Chicago residents find ways to cope with a 2nd day of heat wave

Published: Aug 31, 2024 Duration: 00:02:30 Category: News & Politics

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[Music] we are giving water to people in the community we're blessing people with water because it is a very hot [Music] day we have approximately 4,000 bottles of water that were donated by the community of St Sabina people think animals are like adapted to like weather extremes like heat because they come from more tropical areas but they're really Chicagoans just like us and they experience the same weather we do so we monitor them not just you know in their spaces but we also monitor their behavior making sure that they're not showing signs of heat distress we provide ice treats for chimpanzees and it has the same kind of effect as what you would give like a popsicle to a to a person uh it's it's cool it gets them drinking more I think it's important to try to stay inside in air conditioning um as as much as you can if you do have to be outside in the in the heat if you have to work outside or if you to go outside for groceries just make sure you take small breaks um you're taking frequent sips of water I think it begins early with just these vague symptoms of headache and not feeling well uh feeling fatigued um but it can soon escalate into more serious uh side effects such as confusion not remembering where you are uh and what you've been doing through the day it doesn't just affect the older population younger patients are coming in probably with as much frequency these days

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