AUSTIN, Texas (KEYE) -- It's the first real hot weekend here in Austin, and people were looking for any reprieve from the heat.'I like fanning myself with my ha
AUSTIN, Texas -- It's the first real hot weekend here in Austin, and people were looking for any reprieve from the heat.It was sizzling out in Austin and, whether it was fanning themselves or doing something else, people were looking for any way to stay cool.. We're like jonesing to get into the pool!" she said.Lines of people wrapped around Barton Springs Municipal Pool, waiting in the scorching sun just to take a dip in the water.
"I've never seen it like this before!" said Amanda Morrell of Austin. "Last time we were here last summer, it was like just at the entrance, so yeah, this is triple ghastly; we were nearly almost not gonna do it!" As the mercury continues to rise, so should your water intake. Aside from just emerging yourself in water, doctors say you should be drinking two to four ounces of the stuff every hour."The key with heat-related illnesses is really about prevention because once you've started to experience symptoms, it can be a little hard to catch up and overcome those, said St David's Round Rock trauma injury coordinator Kristen Hullum.
Experts say before going out and about this summer, make sure the places you're going to have some sort of shade and take an umbrella, just in case.has you covered. "The cooling centers we have available are in the City of Austin; all city facilities are eligible for a cooling center during regular business hours," said David Wiechmann with the City of Austin homeland security and emergency. "These are eligible for people to come inside and get in the air condition and cool off as a temporary reprieve from the heat.", all but two of Austin’s pools will be open by June 12.
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