"The government even planned to equip the shelters with free tea, chairs, books and newspapers for those trying to escape the heat."
Darn, now if there was going to serve egg rolls and fried rice, maybe...
"...The government even planned to equip the shelters with free tea, chairs, books and newspapers for those trying to escape the heat...."
What HEAT are they trying to escape? The normal summertime heat wave, or the heat wave they fear coming from the sky, courtesy of the USA, in the form of thermonuclear bombs?