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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mythusmage" data-source="post: 427894" data-attributes="member: 571">A True Story for DragongirlBack when I was in my early 30s (I'm 48 now) there was a story in the news about two infants. A boy of 6 months and his 4 month old cousin.The car they were in was stolen. The thief found the babies and dumped them by the side of the road. Out of sight of passing motorists.The temperature was in the low 70s. There was a steady breeze. Both infants died of heat exhaustion, unable to get out of the Sun.Ventilation an architect can only dream of, and they died. Of heat exhaustion.Yes, their temperature regulation wasn't all that hot. But the ventilation was fantastic. Ventilation to... ...I'm not going to go there.It is rare, but people do die of prolonged exposure to sunlight. Adults as well as small infants. Ventilation is only part of the answer. Unless the sunlight is especially weak, you will need to get out of the Sun before it overwhelms you, and overwhelm you it will.</blockquote>