Suquamish Police Dept. doesn't mince words with pointed heat warning

[n2doc]

The Suquamish Police Department got right to the point in its Facebook post concerning the upcoming heat wave in Washington state:

"Fair warning: If you leave a child or a pet unattended in a car anywhere in Suquamish or Indianola during this heat spell, we will immediately smash your windows out to save their life, and charge you with endangering the life of an innocent. Your car can reach lethal temperatures in less than 10 minutes in this type of heat. There are zero legitimate reasons to leave a child or pet in a car alone during a record heat wave."


An Excessive Heat Warning was issued for inland Western Washington from Everett south starting at 2 p.m. Tuesday through Friday evening. The forecast high for Seattle Tuesday is 89, according to KIRO 7 meteorologists.

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[samnsara]

1. i hate summer.

[madinmaryland]

5. I hate winter.

[pangaia]

6. I love summer. I love winter.

I love rain and snow....

Life is short...

[Moostache]

7. Hear! Hear!

EVERY day above ground is better than the alternative!

[OnDoutside]

21. True, I hear laughter in the rain, walking hand in hand with the one I love....

[raccoon]

20. Me too. Nt

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

2. Love they added "zero legitimate reasons"

I see these defenseless acts all the time trying to be defended.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

10. I love that pets are included.

They too are innocents.

I really like their message.

[narnian60]

22. +1

[suffragette]

3. Good on them. I'm dreading this week. Looks like we will likely be getting smoke from BC fires

In addition to record highs once the wind starts blowing from the NE.

https://mobile.twitter.com/NWSSeattle/status/892109416480112640?p=v

[Leith]

4. I Live in the Mojave Desert

A good summer is one where only one child dies in a hot car. It is a hell of a problem.

People just don't learn until the unthinkable happens.

[skydive forever]

8. 89?

Here in Florida it gets DOWN to 89 after it rains.

[yewberry]

14. And you have air conditioning.

We don't.

And you can jump in the ocean.

We'll get hypothermia if we jump in the Sound.

It doesn't get that hot here, and even if you think it's funny, people will probably die.

[Skittles]

15. 89 is a dream temp here in Texas too in August

but you are correct, I would die without my AC - well, even if I didn't die, life would be sooooooooo miserable

[yewberry]

17. We just aren't used to it here.

Nobody has AC.

Everyone has to find a reason to be in a mall, a grocery store, or a movie theatre. There's nowhere else to cool off!

[Skittles]

18. I hear you

I am a night worker and if my AC goes out, I cannot sleep

heck, I was baking the car the other day, the AC just wasn't keeping up

[Stuart G]

9. A friend of mine lives in Yuma AZ....yesterday he reported 109 degrees..

...once I visited him we went to a local recreation area where a large damn was located..It was the third week in June, sun as high in sky as it gets..and..some local people were saying..how cool it was that day....as we all watched the water flow over the damn...cool clear water................

A cool front had come through and all were enjoying it, except me....it was 92 degrees....so I was skeptical of the reports of extreme heat....A few days later I was on the way to another part of AZ and it was 108 in the morning...My friend often says it gets to 112 - 115.............................................BUT....HERE IS THE KICKER...........................................................
..........................................................When I am reporting zero where I live in the Midwest..near Chicago in the winter.............................he reports 68 - 75 in what we call January....


so...that is all folks......??

[BeekeeperInVermont]

11. Here in Vermont it is illegal to leave a pet in a car.

There are signs all over the place warning people not to leave animals unattended in any vehicle. Many establishments, including the famous Vermont Country Store, welcome pets inside. Our house is at the end of a dirt road in the middle of nowhere so when I have to take one of the cats to the vet, it's handy to stop at the grocery store, too. I just put the carrier/s in the cart and go in - nobody bats an eyelash, but kids usually ask after the cat's name and want to pet him or her.

[dsc]

12. even if you keep the car locked and running

If I have to stop somewhere with my dog, a very rare thing, I leave the car running locked with him belted in his harness.

[RainCaster]

13. Suquamish PD?

That community is too small. All they have is the tribal cops.

[maxsolomon]

23. I think this is mainly aimed at Casino patrons.

the Suquamish Casino at the Agate Passage might have 1000 cars in the lot on any given day.

otherwise, it's just ridiculous. overkill, so to speak.

[rocktivity]

16. Happened in New Jersey last summer

http://yourhhrsnews.com/children-car-safety-2016/


rocktivity

[StarryNite]

19. 2 babies die in Phoenix after being left in hot cars

2 babies died in two days...

[link:http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/07/30/hot-car-deaths-phoenix-babies/523908001/|