Excessive Heat Safety.

Meridian, MS - Odie Barrett is Director of Lauderdale Emergency Management and stresses the importance of staying fully hydrated. “Right now, your best option is to stay inside, and we know a lot of people can’t do that because we work outside, so the key thing we got to do is stay hydrated. You can drink some of these other waters, with your Gatorade and all, but it’s not good to just stay on that, you got to have water, our body requires that.”

As extreme high temperatures rise close to 100 degrees, Odie encourages people to pay attention to their “body signs” when in the heat. “Keeping up with how much we’re sweating, if we start to have excessive sweating, we’re starting to get in a danger zone with our body.”

Excessive sweat is not the only body sign to be cautious of. “Drink enough water that we’re constantly urinating, lack or urination is also a sign that we’re getting into a dangerous are with our body.”

Overall, Odie feels paying attention to the body is a great way to deal with the heat. “Our bodies what we’re experiencing, what’s going on and that’s what we need to listen to is our bodies.”

Odie and the Emergency service team say they want the community to know how to protect themselves and others from this excessive heat.