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June 03, 2004

HEAT ADVISORY

Why do people choose to live in a place where the National Weather Service gives 'Heat Advisories' like this:
"THE COMBINATION OF VERY WARM WEATHER AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN THURSDAY COULD BE A HEALTH HAZARD ESPECIALLY TO THE YOUNG AND THE ELDERLY...IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN TO STAY COOL AND WELL HYDRATED.
INDIVIDUALS CAN SUFFER HEAT-RELATED ILLNESS WHEN THE BODY TEMPERATURE SYSTEM CAN NO LONGER COOL ITSELF. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTSIDE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...STAY IN THE SHADE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND DRINK ABUNDANT AMOUNTS OF WATER. WEAR LIGHT-COLORED AND LOOSE-FITTING CLOTHING. IF YOU WEAR A WIDE-BRIMMED HAT...THE HEAD AND BODY WILL BE MUCH COOLER. STOP OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...DRINK LOTS OF WATER OR OTHER NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES...AND IF POSSIBLE...SPEND MORE TIME IN AIR-CONDITIONED OR WELL-VENTILATED PLACES."

Posted by wonko at June 3, 2004 12:42 AM

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You lived in Phoenix for a while; you tell us! ;)

Posted by: Turd Furguesson at June 3, 2004 01:23 PM

This sort of explains why people would have ever moved there in the first place:

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040620/ap_on_re_us/return_of_the_river_1

Posted by: Turd Furguesson at June 21, 2004 09:15 AM

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