National Weather Service<\/a> has announced an excessive heat watch in Kent for Thursday and Friday, with temperatures that will rise into the low to mid 90s.<\/p>\n<\/p>\nWhen outside temperatures are very high, the danger for heat-related illnesses rises.\u00a0Older adults, young children and people with mental illness and chronic diseases are at particularly high risk.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Seattle & King County Public Health has provided the following information to beat the heat safely.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Stay cool:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u2022 Spend more time in air conditioned places. If you don’t have air conditioning, consider visiting a mall, a movie theater or other cool public places.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u2022 Cover windows that receive morning or afternoon sun.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u2022 Dress in lightweight clothing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u2022 Check up on your elderly neighbors and relatives and encourage them to take these precautions, too.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Drink liquids:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u2022 Drink plenty of water. Avoid drinks with caffeine, alcohol and large amounts of sugar because they can actually de-hydrate your body.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Have a beverage with you as much as possible, and sip or drink frequently. Don’t wait until you’re thirsty to drink.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
If you go outside:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u2022 Limit the time you’re in direct sunlight.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u2022 Do\u00a0not\u00a0leave infants, children, people with mobility challenges and pets in a parked car, even with the window rolled down.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u2022 Avoid or reduce doing activities that are tiring, or take a lot of energy.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u2022 Do outdoor activities in the cooler morning and evening hours.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u2022 Avoid sunburn. Use a sunscreen lotion with a high SPF (sun protection factor) rating.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Water safety<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u2022 Some people turn to local rivers to cool off. Please use caution and wear a personal flotation device (PFD) on the water.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
More tips in English, Spanish, Chinese Vietnamese, Russian and Korean are available on the Beat the Heat webpage at www.kingcounty.gov\/health\/beattheheat.aspx<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The National Weather Service has announced an excessive heat watch in Kent for Thursday and Friday, with temperatures that will rise into the low to mid 90s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}