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Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Can The Weather Make You Sick?
"WE TALK ABOUT FLU SEASON, SPRING FEVER, WINTER DOLDRUMS, SUMMER COLDS....WE'RE TOO HOT, TOO COLD, TOO HUMID (AND SOMETIMES IN OCTOBER...THE WEATHER IS JUST RIGHT). BUT FOR SOME, THE WEATHER IS PART OF THEIR ILLNESS. METEOROLOGIST JERE HOUGH INTRODUCES YOU TO PEOPLE WHO ALWAYS WATCH THE FORECAST WITH SPECIAL INTEREST. Laurie Setterstrom was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis about ten years ago...and like others with MS, hot weather is the enemy. She laughs,?"I need to be moving to Alaska...that's where I need to be." The problem is so pronounced that all kinds of devices have been developed for MS sufferers to help them keep cool. A battery-powered cooler collar that cools the blood as it passes through the neck. There are wraps and even a vest that cool by evaporation. She holds up blue vest, "You have to soak it in cold water for ten or fifteen minutes." Setterstrom has?figured out a way to get an outside chore done...like cleaning her car, "People think I'm crazy but I like to do it late at night." Ironically, Laurie Setterstrom used to love lying in the hot Gulf Coast sun." |