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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 2009
Page
4
Luke Hales and Dave Mathews lead the newsroom with Jay Eshbach and M A Bengtson contributing as community members. Jim Finley, former managing editor and current sports editor, remains a key voice on coverage strategy.
The article outlines practical steps to avoid sun damage and heat illness. It urges wearing UVA and UVB blocking sunscreen, protective clothing, hats, and sunglasses, plus limiting sun between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. It warns against tanning beds and stresses hydration, light meals, breathable fabrics, cool baths, shade, and avoiding alcohol or caffeine. It also notes four common heat emergencies and advises medical consultation for medications.
Editor Luke Hales reviews Atlantic season norms, explains what constitutes an average year with named storms and hurricanes, and recalls notable Southeast Texas impacts from 1983 1989 and 2001 including Alicia Hugo Allison Chantal and Jerry and the resulting damages and fatalities.
The Baytown Sun provides contact emails and phone numbers for publishers editors and staff. It outlines submission rules for letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words, with instructions to include a writer photo and signed submissions.
Wanda Orton recalls porches across Texas childhoods from sleeping porches with 12.50 UT tuition to back porches used as dining rooms. She describes porch social life on Michigan and Cherry streets, porch injuries, and a final Fredericksburg view of Cross Mountain from two long porches.
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