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September 10th Is Considered The Peak Of Hurricane

Season, Which Lasts Until The End Of November

The Majority Of Major SearchCenter/Pages/results.aspx?k=hurricane%20guide. • Unusually heavy sweating
You can also search https://discover.pbcgov.org/
Symptoms of heat exposure can be:
Hurricanes Form In New residents as well as hurricane-seasoned residents • Cold, pale and clammy skin
September And October can find useful information in this annex. • Fast, weak pulse

We continue to experience significant heat this
• Nausea or vomiting
summer. Heat-related medical emergencies can be life- • Muscle cramps
If You Have Not Yet Made A Plan For What threatening if not addressed immediately, especially in • Dizziness and headache
You And Your Family Will Do If A Hurricane the very young and the elderly, because their bodies While waiting for Fire Rescue to arrive, move to a cooler
Impacts Our Area, You Should Do So Now. do not always have the ability to regulate internal place, hydrate, remove outer clothing as appropriate and try
temperatures. to reduce activity.
Palm Beach County When you are outside or in a non-air-conditioned area Have a safe and healthy September!
Emergency Manage ment and you or someone you are with begin to experience Steen Eriksson,
acknowledges that there has symptoms of heat-related medical emergencies, dial Community Relations,
been a significant increase in 9-1-1 right away. You do not need to be doing anything Professional Firefighters and Paramedics of Palm Beach
new residents, mostly from the strenuous or overexerting to feel the effects of being County
Northeast, who do not have exposed to the heat and humidity.
an understanding of what a
hurricane can do, and the impact
it can have on residents, structures and infrastructure.
Everyone should be familiar with local shelters, flood
zone maps and other preparedness information provided
in the Palm Beach County 2024 Hurricane Annex. You can
access the Annex with this link: 2024 Hurricane Annex.
pdf (pbcgov.org)

Science On The Cutting Edge from page 21

Stella Batalama, Ph.D., dean, FAU College of Engineering
and Computer Science. “This approach is more accessible,
cost-effective and capable of remote administration,
which could have significant implications for health care,
rehabilitation, sports science or other fields where balance
assessment is important.”
The objectives of this study emerged from recognizing
the need for advanced tools to capture the nuanced effects
of different sensory inputs on balance.
“Traditional balance assessments often lack the
granularity to dissect these influences comprehensively,
leading to a gap in our understanding and management
of balance impairments,” said Ghoraani. “Moreover,
wearables support remote monitoring, enabling health
care professionals to evaluate patients’ balance remotely,
which is particularly useful in diverse health care
scenarios.”
Study co-authors are Marjan Nassajpour, a Ph.D.
student and research assistant; Mustafa Shuqair, a Ph.D.
student; both within the FAU Department of Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science; Amie Rosenfeld,
Magdalena Tolea, Ph.D., and James E. Galvin, M.D.,
professor of neurology, chief, Division of Cognitive
Neurology, and director of the Comprehensive Center
for Brain Health and the Lewy Body Dementia Research
Center of Excellence, all with the University of Miami
Miller School of Medicine.
This work was supported by Ed and Ethel Moore
Alzheimer’s Disease Research Program at the Florida
Department of Health and the National Science
Foundation.