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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
300 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2008

...TODAY IS HEAT AWARENESS DAY IN NEW YORK AND VERMONT... 

THE NEW YORK STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE...VERMONT 
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
OFFICES SERVING NEW YORK AND VERMONT PROCLAIM TODAY...JUNE 
18...HEAT AWARENESS DAY IN NEW YORK AND VERMONT. CONSIDERING THE 
HARMFUL EFFECTS OF EXTREME HEAT...IT IS IMPORTANT THAT NEW YORK 
AND VERMONT RESIDENTS AND VISITORS UNDERSTAND THE DANGERS OF 
EXTREME HEAT. 
 
HEAT KILLS BY TAXING THE BODY BEYOND ITS ABILITY TO COOL. HOT 
TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY...INCREASE ONES 
CHANCES FOR DEVELOPING HEAT DISORDERS. 
 
THE BEST DEFENSE AGAINST HEAT RELATED ILLNESS IS PREVENTION. 
STAYING COOL...AND MAKING SIMPLE CHANGES IN YOUR FLUID 
INTAKE...ACTIVITIES...AND CLOTHING DURING HOT...HUMID WEATHER 
CAN HELP YOU REMAIN SAFE AND HEALTHY. 
 
THE U. S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION OFFER THE 
FOLLOWING TIPS WHEN HOT...HUMID WEATHER THREATENS... 
 
...INCREASE FLUID INTAKE...EVEN BEFORE YOU FEEL THIRSTY...BUT 
CHECK WITH YOUR DOCTOR IF YOU MUST RESTRICT FLUID INTAKE. 
 
...SLOW DOWN...REDUCE...ELIMINATE...OR RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS 
ACTIVITY...INCLUDING EXERCISE...IF POSSIBLE. 
 
...REMAIN INDOORS IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENT.  
 
...IF OUTDOORS...AVOID THE MIDDAY SUN...AND PLAN YOUR ACTIVITIES 
DURING THE COOLER EARLY MORNING OR EVENING HOURS... 
 
...WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT...LIGHT COLORED...LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING. 
 
...NEVER LEAVE ANYONE OR ANY PET IN A CLOSED...PARKED VEHICLE. 
 
...CHECK FREQUENTLY ON THOSE MOST AT RISK FROM HEAT RELATED 
ILLNESS. 
 
AND 
 
...ALWAYS BE ALERT FOR THE WARNING SIGNS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND 
HEAT STROKE. 
 
HEAT EXHAUSTION IS THE BODYS RESPONSE TO AN EXCESSIVE LOSS OF 
WATER AND SALT CONTAINED IN SWEAT. WARNING SIGNS INCLUDE... 
 
...HEAVY SWEATING... 
...MUSCLE CRAMPS... 
...WEAKNESS... 
...DIZZINESS... 
...COLD AND...OR PALE CLAMMY SKIN... 
...HEADACHE... 
...NAUSEA OR VOMITING... 
...AND FAINTING. 
 
IF A PERSON EXHIBITS SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION...THEN THE 
FOLLOWING TREATMENT SHOULD BE ADMINISTERED... 
 
...GET THE VICTIM OUT OF THE SUN IMMEDIATELY. 
...LAY THE VICTIM DOWN AND LOOSEN CLOTHING. 
...APPLY COOL...WET CLOTHS. 
...GIVE SIPS OF WATER...UNLESS NAUSEA OCCURS. 
...AND IF THE VICTIM FAILS TO RESPOND TO THESE EFFORTS WITHIN AN 
HOUR...SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY. 
 
REMEMBER...IF LEFT UNTREATED...HEAT EXHAUSTION MAY PROGRESS TO 
HEAT STROKE.  
 
HEAT STROKE OCCURS WHEN THE BODY BECOMES UNABLE TO CONTROL ITS 
TEMPERATURE. THE BODYS TEMPERATURE RISES RAPIDLY...SWEATING 
FAILS...AND THE BODY IS UNABLE TO COOL DOWN. BODY TEMPERATURE 
MAY RISE TO 106 DEGREES OR HIGHER WITHIN 10 TO 15 MINUTES. HEAT 
STROKE CAN CAUSE PERMANENT DISABILITY OR DEATH IF EMERGENCY 
TREATMENT IS NOT QUICKLY RENDERED. WARNING SIGNS OF HEAT STROKE 
INCLUDE... 
 
...AN EXTREMELY HIGH BODY TEMPERATURE...GREATER THAN 103 DEGREES 
MEASURED ORALLY... 
...RED...HOT...AND DRY SKIN... 
...RAPID...STRONG PULSE... 
...THROBBING HEADACHE... 
...DIZZINESS... 
...NAUSEA... 
...VOMITING... 
...CONFUSION... 
...UNCONSCIOUSNESS... 
 
IF A PERSON EXHIBITS SYMPTOMS OF HEAT STROKE...THEN THE 
FOLLOWING TREATMENT SHOULD BE ADMINISTERED... 
 
...SUMMON IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. 
...GET THE VICTIM TO A SHADY AREA. 
...COOL THE VICTIM RAPIDLY USING WHATEVER METHODS ARE 
AVAILABLE...SUCH AS A COOL BATH OR SPONGE. 
...IF POSSIBLE...MONITOR BODY TEMPERATURE...AND CONTINUE COOLING 
EFFORTS UNTIL THE BODY TEMPERATURE DROPS TO 101 TO 102 DEGREES. 
...DO NOT GIVE FLUIDS. 
 
KEEP IN MIND...WARM...SUNNY WEATHER IS WHAT MAKES NEW YORK AND 
VERMONT SUMMERS SO DELIGHTFUL FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. 
BUT...WHEN THE TEMPERATURE GETS TOO HOT...THE HUMIDITY TOO 
HIGH...AND THE SUN TOO INTENSE...NEW YORK AND VERMONTS 
DELIGHTFUL SUMMER CAN TURN INTO A KILLER. 
 
BE PREPARED.