[cherry]

if heat stroke hit the parents, even one parent, they would sit down to rest...there was no shade....before you know it both parents would be in heat stroke and the baby is right there with them....I'm sure the dog just nuzzled in and stayed there too.....altogether....

I HATE the heat and I wonder why anyone would want to be out in the direct sun under such heat...

[Dusty Road]

“”I HATE the heat and I wonder why anyone would want to be out in the direct sun under such heat...””

I’ve lived here in West Texas damn near all of my soon to be 71 years, with the exception of 5 1/2 years as a Sheriff’s Deputy it’s all been in the oil fields of the Permian Basin. We’re exposed to the weather daily. In all those years I’ve never lost one of my hands to heat stroke or heard of it happening locally. Nothing special about us other than we’re prepared for this kind of environment through experience. Take someone with no experience and put them in that environment and you can dang sure have a problem.

Some folks have more trouble dealing with heat than others so you keep a closer eye on them. To have everybody die of heat stroke including the dog just doesn’t make sense, they can handle higher temps than we can. I guess we’ll just have to wait until the investigation is complete.

We have our cold weather also, rarely below zero but often in the teen’s and usually accompanied with high winds.