville.
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