Winter Safety
Winter Safety
can also be a lot easier if you prepare ahead of time. Assume that
your power will go out at some point and be ready for it. Make a home
emergency kit. Buy LED touch lights and keep them hidden in strategic
locations. Buy your ice melt, sand and shovels BEFORE snow is predicted.
If it snows, clean off awnings and patio roofs where possible. Keep
outside drains clear. If the power goes out, call BGE at 877-778-2222
or 410-685-0123. BGE uses the number of calls to determine the size
and scope of a power outage.
• Make
sure smoke & carbon monoxide detectors are in working order
• Keep
generators away from the house (between 300 and 500 people
in the U.S. die every year from Carbon Monoxide)
• Follow
safety instructions for space heaters
• Don't leave lit candles
unattended
• Keep a fire extinguisher
in the house & replace if more than
10 years old
• Keep batteries in the
house
• Keep your cell phone
and laptop fully charged
• Keep a battery-powered
radio in the house
• Keep drinking water
in the house (well pumps won't work if the power
is out)
• Keep canned/non-cook
food in the house (e.g. tuna, bread, crackers,
cereal) & make sure you have a non-electric
can opener
• Make sure you won't
run out of critical medicine
• Bring
pets indoors during cold weather
• Change wet clothing
• Remember also that
shoveling while it snows is a lot less strenuous
than shoveling everything after the storm ends
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2011 Douglas R. Barry.
