MILWAUKEE -- From bumming at the beach to tailgating in the heat, the unseasonably warm temperatures on the second official day of fall have people doing all sorts of things they wouldn’t normally do in mid-September.
“It’s really hot," Michael Dorn said. "I was standing there and the sun was beating on my back."
Michael Dorn and thousands of other Brewers fans spent Saturday tailgating on the blacktop, a game day tradition, but this year’s weather is anything but typical of the fall season.
“I’ve been drinking this beer," Alex Holat said. "And every now and then I just go like this and [rest the beer on my forhead] it helps a little bit."
Kim Kamke echoed Holat's sentiments.
“It’s very hot," Kamke said.
"But where else are you going to be? It’s Cubs and Brewers, man. You gotta be here," she explained.
Those who couldn’t make the game opted for a trip to Bradford Beach instead. Hundreds flocked to the lakefront for a dip in the water and a chance to lay out in the sun.
“It’s pretty hot and sticky, but it’s nice too," Grant Noltner said.
“I was actually driving along the street looking at trees and they’re turning orange, but it’s 90 degrees out," Taylor Meek chimed in.
Saturday's 90-degree high produced near-record heat and the kind of weather conditions that prompted special accommodations and a need for increased hydration at this year's Oktoberfest in Waukesha.
“[To stay cool] drink beer, of course," Joanna Adamicki said.
"We’ve got lots of cold beer and cold soda, [and] water and the tent is cool, it’s a great place to enjoy those beverages," she continued.
Waukesha’s Oktoberfest is in its second year, but this is the first year organizers introduced the air-conditioned tent, something plenty of event goers welcomed with no complaints.
“I like the heat, but not the humidity," Barbara Eberly said.
"This is nice to have an air-conditioned tent that we can get in and out of [the humidity]," she continued.
