US weather alert: How to stay warm and safe during winter storms
India TodayHOUSTON: Winter weather brings various hazards that people have to contend with to keep warm and safe. Dr. Alex Harding, assistant professor of emergency medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, said that because carbon monoxide is odourless and colourless, people won’t necessarily be aware of it. This week’s winter storms are tracking to the south, and cold air will likely be present as far south as Georgia, said Jon Palmer, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Gray, Maine. “Really cold temperatures and winds can make temperatures feel a lot colder, and the result of that could be cold air that could eventually lead to frostbite at a much faster rate or hypothermia at a much faster rate than normal,” Palmer said. Protecting your home’s pipes Frozen pipes in a home during severe winter weather is a particular problem in parts of the South because such equipment is often located outside structures.
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