{"id":58694,"date":"2023-06-30T11:19:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T18:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=58694"},"modified":"2023-06-30T11:19:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T18:19:09","slug":"baby-its-hot-outside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=58694","title":{"rendered":"Baby, It\u2019s Hot Outside!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By<\/span>Mark Hedin<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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California braces for a hot summer ahead. Extreme heat is on its way, but so is help.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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As the summer season begins \u2014\u00a0with three-digit temperatures predicted for the\u00a0Fourth of July\u00a0holiday \u00a0\u2014the California Governor\u2019s Office of Emergency Services is working to keep people safe through the wave of extreme heat.<\/p>\n

At a June 29 press briefing hosted by California Black Media and Ethnic Media Services, Cal OES and Listos California unveiled a package of safety guidelines prepared in expectation of climate extremes.<\/p>\n

Alf LaMont, of LaMont Digital, presented a package of \u201cSummer of Safety\u201d graphics providing tips on keeping people ready for and safe during potential summer emergencies: wildfires, flooding, power outages and high temperatures. They\u2019re printed in English, Spanish and more than a dozen other languages, and available at\u00a0listoscalifornia.org<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

No Sky July<\/h2>\n

\u201cIn California, we don\u2019t actually see a lot of our record all-time temperatures until late in the season,\u201d National Weather Service meteorologist Brayden Murdock said, citing \u201cJune gloom, no-sky July and \u2018Fog-ust\u2019 for a good portion of August.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUsually our strongest heat impacts wind up being more toward late August going into September,\u201d he said. But high temperatures lead to low winds, he said, \u201cso we don\u2019t get that sea breeze that helps us cool down.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThink of it more as a marathon than an individual sprint.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hot, Dry Summer Ahead<\/h2>\n

And the end of 2023\u2019s relatively cool temperatures so far, he said, will now bring increased snow melt in the Sierra. Already, the state has closed off some river stretches.<\/p>\n

\u201cSummers are becoming hotter and drier, and families are going to want to cool down in the water,\u201d said Cal OES Assistant Director of Crisis Communications and Public Affairs, Diana Crofts-Pelayo.\u00a0\u201cBut it is very dangerous right now.\u00a0We have already seen too many people that have lost their lives. So do what you can to stay indoors to stay cool!\u201d<\/p>\n

Cal OES is making mutual-aid arrangements between state and local fire agencies \u201con a huge push to train swift water rescue teams,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo if you do head out on the water, many local teams will be out there, but we don\u2019t want them to do those rescues! It\u2019s very dangerous for them and for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tips for Summer Safety<\/h2>\n

Crofts-Pelayo cited five keys for people to focus on for summer safety:<\/p>\n