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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
600 AM CST WED NOV 14 2007

...ARE YOU READY FOR A WINTERS COLD AND WIND...

YESTERDAY WE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A WINTER STORM
WATCH AND A WINTER STORM WARNING. TODAY WE WILL FOCUS ON THE
EFFECTS OF COLD...WIND...AND HOME PREPARATION.

DEATHS RELATED TO EXPOSURE TO COLD...HALF OF THE PEOPLE ARE MORE
THAN 60 YEARS OLD AND THREE-QUARTERS OF THE DEATHS ARE MEN. ABOUT
20 PERCENT OCCUR IN THE HOME.

IT IS TIME TO BE PREPARED AT HOME BEFORE THE NEXT STORM STRIKES...
KEEP AN AMPLE SUPPLY OF BATTERIES FOR FLASHLIGHTS AND RADIOS. MAKE
SURE YOUR KEROSENE HEATERS...STOVES AND FIREPLACES ARE WELL
VENTILATED WHILE IN USE AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FIRE HAZARDS.
CHECK YOUR FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND SMOKE DETECTORS TO ENSURE THESE
ARE WORKING PROPERLY.

A SEVERE WINTER STORM CAN CUT OFF YOUR SUPPLY OF FOOD...FUEL...AND
ELECTRICAL POWER. WHEN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUES A WINTER
STORM WARNING...BE SURE YOUR PRESCRIBED MEDICINES...FOOD STOCKS AND
FUEL SUPPLY ARE SUFFICIENT TO LAST OUT THE STORM.  YOUR SUPPLIES
SHOULD INCLUDE FOOD THAT REQUIRES NO COOKING OR REFRIGERATION IN
CASE OF POWER FAILURE.

THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED AT NASHVILLE WAS MINUS 17 ON
JANUARY...21...1985. THIS TYPE OF BITTER COLD CAN LEAD TO FROSTBITE.
FROSTBITE CAUSES NUMBNESS AND WHITE OR BLUE TINTED SKIN AND OCCURS
MOST COMMONLY IN THE FINGERS...TOES...EARS...AND NOSE.

HYPOTHERMIA...AN ABNORMALLY LOW BODY CORE TEMPERATURE...IS
CAUSED BY PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO COLD. BODY FUNCTIONS SLOW TO A
DANGEROUSLY LOW LEVEL. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE SLURRED SPEECH...
INCOHERENCE...DROWSINESS...POOR COORDINATION...A SLOW HEART BEAT...
UNCONTROLLABLE SHIVERING OR NO SHIVERING AT ALL.

TO AVOID HYPOTHERMIA...KEEP YOUR CLOTHES DRY. WET CLOTHING LOSES
ALL INSULATING VALUE AND SHOULD BE CHANGED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

MITTENS AND A WARM HAT ARE NECESSITIES. THE BODY LOSES ABOUT 50
PERCENT OF ITS HEAT THROUGH THE HEAD...SO WHETHER YOU ARE OUTDOORS
OR INSIDE AN UNHEATED HOME...DAY OR NIGHT...A HAT WILL GO A LONG
WAY IN HELPING YOU STAY WARM.

WINTER COLD IS MORE INTENSE WHEN THE WIND IS BLOWING. STRONG WINDS
CAUSE A PRONOUNCED INCREASE IN THE CHILLING EFFECT OF LOW
TEMPERATURES. IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WIND CHILL ADVISORIES ARE
ISSUED WHEN WIND CHILLS ARE FORECAST TO BE BETWEEN MINUS 10 AND
MINUS 24. WIND CHILLS WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR WIND CHILLS ARE AT
LEAST MINUS 25 FAHRENHEIT OR LESS.

MAKE SURE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE READY FOR OLD MAN WINTER.

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