The exceptionally high temperatures experienced in Sao Paulo, as well as much of Brazil, have forced the Sao Paulo City Council to set up tents at strategic points in Brazil’s largest city as an emergency to try to help residents cope with the extreme heat. This Friday, for example, the official temperature is 35 degrees, but in some areas thermometers show 37, and for Saturday and Sunday the forecast is 38 and 39 degrees, that is, significantly higher than the average recorded 23-25 degrees. at the end of winter, which ends this Saturday in Brazil.
In total, the city council erected 10 large tents in strategic locations with the greatest movement of people, or points where there are known to be large numbers of “homeless people,” residents who are among the most vulnerable to this scorching heat. The tents provide free bottles of fresh water, refreshing fruits and caps, which anyone can use there or take with them.
There are also reserved areas with chairs and ventilation where anyone can just relax for a few minutes or stay in minimal comfort until the end of the day when the temperature, well, frankly, drops a little. All tents have medical teams who can help with dehydration and heatstroke, as well as other less complex cases, and all have a preventive ambulance in case hospital care is needed.
On Wednesday, the first day of the service, and when not everyone knew about it, 4,500 people were looking for tents, but this Thursday, on the second day of the initiative, the number of people wanting a little break from the heat rose to 10,805. Only on this farm were distributions 9883 bottles of fresh water, 2611 fruits and 8266 caps.
Among those who have turned to these tents for help are hundreds of elderly people and fifty children – two age groups most susceptible to the heat – as well as many people working on the streets, such as street vendors, municipal janitors, couriers, etc. types of goods and products, postmen and countless other specialists. The tents will continue to operate as long as this heat continues, far beyond what even a tropical country like Brazil is used to, and always operate during the hottest hours of the day, from 10:00 to 17:00.
Author: Domingos Grilo Serrinha This correspondent in Brazil
Source: CM Jornal
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