SKYLER HENRY:
00:00:24
The football team at this Atlanta high school shifted practice to start at 6:00 AM to avoid running drills through dangerous heat. It just really decreases any kind of heat illness.
SKYLER HENRY:
00:00:34
Athletic director Natasha Harrigan says the school measures the wet bulb globe temperature every 30 minutes with this thermometer to gauge heat stress in the sun. It's at 93 right now, so it's telling us that we need to get off the field.
SKYLER HENRY:
00:00:50
As readings rise, more safety precautions are taken. Do the rules still apply in the same way for different sports, or is football one way? Every sport is the same thing. Obviously, football has helmet and pads. But as far as the readings and the water breaks, all of that is still the same for all sports across the board.
SKYLER HENRY:
00:01:12
More than 160 million people are under heat alerts from Dallas to Boston. Meanwhile, in Chicago, ambulances were told not to bring patients to Rush Medical Center, one of the largest in the city, when its air conditioning broke down Monday morning. The hospital brought in extra AC units. It's hot in the waiting room. I wanted to come back outside after sitting in the waiting room. And these players will be out here on the field for the next several hours. Health officials have emphasized this, whenever it gets this hot, you've heard it before, make sure that you hydrate if you have to be outside. And if you are outside for extended periods of time, make sure that you find those pockets to find those breaks as well. The National Weather Service says that a heat advisory will be in effect here in the state of Georgia until 8:00 tonight. Adriana? All right, that includes you, Skyler. Hope you have a water bottle nearby. Thank you.
