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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
620 AM EDT SAT AUG 4 2007

...HEAT INDICES OF 105 TO 110 ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY...

TEMPERATURES WILL BE CAPABLE OF WARMING UP INTO THE
MID 90S TODAY AS DEW POINTS WILL BE IN THE 70S. THIS WILL ALLOW
FOR THE HEAT INDICES TO BE IN THE 105 TO 110 RANGE OVER MOST OF
SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY. PERSONS INVOLVED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ARE
ADVISED TO WEAR LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING WITH A WIDE BRIMMED HAT,
DRINK PLENTY OF WATER, AND SEEK SHELTER FROM THE SUN.

SIGNS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION INCLUDE HEAVY SWEATING, PALENESS IN COLOR,
MUSCLE CRAMPS, TIREDNESS, WEAKNESS, DIZZINESS, HEADACHE, NAUSEA OR
VOMITING, AND FAINTING. IF ANY OF THESE SIGNS SHOULD OCCUR, MOVE
INTO AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM AND TAKE A COOL SHOWER OR BATH. IF
CONDITIONS CONTINUE UNTREATED...THEN HEAT STROKE COULD OCCUR.

SIGNS OF HEAT STROKE INCLUDE HIGH BODY TEMPERATURE, THE ABSENCE
OF SWEATING, THE SKIN IS DRY OR HOT RED, RAPID PULSE, DIFFICULTY
BREATHING, STRANGE BEHAVIOR, CONFUSION, AGITATION, DISORIENTATION,
SEIZURE, COMA, AND HALLUCINATIONS. IF A PERSON HAS HEAT STROKE,
SEEK IMMEDIATE TREATMENT. FIRST AND FOREMOST CALL 911, THEN MOVE
THE PERSON TO A COOL PLACE AND REMOVE CLOTHING, APPLY COOL OR
TEPID WATER TO THE SKIN, FAN THE PERSON TO PROMOTE SWEATING AND
EVAPORATION, AND PLACE ICE PACKS UNDER ARMPITS AND GROINS. MONITOR
BODY TEMPERATURE WITH A THERMOMETER AND CONTINUE COOLING EFFORTS
UNTIL THE BODY TEMPERATURE DROPS TO 101-102 DEGREES.

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