Saturday, August 11, 2012
Protect your family from heat waves. Regularly check the radio, TV, or online weather service to find out about heat advisories. Make a plan to check on elderly or at-risk friends and neighbors regularly on hot days – or ask someone to look in on you if you are vulnerable to heat. Limit exertion during heat waves and high temperature days, and stay inside or in the shade. Wear loose, cool clothes, take cool showers or baths, and drink plenty of water. Keep curtains or blinds closed during the day to keep out hot sun. Turn on air conditioning while indoors. If A/C isn’t available, move to lower, cooler parts of the building, open windows or seek out local cooling centers. Read more: Climate Change Threatens HealthTake action: Send a message to the EPA, urging them to get harmful soot out of the air we breathe.

Protect your family from heat waves.

  • Regularly check the radio, TV, or online weather service to find out about heat advisories.
  • Make a plan to check on elderly or at-risk friends and neighbors regularly on hot days – or ask someone to look in on you if you are vulnerable to heat.
  • Limit exertion during heat waves and high temperature days, and stay inside or in the shade.
  • Wear loose, cool clothes, take cool showers or baths, and drink plenty of water.
  • Keep curtains or blinds closed during the day to keep out hot sun.
  • Turn on air conditioning while indoors. If A/C isn’t available, move to lower, cooler parts of the building, open windows or seek out local cooling centers.

Read more: Climate Change Threatens Health
Take action: Send a message to the EPA, urging them to get harmful soot out of the air we breathe.

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