'Beat the Heat' initiative in Clarksville aims to save lives, gather community input Share Updated: 5:27 PM EDT Jul 13, 2021 Share Updated: 5:27 PM EDT Jul 13, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript INITIATIVE WORKS AND WHATT I MEANS FOR YOU EVEN ON A CLOUDY TUESDAY. YOU CAN STILL FEEL THAT SMEUMR HEAT BUT PARTS OF CLARKSVILLE, THEY’RE FEELING THAT HEAT IN A MUCH MORE EXTREME WAY AND IT CAN EVEN BE DEADLY ANOTHER REALLY COOL THING TTHA WE’RE WORKING ON THE SUMMERS I HEAT MAP BRONTE MURRELL IS THE HEAT RELIEF COORDINATOR IN CLARKSVILLE RECENTLY. HIRED TO LEAD THE BEAT THE HEAT INITIATIVE. CLARKSVILLE IS ONE OF ONLY TWO INDIANA AASRE TO RECEIVE A NEARLY 122,000 GNTRA FROM INDIANA UNIVERSITY’S ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCE INSTITUTE. THIS INITIATIVE ITSELF IS NORMALLY SOMETHING THAT TOWN WOULD STRUGGLE TO TAKE ON THERE ARE FIVE PHASES OF THE BEAT THE HEAT INITIIVATE RIGHT NOW. THEY’RE IN PHASE TWO DEVELOPING A SURVEY FOR RESIDENTS OF CLARKSVILLE AND A TASK FORCE THAT WILL INCLUDE THE SOUTHERN INDIANA HOMELESS COALITION ALONG WITH PARKS AND REC LEADERS. SO REALLY TRYINGO T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS PEOPLE NEED HOW PEOPLE ARE BEING AFFECTED BY EXTREME HEAT SO THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE PROPOSE IN THE FUTURE IS GOING TO BE WELL INFORMED BY THIS PROCESS THIS AUGUST CLARKSVILLE WILL NDEE VOLUNTEERS TO HELP THEM AND EXPERTS TO CREA ATE HEAT MAP OF THE AREA FOCUSING ON LOCATIONS WHIT PARKING LOTS AND BUILDINGS THAT ATTRACT. MORE HEAT WHAT WE’RE WHAT WE’RE FINDING A LNDEARNING IS THAT THERE ARE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF DEATHS THAT OCCUR, YOU KNOW IN THIS IN THE COUNTRY AND IN THE REGNIO IN THE AREA AS A RESULT OF EXTREME HEAT DAYS LIKE THIS WHEN WE SAW BACK IN LATE, JUNE PUT KIDS SINRSGE PREGNANT WOMEN AND LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AT RISK OF HEALTH ISSUES, BUT THE GOAL NOW IS TO CREATE NEW PO LICIES AND PROGRAMS TTHA COULD SAVE LIVES THE CLARKSVILLE BEAT THE HEAT INITIATEIV IS ALSO LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS RIGHT WNO AND THEY WILL SNOO POST THAT COMMUNITY SURVEY WE PTEDOS A LINK TO THAT INSIDE THE WLKY MOBILE LAB IN CLARKSVILLE MARVIS HERRGIN WLKY NEWS. THANK YOU MARVIS AND LOUISVILLE HAS DONE SIMILAR STUDIES OF URBAN HEAT ISLANDS IN THE PAST, BUT T