Tractor Trailer Deaths in Texas Highlight Danger of Heat. Experts say the temperature inside of the tractor trailer where smuggled immigrants died and many others were left in dire health would have quickly become unbearable in the Texas heat. Authorities said they found more than three dozen people, including eight who were dead, in the trucks trailer after an employee at the San Antonio Walmart where it was parked overnight called the police. Watch the latest full episodes of your favorite NBC series anytime and anywhere. After returning from a dangerous tour of duty, an Army doctor finds that working the night shift at a San Antonio hospital can be treacherous, too. Watch trailers. Evelyn Purcell, Director Heatstroke. LATEST HEADLINES Trailer Park Boys Actor John Dunsworth Has Died at the Age of 71. Heat-stroke-and-heat-exhaustion-Symptoms-of-the-conditions-can-include-sweating-and-thirst-973817.jpg' alt='Watch Heatstroke Streaming' title='Watch Heatstroke Streaming' />One later died at a hospital. San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood said Saturday that the trailer didnt have a working air conditioning system and the victims were very hot to the touch. Thomas Homan, acting director of U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, told The Associated Press that based on initial interviews with survivors, there may have been more than 1. This and other tragic instances of human smuggling, including a 2. Victoria, Texas, in which 1. TREACHEROUS TRAILERWith a high of 1. Celsius in San Antonio on Saturday, the temperature inside a parked car would have reached 1. Celsius in 1. 0 minutes, said Jan Null, a meteorology professor at San Jose State University who tracks U. S. child deaths in vehicles on his website, www. No. Heat. Stroke. Within 2. 0 minutes, the temperature would have risen to 1. Watch Heatstroke Streaming' title='Watch Heatstroke Streaming' />Celsius. The lack of windows on the trailer in San Antonio may have reduced the temperature inside by a couple degrees because of the lack of direct sunlight, but the heat and moisture from the bodies of everyone inside would have added heat and humidity. Enduring those temperatures for any length of time is dangerous, said Dr. Eric Ernest, assistant professor of emergency medicine at University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Those are very brutal conditions that the human body wasnt meant for, he said. HEAT HAZARDSWhen heatstroke sets in after a persons body heat rises above 1. Celsius, perspiration shuts down, eliminating the bodys primary method of cooling itself through the evaporation of sweat. At this point, a persons skin begins to feel hot and appear red, and a person suffering heatstroke may appear confused, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vincent YuAPAround 1. Celsius, cells start to die and organs can begin to fail. Once that happens, a persons health can deteriorate quickly. The body loses its ability to deal with heat, Ernest said. Higher humidity makes things worse because perspiration wont evaporate as quickly. One of the best ways to avoid heat related illnesses is by drinking plenty of fluids, which authorities say werent available to those on the truck. In 1. Null said. DANGEROUS HEATChildren, the elderly and people who are ill are most susceptible to heat related problems because their bodies cant cool themselves as effectively as a healthy adults can. The CDC says about 6. U. S. each year from heat related illnesses. Roughly 3. 7, on average, are children who die in vehicles, according to Nulls count. Published at 8 2. 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On Tuesday, Facebooks only major product that is still permitted by authorities fell victim to the Great Firewall and all signs indicate that were entering a new age of censorship. Winnie the Pooh, the adorable cartoon bear with an obsession for honey, has been censored in China. Read more Read. According to the New York Times, Whats. App users in China are reporting widespread disruptions to the messaging app. It has reportedly been partially blocked by the massive filtering system that authorities use to limit free speech online. Users have found themselves unable to send photos, videos, and in some cases text messages. Security analysts confirmed to the Times that the disruptions were originating from the government. Nadim Kobeissi, an applied cryptographer at Symbolic Software, tells the paper, according to the analysis that we ran today on Whats. Apps infrastructure, it seems that the Great Firewall is imposing censorship that selectively targets Whats. App functionalities. Even though Whats. App is incredibly popular around the globeit has 7. China. Still, the app is popular with citizens who want to communicate with the outside world. That could be one reason that it has suddenly been targeted. According to research by Citizen Lab, there has been a concerted effort to block certain communications online following the death of Chinas only Nobel Peace Prize winner, Liu Xiaobo, on July 1. Citizen Lab found that for the first time, images were being blocked in one on one chats within We. Chat. The homegrown messaging app by Tencent boasts 7. Accounts that are registered to phone numbers from mainland China were unable to view at least 7. Facebook warned investors last week during an earnings call that its running out of space to insert ads while still maintaining an acceptable user experience. After hitting 2 billion users, its also running out of the potential for growth. China is one of the few markets left to be tapped, but authorities have consistently resisted Mark Zuckerbergs appeals. Reached for comment a Whats. App spokesperson told Gizmodo, We are not providing a comment on this topic. But its not just Facebook that has problems with China, major Western technology companies like Google and Twitter are also shut out of the country. Chinas government has been resistant to the explosion of the internet from the beginning, but it made certain allowances knowing that completely blocking the internet wasnt an option in the modern world. Watch F Tube Free. Watch White Noise 2: The Light HD 1080P more. Now, the growth of its own technology sector has given it a sort of parallel internet that can be controlled from within. Domestic companies like Baidu and Tencent offer search, microblogging, messaging, and other alternatives to the most popular web services. They also cant tell Chinese censors no. Residents of China have always used VPN services to access the unrestricted internet, but greater efforts to block access to VPNs and remove them from online marketplaces have been enacted this year. On top of that, a confusing new cybersecurity law has left companies uncertain about what is and isnt allowed on networks within the countrys borders. Were not entirely sure why Whats. App is being disrupted at the moment, or if a permanent ban is in its future. But China is very clearly signaling that it has its own internet now, and thats a major problem for its citizens. New York Times and Citizen Lab.