Warm and pleasant greetings to all. We hope you are having a good week and enjoying the beginning of summer. Not much news. Thank you for scanning the Blue Cane News article. We value your thoughts and comments with the hope you are reading by habit or inspiration. We look forward to greeting you.
The first days of summer were a bit humid, with extremely heated temps in the southern part of the state. We did, of course, enjoy several pleasant days last week. This week began with a tornado watch/warning. The overnight activity left yards with some debris and broken limbs in our area.
The forecast expects heated temperatures and maybe some rain again this week.
High humidity and personal factors can affect your body’s ability to cool itself, especially during hot weather. Those who are at high risk include people 65 and over, children younger than 2 and those with chronic disease or mental illness.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention list the following steps to prevent heat related illness: Stay in an air-conditioned location. Drink plenty of fluids. Schedule outdoors activity carefully. Take cool showers or baths to cool down. Check on friends/neighbors and have someone to do the same for you. Never leave children or pets in the car. Be particularly cautious with the elderly as many older individuals are intolerant to heat and cold.
A certain person in our home stays cold and needs a jacket most times. I’m always caught in between, especially when the children are here. They keep it cold and I have to step in the closet or out to the garage to balance the temperature.
Please take caution if you care for someone and have to take them out in the community. They sometimes will wear a jacket or hot hat. The individual needs to be comfortable, but you don’t want them to become overheated.
It’s time for sunglasses, straw hats, suntan lotion and shorts and sundresses. Stay safe and enjoy the summer as it seems to be the shortest season of the four.
The nation will be celebrating Independence Day next week. July 4 is the main celebration in July for the U.S. This federal holiday observance is in honor of the Declaration of Independence. It commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, by delegates from the 13 colonies. We learned this in school, but we may have forgotten some other Fourth of July history. We were assigned in school to say the entire Declaration of Independence. I did memorize it then and can still say some of the print and jump down to “We hold these truths to be self evident...”
The document was originally written by Thomas Jefferson, but Benjamin Franklin and John Adams then worked together with Jefferson to make changes. Only two men signed the Declaration on July 4, 1776: John Hancock, president of the Congress, and Charles Thompson, secretary of the Congress.
The Fourth of July was not declared a holiday until 1938.
Have a safe and happy Fourth! Enjoy life today. Be blessed.
