7.21.2011

Heat Wave official.

Taken from wnep.com:

Excessive Heat Warning
Expiring
: 02:15 PM on Friday, July 22
Areas affected
: Lackawanna; Luzerne
Excessive Heat Warning issued July 21 at 2:08PM EDT expiring July 22 at 2:15PM EDT by NWS Binghamton ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON CONTINUES A HEAT WARNING UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING AND HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...WYOMING AND LACKAWANNA VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING METRO SCRANTON AND WILKES-BARRE. * TIMING...FROM MIDDAY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING AND AGAIN FROM MIDDAY FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. * TEMPERATURES...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...AROUND 105 TODAY AND NEAR 100 ON FRIDAY * IMPACTS...THESE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESSES. DEHYDRATION... MUSCLE CRAMPS...SEVERE HEADACHES...AND HEAT EXHAUSTION ARE POSSIBLE WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE...AND OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.



So.... heeding this warning, I stayed home all day slathered the SPF 50 on and swam in the pool. I know I should feel a tiny bit bad about it because there are people out there who work in factories, construction, or places with little to no cool air flow or what have you. However, I don't, so ha ha. 

Don't mind me, that's the heat talking ... I'd better jump in the pool.