Public Information Statement
Statement as of 7:00 am EST on November 02, 2006
The National Weather Service offices that serve northern New England
have declared the week of October 29th through November 2nd, winter
weather awareness week. In conjunction with winter weather awareness
week, the National Weather Service office in gray will be issuing
public information statements concerning many aspects of winter
weather and winter weather preparedness. This is the last in a series
of five public information statements issued by the gray office this
week.
... Winter weather preparedness...
In northern New England, everyone is potentially at risk during winter
storms and cold weather. The actual threat to you depends on your
specific situation, the amount of risk you're willing to take, and how
prepared you are for the possibility that something may go wrong.
Based on statistics, the majority of winter weather-related fatalities
are men, probably because men take more risks, and do not prepare for
the possibility that something may go wrong. The majority of the
fatalities related to snow and ice are actually men over 40 years old.
About 70 percent of the fatalities occur in automobiles while about 25
percent are people caught out in the storm. As for the
hypothermia-related fatalities, about 75 percent are men, about 50
percent of the fatalities are people over 60 years old, and about 20
percent of the fatalities occur inside the home.
____________________ Life is short. Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably,
and never regret anything that made you smile!
Heh heh - I thought this was going to be a diatribe on the men-named tropical storms. I'm sure we've all noticed that the heavy hitters this year have been male-named. Heh heh!
