Don’t Be Fooled by the Sun: Washington Lakes are still dangerously cold
FOX 13 Seattle
[{'start': '0.640', 'end': '4.640', 'text': 'It is the eve of opening day of boating'}, {'start': '2.639', 'end': '7.040', 'text': 'season and officially the hottest day of'}, {'start': '4.640', 'end': '8.800', 'text': 'the year so far, but folks eager to get'}, {'start': '7.040', 'end': '10.400', 'text': 'out on the water may want to think twice'}, {'start': '8.800', 'end': '12.400', 'text': 'before they actually jump in. Yeah,'}, {'start': '10.400', 'end': '14.880', 'text': 'public health data shows in 2023 at'}, {'start': '12.400', 'end': '17.600', 'text': 'least 30 people died in preventable'}, {'start': '14.880', 'end': '20.480', 'text': "drownings. Fox 13's Lauren Donovan is in"}, {'start': '17.600', 'end': '22.240', 'text': "Mercer Island. When there's a 30°"}, {'start': '20.480', 'end': '24.240', 'text': 'difference between the air and the'}, {'start': '22.240', 'end': '27.279', 'text': "water, that is when you've got a"}, {'start': '24.240', 'end': '28.560', 'text': 'problem. So, here on shore, waiting in a'}, {'start': '27.279', 'end': '30.240', 'text': 'little bit into the water at Luther'}, {'start': '28.560', 'end': '31.760', 'text': 'Burbank Park, it may not be a problem'}, {'start': '30.240', 'end': '33.360', 'text': "for you. But once you're really out"}, {'start': '31.760', 'end': '36.600', 'text': 'there, some parts of Lake Washington'}, {'start': '33.360', 'end': '39.520', 'text': 'right now are registering at'}, {'start': '36.600', 'end': '42.320', 'text': "48°. We're here for sand and a little"}, {'start': '39.520', 'end': '42.320', 'text': 'bit of splashing'}, {'start': '42.520', 'end': '47.840', 'text': "around. They're just waiting in. So, if"}, {'start': '45.600', 'end': '50.399', 'text': "I'm lucky, there's no swimming. Try as"}, {'start': '47.840', 'end': '52.719', 'text': 'she might, Fall City mom Stacy Fulmer'}, {'start': '50.399', 'end': '55.280', 'text': "tells me they know that they're not"}, {'start': '52.719', 'end': '57.600', 'text': 'supposed to get in past their ankles,'}, {'start': '55.280', 'end': '59.680', 'text': 'but they always end up going in a little'}, {'start': '57.600', 'end': '61.760', 'text': 'bit deeper. Sand castle season is'}, {'start': '59.680', 'end': '64.239', 'text': 'underway here at Lake Samameish State'}, {'start': '61.760', 'end': '66.360', 'text': 'Park. The sun is shining as kiddos build'}, {'start': '64.239', 'end': '69.520', 'text': "pales at the W's"}, {'start': '66.360', 'end': '71.680', 'text': 'edge. And at this time of year, that is'}, {'start': '69.520', 'end': '74.080', 'text': 'exactly where you should be, according'}, {'start': '71.680', 'end': '76.640', 'text': 'to both meteorologists and public health'}, {'start': '74.080', 'end': '79.200', 'text': 'officials. See, standing here on shore,'}, {'start': '76.640', 'end': '81.400', 'text': 'you feel the mid70s. But beneath the'}, {'start': '79.200', 'end': '84.159', 'text': "surface, it's a chilly"}, {'start': '81.400', 'end': '86.880', 'text': '54°. Temperatures like that can cause a'}, {'start': '84.159', 'end': '89.119', 'text': 'shock to your system so powerful your'}, {'start': '86.880', 'end': '91.520', 'text': 'muscles seize up, increasing the risk'}, {'start': '89.119', 'end': '93.680', 'text': 'for drownings. Peggy Wilkerson, a boat'}, {'start': '91.520', 'end': '96.640', 'text': 'owner from Belle, shared she is still'}, {'start': '93.680', 'end': '98.600', 'text': 'haunted by a drowning she witnessed. You'}, {'start': '96.640', 'end': '102.000', 'text': 'sometimes now when you hear'}, {'start': '98.600', 'end': '104.240', 'text': "helicopters, it's a scary sound because"}, {'start': '102.000', 'end': '107.720', 'text': "when they're low, they're looking for"}, {'start': '104.240', 'end': '110.799', 'text': 'people that are lost in the'}, {'start': '107.720', 'end': '113.520', 'text': 'water. Over at Maidenbower Bay, we saw a'}, {'start': '110.799', 'end': '116.159', 'text': 'handful of bold beachgoers taking a dip,'}, {'start': '113.520', 'end': '118.640', 'text': 'some even shaking as they waited into'}, {'start': '116.159', 'end': '120.640', 'text': 'icy Lake Washington. Offshore in the'}, {'start': '118.640', 'end': '122.479', 'text': 'distance, Belleview fire crews trained'}, {'start': '120.640', 'end': '125.439', 'text': 'on their new jet skis with rescue'}, {'start': '122.479', 'end': '127.520', 'text': "swimmers. new tools that hopefully won't"}, {'start': '125.439', 'end': '129.840', 'text': 'have to be put to the test tomorrow on'}, {'start': '127.520', 'end': '132.720', 'text': 'opening day of boating season. I think'}, {'start': '129.840', 'end': '134.959', 'text': 'that you have to be sober, which is not'}, {'start': '132.720', 'end': '138.400', 'text': 'something someone wants to hear,'}, {'start': '134.959', 'end': '140.000', 'text': 'especially the party animals, but um'}, {'start': '138.400', 'end': '142.520', 'text': "that's where it gets real scary when you"}, {'start': '140.000', 'end': '144.959', 'text': 'see some of these people going'}, {'start': '142.520', 'end': '146.560', 'text': "just and the water's cold. It's going to"}, {'start': '144.959', 'end': '148.480', 'text': 'be cold for another couple months. So,'}, {'start': '146.560', 'end': '150.319', 'text': 'if somebody goes in, you have to get'}, {'start': '148.480', 'end': '152.400', 'text': 'them out quickly.'}, {'start': '150.319', 'end': '154.239', 'text': "Experts say we've seen this increase in"}, {'start': '152.400', 'end': '156.400', 'text': 'drownings here locally because of just'}, {'start': '154.239', 'end': '158.800', 'text': 'how much warmer our springs and our'}, {'start': '156.400', 'end': '162.560', 'text': 'summers have gotten. Reporting on Mercer'}, {'start': '158.800', 'end': '162.560', 'text': 'Island, Lauren Donovan, Fox 13 News.'}]