Thursday, June 27, 2013
Good Morning:
As you start your day, we would like to remind you the National Weather Service issued an Excessive Heat Warning early this morning for the San Gabriel Valley and much of Southern California. The warning is in effect through the weekend.
"...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY
TO 9 PM PDT SUNDAY...
* TEMPERATURES AND HEAT INDEX...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO BETWEEN 100 AND 106 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX
VALUES (COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY) ARE
EXPECTED TO HOVER AROUND 105 DEGREES EACH DAY. WARM
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS...WITH
WARMEST LOCATIONS SEEING MINIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S.
* IMPACTS...CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY...AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC
AILMENTS ARE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT-RELATED ILLNESS.
HEAT EXHAUSTION...CRAMPS...OR IN EXTREME CASES HEAT STROKE CAN
RESULT FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THESE CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 911. ALSO...NEVER...EVER LEAVE CHILDREN...THE
ELDERLY OR PETS IN ENCLOSED VEHICLES...EVEN FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME. EVEN IF THE WINDOWS ARE PARTIALLY OPEN...TEMPERATURES CAN
QUICKLY RISE TO LIFE-THREATENING LEVELS.
http://forecast.weather.gov/hazards/?wfo=lox&lat=34.0479&lon=-117.964&pil=LOXNPWLOX&iss=1372332120&etn=0001&maptype=text
The Arcadia Senior Center is a dedicated Los Angeles County Cooling Center. The Senior Center is located at 365 Campus Drive, Arcadia. See link below for a complete list of other LA County Cooling Centers.
http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/docs/2011aug2CoolingCenters.pdf
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