40 hikers rescued at popular Texas state park due to excessive heat

[TexasTowelie]

Officials rescued 40 hikers at Palo Duro State Park due to excessive heat on Saturday, June 11. The Canyon Fire Department posted about the rescues on Facebook, asking the public to avoid the trails until temperatures cool off at the Texas state park.

Temperatures at Palo Duro State Park, located in North Texas near Amarillo, were around 113 degrees over the weekend, according to the Canyon Fire Department. The National Weather Service also issued an excessive heat warning for Palo Duro Canyon State Park.

According to the Facebook post, the Canyon Fire Department, Randall County Fire Department, Randall County Sheriff's Office and Palo Duro Canyon park personnel rescued the hikers along the Lighthouse trail.

Canyon Fire Department thanked the public for listening to their warnings for the weekend after the Saturday rescues, writing on Facebook they had zero calls at Palo Duro Canyon on Sunday, June 12.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/40-hikers-rescued-Palo-Duro-State-Park-heat-17238088.php

[3catwoman3]

1. I would walk to my mailbox in 113 degree heat, maybe, but that..

...would be about it.

Going hiking in that much heat is idiotic.

[captain queeg]

2. I used to ride my bike to work. One day when it was time to go home it was 111

I drank a bunch of water, filled 2 water bottles, and headed out. The first mile (probably less) was uphill. I’d drank all my water by the time I got to the top. I stopped sweating as far as I could tell and I’d heard that’s a real bad sign. There was one of those big circle irrigators running on whatever crop they had. I walked out and lay down under it fo about 10 minutes. You couldn’t drink that water it was full of chemicals and I don’t know where it originally came from. But it was flat then downhill from there so I made it home. I don’t know what you’d call that, maybe heat stroke or something, but it’s no joke.

[Paladin]

3. Jeez, Palo Duro---in this heat?

Beyond foolhardy, all the way into stupid territory.