apocalypse weather

[sab]

What ropo said. Though I'm not in the valley and it's actually only 103 (feels like 104) here in Historic Filipinotown.

To wit:

SEVERE WEATHER ALERT

/O.CON.KLOX.EH.W.0003.000000T0000Z- 060723T0300Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST- 228 PM PDT SAT JUL 22 2006

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR INLAND PORTIONS INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES AND THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR INLAND PORTIONS INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES AND THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS.

THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR INLAND PORTIONS INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES AND THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS. VERY HIGH TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS ACROSS THESE AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 102 TO 108 DEGREES THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...TRY TO STAY OUT OF THE SUN... PREFERABLY IN AN AIR- CONDITIONED ROOM. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES... NEIGHBORS...AND CHILDREN AT PLAY.

CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT STROKE. NO PERSON OR PET SHOULD EVER STAY IN AN ENCLOSED VEHICLE EVEN FOR THE SHORTEST AMOUNT OF TIME. TEMPERATURES QUICKLY RISE TO LIFE- THREATENING LEVELS...EVEN IF THE WINDOWS ARE PARTIALLY OPEN.\

Comments

[samdonne.livejournal.com]

Are they trying to say it's hot in L.A., or something?

[iamsab.livejournal.com]

And all our brains have melted such that we can't retain information, so they gotta keep repeating it for us lest we leave our grandmeres in parked cars with the windows cracked.

I'M MELTING.

[samdonne.livejournal.com]

You crack the windows? Pff. Sissies.