Heatstroke Archives

August 23, 2018

The Utterly Heartbreaking and Horrifying Hot-Car Death of Baby Fern Thedford

Texas leads the country in hot-car deaths of children. Was Michael Thedford a horrible father, or did he make a mistake any parent could make?

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June 21, 2017

Leaving A Dog in a Hot Car Can Get You in Trouble

A Manor man who left his puppy in the car in a Walmart parking lot is facing Class A misdemeanor charges.

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January 20, 2013

A Texas Survival Kit

What to do if you're bitten by fire ants, lost in the wilderness, sprayed by a skunk, attacked by a shark, stuck in a lightning storm, swept away by a riptide, or caught in any of eleven other worst-case scenarios.

By Anne Dingus