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Dan Abel wrote:
> In article >,
> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote:
>
>
>> I grew up in Florida in the late 1950's and the 1960's. It was
>> *nothing* to be left unattended in the car; in fact, when given the
>> choice, my younger sister preferred to wait in the car rather than
>> being dragged to whatever mind-numbing activity my parents had in
>> mind. Temperatures were usually in the nineties in the summertime.
>> So what? We lived in a hot climate; we were acclimated to it. The
>> story clearly states that the temperature in Ringgold was in the
>> eighties that day -- not even CLOSE to unhealthy.
>>
>> Yeah, the kid was sweating: It was hot, but not dangerously so.

>
>
> A car parked in the sun when it's 90 can easily reach 120 to 140
> degrees. This is heat stroke temperature, and isn't just dangerous,
> it could be fatal. 235 kids have died from this since 1998:
>
> http://pediatrics.about.com/od/safety/a/05_hot_cars.htm


There have been who knows how many incidents of children dying after being
left in daycare vans. The daycare workers didn't bother to check to make
sure all the kids were off the van. In the last 10 years it's been a major
problem in Memphis.
http://www.4rkidssake.org/TN1348b.htm

Jill


 
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