Forecasters warn high temperatures to scorch eastern Kentucky through Friday WMKY
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It’sgoingtobeaveryhotweekandLaborDayweekend.That’saccordingtotheNationalWeatherServiceinJackson.Forecasterssaidtemperatureswillreachhighsinthemid-90’s,buttheheatindiceswillbecloseto100formostofEasternKentuckythroughFriday.EdRayisaMeteorologistfortheNWS.HesaidthehottesttemperatureswillbefeltWednesdayataround98.
Rayaddedthatarelativelyhighdewpointwillmakeitfeelevenhotter.Hesaidduringthisweatherthesafetyofpetsandchildrenisparamount.
“Oneoftheimportantthingstorememberisyoudon’twanttoleaveyourpetsorchildreninthecar.Itdoesn’ttakeanytimeatallforheattoimpactanimalsorchildreninacar.Especiallyifthewindowsarerolledup,orevenifthey’recrackeditcanstillgetverywarminthere.Youjustwanttobeconsciousofthat,”saidRay.
TheNationalHighwayTrafficSafetyAdministrationreported29childrendiedlastyearfromheatstrokeincars.NHTSAofficialsaddedanyonewhoseesachildaloneinalockedcarshouldactimmediatelyandcall911.
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