virus: Heat Advisory - URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE HAS BEEN ISSUED

From: Walter Watts (wlwatts@cox.net)
Date: Wed Aug 20 2003 - 16:44:30 MDT

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    Heat Advisory - URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TULSA
    COUNTY VALID FROM WED AUG 20 2003 03:50 PM CDT UNTIL THU AUG 21 2003
    04:00 PM CDT. TULSA OK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROKEN ARROW...SAND
    SPRINGS AND TULSA 400 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2003 ...HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN
    ISSUED FOR TULSA COUNTY TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... OVERNIGHT LOW
    TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY FALL TO NEAR 80 DEGREES IN THE TULSA METRO AREA
    TONIGHT PROVIDING LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT. DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES
    WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY WITH READINGS IN THE 105 TO 108 DEGREE RANGE.
    A HEAT ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED WHEN HEAT INDICES EXCEED 105 DEGREES
    FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS AROUND 80. THIS PROLONGED
    PERIOD OF EXCESSIVE HEAT IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS FOR PERSONS LIVING IN
    HOMES WITH LITTLE TO NO VENTILATION OR AIR CONDITIONING. CHILDREN...THE
    ELDERLY...AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC AILMENTS SUCH AS HEART DISEASE OR HIGH
    BLOOD PRESSURE...ARE USUALLY THE FIRST TO SUFFER FROM THE HEAT. HEAT
    EXHAUSTION...HEAT CRAMPS... OR IN EXTREME CASES...HEAT STROKE MAY RESULT
    FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THESE CONDITIONS. FRIENDS...RELATIVES...OR
    NEIGHBORS SHOULD CHECK ON PEOPLE AT RISK. STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE
    REDUCED...ELIMINATED OR RESCHEDULED TO THE COOLEST TIME OF THE DAY. IF
    YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE...DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS TO AVOID DEHYDRATION. YOUR
    BODY CAN LOSE UP TO A GALLON OF WATER AN HOUR THROUGH PERSPIRATION.
    ALCOHOLIC AND CAFFEINATED BEVERAGES OR BEVERAGES WITH A HIGH SUGAR
    CONTENT...CAN INCREASE THE RATE OF WATER LOSS IN YOUR BODY...INCREASING
    THE RISK OF HEAT EXHAUSTION OR STROKE. WEAR
    LIGHTWEIGHT...LIGHT-COLORED... LOOSE-FITTING CLOTHING AND WEAR A HAT TO
    SHIELD YOURSELF FROM THE SUN. 

    --
Walter Watts
Tulsa Network Solutions, Inc.
"Reminding you to help control the human population. Have your sexual
partner spayed or neutered."
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