13 - RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2017 LAMAR COUNTY MITIGATION PLAN

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Lamar County Multi- Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Figure 4: July 2006 Temperatures Extreme Heat Facts Chapter Three People from communities with average household incomes of $36,999 or less were hospitalized more than twice as often for heat related issues as people who came from wealthier areas where average household incomes topped $61,000. • The rate of hyperthermia hospital admissions for uninsured patients was significantly hier (17 percent) than hospital admissions for uninsured patients as a whole (5 percent). • The hospitalization rate for people over 65 with hyperthermia was 15 times greater than for people age 17 and younger. • The rate of admission for hyperthermia in the South was more than twice that of the Midwest. Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) North Texas Has an average of 16 days a year of 100 degree + days but in 1980 it saw 69 of those days. In June of 1980 a high pressure ridge built over the central and souther parts of the US leaving the areas dry and hot. There were 42 consecutive days of 100+ degrees and records were broken. In Wichita Falls an all -time high temperature of 117 degrees was recorded. The heat was blamed for over 1,700 deaths and some reports suggest the heat was the cause for up to 10,000 deaths. It cost an estimated 20 billion dollars in damages. LO ON or Lamar County 28 days at or over and 45 other 07/01/1998 Excessive Heat 32 100 Degrees counties Lamar County 26 days at or over and 45 other 08/1/1999 Excessive Heat 3 100 degrees counties Lamar County Highs over 100 and 45 other 07/1/2000 Excessive Heat 8 from 12th through counties the 21St Lamar County over 2700 and 45 other 08/01/2000 Excessive Heat 5 100 degrees 1 e counties 72