The severe weather condition is attributed to a "heat dome" that restricts daytime warmth from dissipating at night, according to weather forecasters. The severe weather condition is attributed to a "heat dome" that restricts daytime warmth from dissipating at night, according to weather forecasters. NOAA photo Florida is witnessing dangerous levels of heat, so intense that a sheriff from a county has extended a peculiar request to the local miscreants.
"Residents... due to the intense heat, we are appealing to anyone considering committing a crime to pause," was the message from the Hardee County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday, June 25, posted on Facebook.
"The heat is overwhelmingly intense and humid. Carrying out illegal activities in such conditions equates to extreme villainy, posing a significant risk for everyone involved."
As an alternative, the sheriff’s office proposed that potential lawbreakers contemplate staying indoors, crank up the air conditioning, and "indulge in a Netflix marathon, peruse the BeReals or reconnect with old acquaintances via FaceTime."
Geographical illustrations indicate that Hardee, Manatee, and DeSoto counties fall within a region in southwest Florida that anticipates unbearable heat in the forthcoming week. Geographical illustrations indicate that Hardee, Manatee, and DeSoto counties fall within a region in southwest Florida that anticipates unbearable heat in the forthcoming week. National Weather Service map "Please, let’s regroup when the temperature drops," said the sheriff’s office.
The plea was made on the same day when weather forecasters announced that Hardee, Manatee, and DeSoto counties lie within a brutal epicenter of heat forming in southwest Florida this week.
The heat index within this circle is estimated to reach between 110 and 115 degrees over several days. While the daytime temperatures will hover around the 90s, the heat index signifies "the perceived temperature to the human body when relative humidity merges with air temperature," according to the National Weather Service.
The intense weather is ascribed to a "heat dome" that inhibits daytime temperatures from cooling down during the night, say the forecasters.
The Facebook post from Hardee County Sheriff’s Office garnered reactions and comments from hundreds of people, though none confessed to being criminals seriously contemplating the proposal.
However, given that summer has just started, some residents opined that the sheriff should have proposed a more extended hiatus.
"Cease illegal activities till winter," suggested one gentleman.