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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1230 PM CDT WED JUN 08 2011

...JUNE 09 2011 IS WISCONSIN/S HEAT AWARENESS DAY...

GOVERNOR WALKER HAS DECLARED JUNE 09 2011 AS WISCONSIN/S HEAT
AWARENESS DAY TO ALERT THE PUBLIC OF THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH
EXTENDED PERIOD OF EXTREME HEAT AND HUMIDITY...AND THE PRECAUTIONS
NEEDED TO PROTECT ONESELF WHEN THIS CONDITION EXISTS.

NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/...IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES...AND THE
WISCONSIN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM...ARE CO-SPONSORING HEAT
AWARENESS DAY.

SINCE 1982...HEAT WAVES HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE DEATHS IN
WISCONSIN THAN ALL OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS COMBINED. THE HOT SUMMER
OF 1995 CLAIMED 154 WISCONSIN RESIDENTS AND FORCED ANOTHER 400
PEOPLE TO SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT.

IN 1999...AT LEAST 20 PEOPLE DIED IN WISCONSIN FROM THE EFFECTS OF
HEAT. FOR 2001 THE TOTAL WAS 15..FOLLOWED BY 8 IN 2002 AND 5 IN 2003.
THESE NUMBERS REPRESENT THE TOTALS OF DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY RELATED
DEATHS.

MEDICAL RECORDS INDICATE THAT THE ELDERLY AND YOUNGSTERS FACE THE
HIGHEST RISK OF HEAT-RELATED DEATHS. ALSO...CERTAIN MEDICATIONS
RESTRICT THE BODY/S ABILITY TO SWEAT AND THEN COOL DOWN.
THEREFORE...PEOPLE ON MEDICATIONS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR DOCTOR FOR
ADVICE.

DETAILED INFORMATION ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM EXTREME HEAT
WILL BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE NWS ON JUNE 09 2011 TO THE NOAA WEATHER
WIRE AND THE NOAA WEATHER RADIOS THAT HAVE COVERAGE IN WISCONSIN.

EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT BEING AWARE OF THE DANGERS OF EXTREME
HEAT...AND KNOWING WHAT PRECAUTIONS TO TAKE...REDUCES THE RISK OF
HEAT-RELATED EXHAUSTION OR DEATH.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF HEAT CAN BE FOUND AT
THIS WEB SITE...

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX         /ALL LOWER CASE/

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