Tips for staying safe in excessive heat
Tips for staying safe in excessive heat
While the southern half of Minnesota is dealing with extreme heat, experts remind us how to keep ourselves and our families safe.\r
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0.7 -> You heard the heat is here to
1.368 -> stay at least through tomorrow.
3.236 -> Temperatures feeling above 100.
4.404 -> There is a list of cooling cents
6.506 -> across the metro at care11.com.
8.108 -> Jennifer Hoff visited 1 today
9.576 -> and continues our coverage
10.81 -> with tips to stay safe in this
12.946 -> heat. Hi, Jennifer.
16.649 -> Hi, Julie. Yes,
17.684 -> signs like these around
town show just
20.152 -> how hot it still is at this hou.
22.255 -> As Bill was just saying too,
24.124 -> it is sticky out.
25.392 -> But in all seriousness,
26.626 -> experts will tell you some 600
28.328 -> people will die every year all
30.196 -> across the country from overhea.
31.965 -> But there are three things that
33.867 -> doctors say you should look out
35.735 -> for if you or somebody you know
37.637 -> start to not feel very well as
39.973 -> these temperatures stick around.
43.243 -> People will flock to water.
46.78 -> When temperatures get this high,
48.548 -> especially when Saint Louis
50.016 -> Parks Rec Center is one of
52.252 -> the last still open for the
53.953 -> season, the supervisors saying
55.288 -> they're ready for it. We
56.99 -> saw over 800 people on Saturday,
59.059 -> so this is nothing for us. From
61.428 -> keeping cool outside to inside e
63.463 -> local library, regulars can coun
65.598 -> the air conditioning when they t
67.867 -> have any at home, it's
just miserable.
69.869 -> But I like coming here even
71.738 -> when it's not hot outside.
73.606 -> But especially days like today,
75.308 -> it makes a real. You
know it's
nice to
78.745 -> be inside something cool.
80.18 -> There are 41 libraries
81.648 -> across Hennepin County.
82.816 -> Committed officials say to keepg
84.684 -> you safe when it gets this hot,
87.22 -> we for sure see heat
related illnesses.
89.789 -> Doctor Andy Roland Fischer
says heat stroke
92.225 -> is less common than heat exhaus,
94.594 -> but it's more dangerous
and includes 3
97.263 -> notable signs like a
rising body temp,
99.766 -> seizures and confusion
saying Minnesotans
101.568 -> aren't used to these heat waves.
103.803 -> When it happens, people don't
105.672 -> necessarily know how
to adjust their.
107.974 -> Actions as they would if you lid
109.809 -> in Arizona or something like th,
111.778 -> go to the ER and something
as simple
as ice,
114.714 -> water, spray bottles and fans ie
116.716 -> 1st way doctors will
treat a patient.
118.818 -> It's a wet and soppy
and messy process,
121.154 -> but you can get someone cooled
122.922 -> pretty quickly that way,
124.09 -> beating the heat to stay safe.
125.859 -> Even if it is just for now.
127.894 -> Let's hope
128.561 -> September cools off. I'm looking
129.896 -> forward to Renee's long fall.
135.235 -> Yeah, we love fall around here ,
137.137 -> but some of us love summer for .
139.339 -> But doctors also say if you
140.974 -> have diabetes or hypertension,
142.041 -> that's also going to put you at
143.743 -> a higher risk of overheating.
145.311 -> So just some good reminders,
146.679 -> as we all know, when this happe,
148.581 -> stay hydrated, take some
breaks and don't
150.65 -> push yourself too much back to .
152.418 -> All right. Thank you, Jennifer.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDwaF5Fin2s