WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — While many of us are working in air-conditioned spaces and staying cool during this heatwave, there are some jobs where you can’t escape the heat.
People working at Jessie Taylor’s Seafood in Southwest D.C.’s historic Municipal Fish Market are no strangers to the heat. The market is the nation’s longest continuously operating open-air fish market, dating back to 1805, according to the Wharf’s website.
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It’s an outdoor job that’s subject to extreme temperatures year-round. They still operate when the Washington Channel and nearby Potomac and Anacostia rivers are frozen over.
Johnson Checker told DC News Now he’s been working at the market since he was 15, and it’s getting hotter each season…