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SPECIAL GAZETTE
WEATHER ALERT ON THE EASTERN SHORE
From our friends at Eastern Shore Radio (WESR):
Weather Alert - Cold Weather on The Eastern Shore
The Eastern Shore is set to experience some of the coldest weather of the last four years in the next couple of days. Follow these safety tips from CDC, the National Fire Protection Association, and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to prevent injuries and deaths related to heating your home.
- Install a smoke alarm near bedrooms and on each floor of your home. Test it monthly. If it has a 9-volt battery, change the battery once a year.
- Install a carbon monoxide (CO) alarm near bedrooms and on each floor of your home. If your alarm sounds, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission suggests that you press the reset button, call emergency services (911 or your local fire department), and immediately move to fresh air (either outdoors or near an open door or window). Know the symptoms of CO poisoning: headache, fatigue, dizziness, and shortness of breath. If you experience any of these symptoms, get fresh air right away and contact a doctor for proper diagnosis.
- Make sure heating equipment is installed properly. Have a trained specialist inspect and tune up your heating system each year.
- Keep portable space heaters at least 3 feet from anything that can burn, including bedding, furniture, and clothing. Never drape clothing over a space heater to dry.
- Keep children and pets away from space heaters. Never leave children in a room alone when a space heater is in use.
- If you use a kerosene heater, use only the fuel recommended by the manufacturer. Never put gasoline in a kerosene heater - it could explode. Before you refuel the heater, turn it off and let it cool down. Refuel outside only.
- When using a kerosene heater, keep a door open to the rest of the house or open a window slightly. This will reduce the chance of carbon monoxide build-up in the room.
- Have your fireplace chimney and flue inspected each year and cleaned if needed. Open the flue and use a sturdy fireplace screen when you have a fire. Burn only untreated wood; never burn paper or pine branches - pieces can float out the chimney and ignite your roof, a neighbor's roof, or nearby trees.
- If you use a wood-burning stove, have the chimney connection and flue checked each year. Make sure the stove is placed on an approved stove board to protect the floor from heat and coals.
- Never use your range or oven to heat your home, even for a short time.
In addition:
- Keep the cold water dripping through your faucets to help prevent pipes from freezing.
- Make sure your pets have fresh water frequently. If possible, bring them inside.
- Most important: Do not attempt to walk on any ice that may form. The climate of the Eastern Shore is too temperate to allow the formation of ice that can support a person. Closely watch children playing in areas near frozen water. Children are attracted to ice but shouldn’t be allowed to play on or near the ice.
CORRECTION TO HISTORIC DISTRICT REVIEW BOARD DATES
The Historic District Review Board is scheduled for Tuesday, January 20, 2009 starting at 4:30 PM rather than Thursday, January 15, 2009. Sorry for the confusion.
ODE TO THE COLD
EAMON GRENNAN
"Cold Morning"
Through an accidental crack in the curtain
I can see the eight o'clock light change from
charcoal to a faint gassy blue, inventing things
in the morning that has a thick skin of ice on it
as the water tank has, so nothing flows, all is bone,
telling its tale of how hard the night had to be
for any heart caught out in it, just flesh and blood
no match for the mindless chill that's settled in,
a great stone bird, its wings stretched stiff
from the tip of Letter Hill to the cobbled bay, its gaze
glacial, its hook-and-scrabble claws fast clamped
on every window, its petrifying breath a cage
in which all the warmth we were is shivering.
PLEASE STAY WARM & SAFE
Joe Vaccaro
Town Manager
Town of Cape Charles, VA
757-331-3259 x20
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