Extreme heat gripping parts of Texas

ABOVE 100 TO 86 MILLION AND ALMOST 100 MILLION OF US BY THE TIME WE GET INTO FRIDAY. FIND A POOL. YOU HAVE TO STAY COOL. FOR MORE IN-DEPTH COVERAGE, YOU GUYS CAN WATCH THE WEATHER CHANNEL ON CABLE OR LIVE ON YOUR FAVORITE TV STREAMING DEVICES. ANNE-MARIE, REMEMBER TO STAY HYDRATED. >> GOOD ADVICE, JORDAN, THINK YOU. >>> MORE THAN 60 MILLION AMERICANS ARE UNDER SOME VARIOUS HEAT

EVERYTHING IS OUT THERE NOW, WE KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING. YOU KNOW, IT IS GETTING HOTTER. THE WORLD IS CHANGING. >> EXPERTS SAY THE HEAT INDEX IN PARTS OF EASTERN TEXAS AND THE SOUTHEAST IS EXPECTED TO REACH 110 TO 120 DEGREES. >>> WITH US NOW TO TALK MORE ABOUT HOW RESIDENTS CAN BEAT THE HEAT IS THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FOR DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. THANK

YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. LISTEN, TEXANS KNOW HOW TO HANDLE HEAT BUT WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS HEAT ON A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SCALE, EVEN FOR YOU GUYS. WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS? >> I TELL YOU, IT HAS BEEN TERRIBLE. SOME TEMPERATURES WERE 100 DEGREES. AS SOON AS YOU WALK OUT OF YOUR HOUSE OR APARTMENT, YOU ARE SWEATING. YOU HAVE

SHORTNESS OF BREATH. I MYSELF WAS JUST OUT THERE LAST NIGHT, JUST PLAYING TENNIS. I WAS JUST EXHAUSTED. I WAS GETTING HEAT CRAMPS. THAT IS WHY I HAD TO CONTINUE TO HYDRATE. I CHOSE TO PLAY AT NIGHT, JUST BECAUSE DURING THE DAY IS JUST TERRIBLE. WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO STAY HYDRATED AND REMAIN INDOORS, IF POSSIBLE. >> I AM GLAD YOU SAID AT

NIGHT BECAUSE I'M ABOUT TO GIVE YOU THE MOM, WAGGING MY FINGER, LECTURE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING EXERTING YOURSELF UNDER THESE CONDITIONS? IN ADDITION TO THE HEAT, THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS ARE DEALING WITH POWER OUTAGES SO THEY DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, AIR CONDITIONING OR FANS. ARE THERE THINGS, WHAT ARE YOU TELLING PEOPLE TO DO TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SAFE TO COMBAT THE HEAT? ARE THERE EMERGENCY ORDINANCES

IN PLACE? >> UNFORTUNATELY HERE IN DALLAS COUNTY IT IS HOT BUT WE DO HAVE COOLING PLACES PEOPLE CAN GO TO AND SEEK RELIEF FROM THE HEAT. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES FREE AC WINDOW UNITS. THE WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM PROVIDES MINOR HOME REPAIRS TO ALLEVIATE PEOPLE FROM THE HEAT. WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR THOSE SERVICES BUT ALSO, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MONITOR YOUR

SYMPTOMS, HYDRATE CONSTANTLY, STAY INDOORS, IF POSSIBLE, JUST TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN BECAUSE THE HEAT HAS BEEN TERRIBLE FOR ALL OF US. >> THERE IS A PRETTY HIGH PROFILE STORY OUT OF CALIFORNIA THIS WEEK ABOUT A STEPFATHER AND TWO KIDS WHO WENT HIKING IN THE BAD A REALLY BAD HEAT, NOT AS BAD AS TEXAS, BUT STILL PRETTY BAD. TWO OF THEM DID NOT MAKE IT BACK.

IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE HEAD OUT INTO THE EXTREME HEAT AND THEY ARE UNAWARE OF WHAT THE CONDITIONS FEEL LIKE WHEN THEY ARE STRUGGLING UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE. YOU SAID MONITOR YOUR CONDITIONS. WHAT ARE SOME THINGS PEOPLE SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO BE OUTSIDE, SOME PEOPLE WORK OUTSIDE. WHAT IS AN INDICATION YOU MAY BE IN TROUBLE AND YOU'RE

NOT HANDLING THE HEAT WELL? >> DIZZINESS, FOR SURE, HEAVY SWEATING, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, IN SOME CASES, IF YOU LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS, THAT MEANS YOU ARE HAVING A HEAT STROKE AND YOU NEED TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION HE MERELY. CALL 911. IN DALLAS COUNTY WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN CASES FROM WHEN WE STARTED REPORTING HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES. WE HAVE RECORDED OVER 100 CASES. COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, THAT

IS AN ALARMING NUMBER. LAST YEAR WE REPORTED SEVEN DEATHS DUE TO THE HEAT. THAT IS WHY WE ARE MAKING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PEOPLE TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO STAY INDOORS, IF POSSIBLE, TO CONTINUE TO HYDRATE AND DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO, YOU KNOW, PREVENT GETTING HURT BY THE HEAT WAVE WE ARE EXPERIENCING IN TEXAS. >> YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. IS REALLY SHOCKED TO

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