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Health concerns heat up in Portland area
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
There was a time when a summer heat wave in the Northwest was like a winter cold snap or a spring rain, an irritating but innocuous blip on the meteorological calendar.
In recent years, however, public agencies have begun treating excessive heat as a health emergency with the potential to kill the elderly or infirm.
This week, that shift has prompted a slew of warnings as temperatures soared past 100 degrees and public agencies coordinated efforts to provide transportation to local cooling centers.
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