COLD WEATHER TIPS
Dress in layered clothing (sweatpants under swimming trunks) and wear some kind of head cover. Keep pets inside; when necessary to walk them, do so on the grass or sand, not the cold sidewalk. Do not stop to pick up poop piles, per usual. Protect livestock, lizards, gators, frogs and other animals with adequate shelter, extra feed and supplemental heat. Bring pot inside. Cover palm trees with burlap or cloth. Cold will penetrate plastic. Check furnaces (if you have one) for sufficient ventilation and wire condition. Never place space heaters close to lawn mowers, weedeaters or generators. Make sure fireplace flues are working properly. (Not applicable) Check extension cords used with generators for breaks or fraying. Do not use charcoal or gas grills indoors unless sunlights are open. They produce deadly carbon monoxide fumes. Check on the elderly and infirmed; they're everywhere. Bring pink pelicans inside. Wear socks with flip flops. The car heater switch is near the ac switch - move switch into red zone. Turn fan on. Turn sprinkler systems off for a couple of days. Wear hat while walking on the beach. Stock up on food & water; you're pros at that. Hand a homeless person a sweater. If it makes you feel safer, go ahead and put up storm shutters.
Hang in there! We have ya in our prayers.
4 comments:
Advice well taken - and used. A couple notes: 1) Seasoned citizens tend to be from "up North", therefore will be wearing excellent sweaters,coats, even mittens. And since they tend to be slow on their feet it becomes quite easy to "borrow" needed items from them. 2)Contrary to popular belief, pink flamingos do very well on the lawn all year round. 3)I presume this was one of those sly "hillbilly" jokes - I have no problem wearing socks with my flip-flops (preferrably black) and swim trunks - no Speedo here! 3)I have found no problem heating house with my cha r c o a l gr i l l............
You are not far removed from this predicament, Father.
That's why I felt the need to reach out and help those I care about.
Every year up here at the North Pole they jump into Lake Minnetonka on New Year's Day. This year 680 people participated. The pastor of our church is one of those suffering from lack of brain cells or whatever it is that makes someone want to jump into freezing water in subzero temperatures. He's always trying to recruit members from the church to jump in with him. Two members, both named Rick (not me), always jumped with him. However, unfortunately, both of these "Ricks" died of cancer in their 50's. The pastor then asked me if I would participate. I asked him what he had against "Ricks". He didn't get it.
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