[Jararvellir] How hot can it get in a car?? OT - but important

[Astrid of the Yellow Rose]

>From the Safety Coordinator at work:
   
  FYI, good info to remember on these hot, hot days. See Rusty's experiment below.

Folks...help get the word out...about not leaving kids and pets in locked vehicles in full sunshine...it can be 40 degree warmer in a vehicle compared to the outside temperature...do the math....please read below. ..Rusty


PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
332 PM CDT MON JUL 31 2006

...DEADLY TEMPERATURES CAN BE REACHED QUICKLY IN VEHICLES...

AN UNSCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT WAS CONDUCTED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE NEAR SULLIVAN TODAY...MONDAY JULY 31 2006.
THE OBJECT WAS TO DETERMINE HOW QUICKLY AN AUTOMOBILE WOULD HEAT UP
TO LEVELS THAT WOULD POSE A HEALTH HAZARD TO CHILDREN AND PETS LEFT
IN A VEHICLE WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER TURNED OFF.

IT WAS A SUNNY DAY. THE AUTOMOBILE WAS PARKED WITH THE SUN TO THE
REAR...AND THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WAS SHADED
FROM THE DIRECT RAYS OF THE SUN. THE AUTOMOBILE WAS DARK BLUE...SO
IT PROBABLY ABSORBED HEAT QUICKER AND MORE EFFICIENTLY THAN A LIGHT
COLORED VEHICLE.

THE SIMPLIFIED EXPERIMENT CONSISTED OF PUTTING AN ELECTRONIC
THERMOMETER INSIDE A CLOSED AUTOMOBILE...AND ONE OUTSIDE OF THE
VEHICLE...TO MEASURE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. WE THEN
COMPARED THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR READS AGAINST EACH OTHER AT TIMED
INCREMENTS.

WITH THE AUTOMOBILE COOLED TO 83 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT BY THE VEHICLE
AIR CONDITIONER...THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND THE MONITORING WAS
STARTED AT 1245 PM CDT. AFTER ONLY TEN MINUTES...THE AUTOMOBILE
INTERIOR HEATED TO A DEADLY 119 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT...WHILE THE
OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS A DANGEROUS 92 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.

HERE ARE THE RESULTS OF WHAT WE OBSERVED OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...

TIME INTERIOR TEMPERATURE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE
CDT DEGREES FAHRENHEIT DEGREES FAHRENHEIT

1245 PM      83      92
100 PM      120      93
115 PM      123      94
130 PM      125      93
145 PM      127      94
200 PM      129      94
215 PM      130      95
230 PM      131      95
245 PM      132      95
300 PM      133      95
315 PM      134      95
330 PM      134      95

THUS...WHEN HOT TEMPERATURES OCCUR...IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOT LEAVE
CHILDREN OR PETS IN PARKED VEHICLES...EVEN FOR SHORT PERIODS OF
TIME. AS THIS UNSCIENTIFIC STUDY SHOWED...TEMPERATURES CAN REACH
DEADLY LEVELS IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

$$
SCHAAR/WOOD



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