HOT TOPIC!!! HEAT KILLS!!!

I remember as a teenager my Dad went to the store and found an elderly women in a Volkswagen gasping for air!  She was locked in (for her safety) the windows were only rolled down about an inch.  I remember him describing how he tried to open the doors and they were locked, she was gasping and fading so fast.  They had parked in the RED ZONE because they were just going to run in for a minute!  After exhausting all of his possibilities… he told her he was going to kick in the window!  AND HE DID!!!  And she gasp a fresh breath of air… He saved her LIFE! 

I know I have said so many times that my Dad is my HERO, this is just one example of why.  He saved her life because they did not realize what could have happened to her in the heat.

Ok that was MANY YEARS AGO… there have been countless stories of pets and children and elderly people dying in the heat in a parked car.  We all have been educated on this over and over again!!!  WHY??? WHY??? Do we still continue to hear these stories???

EVERY YEAR… I am sickened by the stories I hear on the news or read on the internet about somebody leaving their pets, kids or the elderly in a parked car!!! 

HOW MANY TIMES DO PEOPLE HAVE TO BE HIT OVER THE HEAD!!!  I don’t care where you live!  When it’s getting warmer outside it is HOT IN YOUR VEHICLE… even in just a few minutes the temperature can rise and KILL!

Come on people…   NO MORE EXCUSES!!!  Don’t leave your Children, Your Elderly or YOUR PETS in the heat!!!  I don’t care if it’s a BACKYARD, a VEHICLE, or a HOUSE!!!  It only takes MINUTES!

Here’s another one from just the other day!

APRIL 11, 2011  DOG DIES IN HOT PARKED CAR

Only one dog was moving.

One was lying flat on the floorboard. One was showing clear signs of distress, heavy panting,” Altamonte Springs Police Department spokesman Robert Pelton said.Police were called and got into the car through an unlocked door. One dog appeared dead. The officer immediately poured water on the surviving pug.

Rescuers put an IV into the animal.

It was another hour before the owners came out. 

Bridget Casiano, 41, and Nancy Charrez, 47, said they had only been gone a few minutes, but parking lot cameras said they were gone an hour before security found the dog.It was a total of 2 hours 10 minutes before they returned to where they were parked, investigators said.”Within 50 minutes, that vehicle is going to be over 150 degrees, so you can only imagine what those dogs were going through,” Pelton said.Both women were arrested on charges of animal cruelty.”In just a matter of minutes, your car will reach 120 degrees. That’s just no temperature that any dog can survive in,” Seminole County Animal Services spokeswoman Diane Gagliano said.The windows in the black car were left down a few inches. Experts said that just doesn’t help.”Sit in your car, and it gets excruciatingly hot,” Gagliano said.The surviving pug is in foster care and doing well.