ST. GEORGE, Utah — Usually, when my FOX 13 News colleagues in the Salt Lake City newsroom ask how bad the heat is down in southern Utah, I use the expression, "It's a dry heat,
it's not so bad."

That wasn't the case on Friday, as it wasn't just hot, but also muggy in Swamp St. George.

"It wasn't too bad until you just said it. And now I'm like, ugh. I'm like, I'm sticky. I feel sticky. That's weird," shared Pine View High School aide Megan Paxman.

An Excessive Heat Warning issued by the National Weather Service started at noon Thursday and was expected to continue until sunset Friday. Locals say on a day like this, no appliance is more vital than the A/C, but can the power grid take it?

"We've built our power grid here to be able to handle quite amount of demand," explained St. George

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