How to Keep Cool
Learning how to keep cool when you have no electricity is especially important during the summer months. Staying cool can prevent heat stroke, heat stress and heat exhaustion, all serious conditions.
Whether you are still in your own home following a hurricane, or you have been displaced during another natural disaster, you will need to take measures to stay cool, if the weather outside is hot.If your home has been damaged or destroyed, you will probably be working outside, looking for items in the rubble, or working to repair your home. If the weather is hot, you can suffer from itchy heat rash (also known as prickly heat), heat exhaustion or you could even have a heat stroke. On top of everything else, you definitely don’t want to become ill because of the heat…
Animals know instinctively how to stay cool.
Stay Cool During an Emergency Situation!If you have been in a natural disaster, you will probably not have electricity, and air conditioning. You most likely won’t have water and you will have to rely on your own resources—for at least a couple of days.It is extremely important that you don’t get overheated during warm weather. If you have a medical emergency like a heat stroke or heat exhaustion, you may not be able to get medical help… - Keep Cool - If you are still in your home, but don’t have electricity, here are some things that you can do…
- Heat Safety – Tips on how to stay cool and avoid getting sick from the high temperatures…
- Dog Cooling – Dogs get hot too, and they can’t sweat to get rid of the excess heat. Here are some things that you can do to help your dog stay cool…
- Heat Stroke – A heat stroke is a serious illness that needs immediate medical attention. You should become familiar with the symptoms—just in case someone you know has this condition…
- Heat Exhaustion – Working in the heat can cause heat exhaustion. You need to know how to avoid becoming overheated and what to do if you are…
Knowing how to keep cool during hot weather is an important survival technique that you may need--whether you are just experiencing a very hot summer, or your home is damaged by a tornado or hurricane. Learn how to stay as cool as possible, and you will not suffer the consequences of being overheated!
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