So hot outside lets bake cookies

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With temperatures soaring across Middle Tennessee, Nashville Shores, along with local light rock radio station Mix 92.9 organizers, wanting to prove that leaving children or pets inside a hot car and be extremely dangerous, if not deadly. If only for even a second, results can be tragic . At noon, cookies were placed inside a hot car and roughly 30 minutes later the cookies were done and ready to eat.

The car was roughly 80 degrees when the experiment began, but quickly shot up to 160 degrees. Organizers hope the lesson will be well learned for kids, America’s future drivers. “We're hoping this sinks in with them so they won’t ever leave their kids or critters in the car,” said Rick. The staff at Nashville Shores, of course provides plenty of shade for kids to sit and take a break from the mid-day sun. They make moneyselling Pepsi, but provide free ice water and plenty of it to keep kids well hydrated, and able to enjoy the park all day long. At 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Metro Parks' public pools will close for the season. The department will continue, however, to offer a variety of warm weather recreational options. Spraygrounds are a fun alternative to pools for cooling off during late summer. The facilities are not swimming pools, but water playgrounds consisting of acluster of spray features surrounded by a playing surface. The system is automated and operates with a computerized water sequence. Spraygrounds have a water management control system that assures water purity and also allows for the circulation of water. Community Center staff manages and supervises the facility.