I have a tendency when I am at home to park right next to the yard gate. It is in FULL SUN.
WELL today it got up to 102 according to my house thermometer. 102!!! That is hot. I had to come to work this afternoon for boarding dogs and had to put up with heat until the AC managed to get it to a reasonable level.
Here are the photos I took of the thermometer in the car right after I got in.
WELL today it got up to 102 according to my house thermometer. 102!!! That is hot. I had to come to work this afternoon for boarding dogs and had to put up with heat until the AC managed to get it to a reasonable level.
Here are the photos I took of the thermometer in the car right after I got in.
NOW we all know it isn't safe to leave a pet in a parked car in the sun on a hot day but I never really gave much thought to my dog Coco, a Boston Terrier just going with me to work in the afternoon and sitting on that seat. I was thoroughly SHOCKED at how hot it got and how long it STAYED hot!
SO while I had my thermometer with me (and no dogs) I decided to take a few random temps outside on the way into my shop on this scorchingly hot day.
SO while I had my thermometer with me (and no dogs) I decided to take a few random temps outside on the way into my shop on this scorchingly hot day.
This photo of the thermometer was taken in the parking lot at my shop. It IS NOT ASPHALT its compacted gravel...and it's that hot in partial shade.
This photo was taken of the sidewalk at my shop. It is made of concrete and is in partial shade as well. I am worried now about the dogs walking on it to get to the car in the late afternoon. Something that I never really thought about until I did this experiment.
I had taken the temperature of the grass at my house but the photos are out of focus (I had stuff in my hands). At 1 pm with the temp in the mid 90's the grass, in full sun, was 102 degrees. The wet sand from last night's rain was cooler, at 98. In the full shade it was ten to fifteen degrees cooler.
Bottom line is this. We have hot summer days ahead and things we never thought about being hot are hotter than we thought. And they STAY hotter than I thought they would.
Be careful. Leave your pets at home if possible and if it's not possible CARRY THEM to the car and the building, DO NOT WALK THEM!
If you have to put them in a car, cool it off first and put a towel from in the house underneath them and NEVER leave their carriers in the car as that will just make an oven in the hot temps I saw today. Since air cannot circulate in them as easily to cool it off they will stay hotter as well.
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Bottom line is this. We have hot summer days ahead and things we never thought about being hot are hotter than we thought. And they STAY hotter than I thought they would.
Be careful. Leave your pets at home if possible and if it's not possible CARRY THEM to the car and the building, DO NOT WALK THEM!
If you have to put them in a car, cool it off first and put a towel from in the house underneath them and NEVER leave their carriers in the car as that will just make an oven in the hot temps I saw today. Since air cannot circulate in them as easily to cool it off they will stay hotter as well.
Share this with your friends and your clients. You never know if you can prevent a serious burn or heatstroke injury. You just may save a life by simply clicking LIKE or TWEET!
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