Ready for SoCal heat wave?

Published: Sep 02, 2024 Duration: 00:02:34 Category: News & Politics

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THANK YOU DALLAS. LABOR DAY IS SYMBOLIC AT LEAST. AND SIGNALS THE END OF SUMMER. BUT NOT SO FAST AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. ANOTHER HEAT WAVE IS CREEPING BACK IN THIS WEEK, AND WE CAN EXPECT TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES IN SOME AREAS. >> EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER LEO STALLWORTH IS LIVE IN SANTA CLARITA, WHERE HE SPOKE WITH PEOPLE COPING WITH THE HEAT. LEO THIS IS JUST DISGUSTING AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT COPING WITH THIS HEAT. >> THE FOLKS I TALKED TO ARE DOING WHAT I'M DOING, SUFFERING THROUGH THIS HEAT. AND THEY'RE PLUMB TIRED OF IT. HERE'S MORE ON YOUR LEFT. ON YOUR LEFT AS WE HEAD INTO YET ANOTHER HEAT WAVE. SOME OF THOSE NEEDING TO BREAK A SWEAT WORKING OUT IN THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY, DOING IT IN THE MORNING BEFORE THE AFTERNOON TEMPS HIT TRIPLE DIGITS. HERE WE GO AGAIN. >> AND IT'S NOT GOING TO END ANYTIME SOON. >> MARGARET SAYS IT'S AS IF EVERY OTHER WEEK WE GET TOSSED INTO THE OVEN TO BAKE AND YET ANOTHER HEAT WAVE. THIS DESPITE SLIDING INTO FALL IN JUST A FEW WEEKS WHEN THE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO COOL OFF. OR IS IT MARGARET PLANNING A TRIP TO DISNEYLAND FOR HALLOWEEN BASH TO GO TO IN OCTOBER AND IT'S GOING TO BE HOT. >> I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE HOT. >> WE SPOTTED A FEW FOLKS OUT AT THE CAR WASH GETTING IT DONE BEFORE THE AFTERNOON HEAT SETS IN. RAY IS JUST FED UP WITH THE HEAT. >> OH YEAH, I'M READY FOR THE YOU KNOW, THE COOLER WEATHER. OR WEAR YOUR JACKETS AND SWEATSHIRTS AND, YOU KNOW, BE COMFORTABLE WITH THE SIZZLING HEAT. >> FIREFIGHTERS AREN'T THE ONLY ONES KEEPING AN EYE ON THE DRY, BRITTLE BRUSH. MANY RESIDENTS READY TO REPORT ANY SPARK OR SMOKE BILLOWING OUT OF CANYON AREAS. A LOT MORE WATER BREAKS. JONATHAN WAS HOPING SEPTEMBER WOULD BRING IMMEDIATE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIS KID WHO PLAYS FOOTBALL AND HAS TO PRACTICE IN THIS DANGEROUS HEAT. >> THEY TAKE WATER BREAKS MAYBE EVERY TEN 15 MINUTES, AND THEN AFTER THAT THEIR PRACTICES ARE LIKE FROM 6 TO 8. SO ONCE THE SUN STARTS GOING DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S STILL HOT. IT'S STILL VERY HOT. YEAH >> WELL, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO BROKE RUNNING YOUR AIR CONDITIONER ALL DAY, THERE ARE COOLING CENTERS THROUGHOUT L.A. COUNTY. MOST OF THEM WILL BE OPEN TOMORROW. BECAUSE, AS YOU WELL KNOW, TODAY IS A HOLIDAY. AND FOLKS, IF YOU NEED TO GET TO ONE TOMORROW, RUN LIKE FORREST GUMP

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