Hello! "Children spend a
great deal of time outdoors. They are outside while travelling to
school, during school recess breaks, while waiting for their ride
home and while playing. These activities do not stop when the cold Even if you don't live
in a part of the country where frostbite and hypothermia are generally
health concerns, you still may have classmates headed for the snow.
Maybe you and your friends are planning a trip to go When I was seventeen I
packed up my life and went to college. I did not bring a coat. I
did not own a coat. I had also never before seen what freezing rain
could do (actually, I probably couldn't have told you what freezing
rain was). By Thanksgiving, I needed a coat. No matter where you
live now, you may go on vacation, or you may move. Going into these
situations with a little background knowledge wouldn't hurt. "Before the ski areas
even opened this season, a group of five snowboarders, eager to
get first tracks, hiked to the legendary Baldy chutes at Alta, Utah.
Four members had already ridden down and werewaiting for the last
member of their group to join them. This would never happen. As
he began his fateful descent, he triggered the avalanche that "REVELSTOKE, B.C.
-- Authorities said Sunday it was time to take another look at the
safety of back-country skiing in an area where a day earlier seven
Calgary-area teens were swept to their deaths in a massive avalanche....
It was the second fatal avalanche in the area in the last two weeks.
A total of 14 people died in both incidents.... The idea of closing
parks to back-country skiers and other users doesn't appeal to David
McClung, an avalanche researcher at the University of British Columbia.
'There will always be other places to go when the risk is high. Whether you are spending
the winter snowboarding the back trails, playing hockey on the frozen
lake across town, or just waiting for the bus to take you to school,
you should have some knowledge of what the cold can do. How can you "Protect
yourself, family, pets and property against winter weather:"? What do you need to know
for where you live? What do you need to know for where you might
someday visit or live? Questions of the Week: Please email me with any ideas or suggestions. I look forward to reading what you have to say. Cindy |
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