it was so hot here in portland this weekend. 104 degrees yesterday. something a little less today, but with nasty humidity. If feels like a rainforest.
i keep having to lie down with an icepack on my chest. a big icepack. it takes the edge off for a bit, but then i’m hot and sweating again.  my mouth is all parched and cottonmouthey. no matter how much water i drink.
and this is *with* air conditioning. i can’t even imagine what this would be like in nyc with my wall AC. wow.
have you tried aloe? I drank it for a while when I was on a medication which did the dry mouth thing and it helped a lot.