Weather service issues warnings about heat

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Donna Gonder, fanning at far left, Armando Mendez and Kim Coon are all fanning Louise, an 850-pound hog that is part of the Seattle Seahawks/Pasado's Safe Haven photo shoot at the training facility in Kirkland. Louise, saved 2 years ago when she jumped out of the truck taking her to slaughter and rescued by Pasado's Safe Haven, has since gained about 400 pounds and was overheating in the early morning temps. Bags of ice spread out below and around her, along with fanning, cooled her down.

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Noreen McAuliffe, 32, of Seattle and her husband Olaf Jensen, 31, hide from the sun under their paper Chinese dragon designed umbrella Friday afternoon while walking back from her friends house on Phinney Ridge. "I burn easily," McAuliffe said. "With the sun out like it is today, I need to hide under my umbrella."

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Andrew Elliott, 18, of Issaquah, swings out over the water before dropping into Echo Lake near North Bend. Elliott came out to the lake with two friends to escape the heat.

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Chinta, a female Orangutan at the Woodland Park Zoo, holds onto a popsicle made up of frozen juice, blueberries and sunflower seeds Friday afternoon. The Orangutans are given popsicles one to two times a day when the Seattle area experiences heat wave like weather Orangutan zookeeper Carolyn Austin said.

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Children climb the water-spouting Orca at Crossroads Park as the sun hits midday, and temperatures begin their climb toward to more than 90 degrees Friday.

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Skateboarders gather for Friday afternoon's teen skate competition at Paramount Park as part of "Celebrate Shoreline: Clean and Green" week, August 12-17. The City of Shoreline will continue to commemorate its 13th birthday with a classic car show and festival at Ridgecrest Elementary, a parade in North City as well as Sunday's Sandcastle Building Contest at Richmond Beach Saltwater Park.

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Tyler Howe, 6, of Kirkland is the Rocketeer, preparing to launch into space - or as high as he can go - the rocket he has built as part of as part of Science Adventures Summer Camp Friday.

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Gina Stepaniants, 6, has spent a lot of time this summer at Lowery C. "Pop" Mounger Pool in Magnolia. She had a lot of company during Thursday's record-breaking heat. The pool was at capacity with 338 people.