In case you missed the memo and/or managed to miraculously spend your entire weekend indoors, the first heat wave of the summer has finally hit. Since it's been so long since many of you have felt the heat, a refresher course on sun safety and heat exhaustion is in order. The temperatures this weekend soared to 100 degrees and up - and that was just in the New York area alone. Emergency rooms across the country, and specifically in the southeast, saw the impact of the heat as people found themselves succumbing to heat exhaustion. In the past few days, the blistering heat has broken record highs all across North Carolina. Raleigh has even recorded new highs on three straight days - two of those broke 100 degrees. With those temperatures, some emergency rooms like the one at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center are seeing increases...
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