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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The sweltering heat and humidity over the capital region are making it feel like triple digits.
”It’s really important to stay hydrated. I always hydrate before I come, during my walk/run, and afterwards,” said Pam Windham, a runner in Baton Rouge.
Windham is also a nurse who runs two or three times a week, and she’s lived in the Louisiana heat her entire life, so she knows how dangerous it can be.
”Coming out in this kind of heat, I mean, I’ve grown up in it, I’ve done sports my whole life, and I’m still in the emergency room dealing with people that come in and have a heat stroke with temp over 104, 105°,” explained Windham.
Mike Chustz, the EMS Chief at West Baton Rouge Fire Department, says this is nothing to mess around with.
“Untreated heat stroke will