Last but not least: Looking down the tube because of the heat
At these temperatures, even technology reaches its limits. In Strasbourg, the heat over the weekend knocked a television studio out of commission.
The Franco-German channel Arte went off the air for five hours on Saturday. A fire in an electrical control room caused by the heat brought the program broadcast to a complete standstill. The breakdown lasted from seven o'clock in the morning until half past twelve.
It's not the first transmission failure in this hot summer. On Thursday, the program of the Cologne news channel n-tv was interrupted for half an hour. This interruption is presumably also due to the outside temperatures. (sis)
