With high heat in the forecast for the next several days, the Stanislaus County Office of Emergency Services (StanOES) and City of Turlock are partnering to remind citizens of several “cool zones” throughout Turlock.
Cool zones are facilities that are air conditioned and open to the public or provide a venue for residents to cool off.
According to Weather.com, Turlock will be in triple digits from July 28 through Aug. 3. The high for the week is expected to be to be 108 degrees on Wednesday.
“If you plan to be outdoors, please be sure to protect yourself from the sun and heat,” recommended Mayor Gary Soiseth. “During this drought's extreme heat conditions, it's our City's priority to make sure all our residents know that there are places throughout Turlock to find relief from the heat.”
Cool zone facilities in Turlock include the Turlock Public Library and the City’s public spray parks.
The Turlock Library, located at 550 Minaret Ave., is open Monday through Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Thursday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Public spray parks, located at Broadway and Columbia parks, are both open daily from 1 to 5 p.m.
The Turlock Homeless Assistance Ministry (HAM) also has a facility open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Turlock HAM is located at 408 S. First St.
The City of Turlock, in partnership with Stanislaus OES, also offers the following tips to help Turlock residents stay safe:
- If possible, stay out of the sun. When in the sun, wear sunscreen that is at least SPF 15 and a hat to protect your face and head. Dress in lightweight, light-colored, loose-fitting clothing that covers as much skin as possible.
- Drink fluids — particularly water — even if you do not feel thirsty. Your body needs water to keep cool. Avoid beverages containing alcohol or caffeine.
- Avoid strenuous activity, especially during the sun's peak hours – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Cool down with repeated cool baths or showers.
- Never leave children, seniors, or pets in a parked car during periods of intense summer heat.
- Make a special effort to check on neighbors, especially seniors and those with special needs.
It is also important to recognize the symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Heat exhaustion symptoms include heavy sweating, weakness, headache, weak pulse, dizziness, exhaustion, fainting, nausea or vomiting, and cold, clammy skin. Body temperature will seem normal.
Symptoms of heat stroke include flushed, hot, dry skin, weak or rapid pulse, shallow breathing, lack of sweating, throbbing headache, dizziness, nausea, confusion, and unconsciousness. Body temperature will be elevated, and victim should receive immediate medical attention.
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It’s not enough that they get EBT, welfare, and a host of other social benefits. Now we have to waste water to keep them cool. now we have to run air-conditioners so that they don’t feel what it’s like to be poor. Maybe we should let all these poor people sweat it out this summer so that they think twice about staying poor.
In response to the comment left by ” hot poor folk”. It amazes me how cruel and ignorant you are. It also makes me wish that God would teach you some humility. How dare you write something like that!
all this does is make the poor have more children because they won’t have to actually work to provide for “they kids” or keep them cool.
Those are some disgusting comments. Some of these so called “poor” people work their asses off to make ends me and without their work,society as we know would not function ;yet you have the nerve to make fun of them. Ignorance runs rampant in these comments, instead of making ignorant comments you should open a book and learn how society has been functioning for centuries. Not everyone can be rich materially, my friend, but hateful people yearn to have the richness of heart that a lot of these so called “poor” people have.
You are unbelievable, the article doesn’t state that this is just for “poor people” as you called them, you are ignorant this places are for every citizen in Turlock if feel like you belong to different kind of people, feel sorry for your ignorance and hate for others…