Are You Prepared?

To the Editor:

So many complaints about the lack of this and that and how are we ever to regain our lives after the extreme winter weather of Valentine’s Day. The one big question I have for a lot of people who had problems is why did you not prepare for the cold event that was in the forecast many days prior to the storm?

Winter preparation should be as robust as hurricane preparation. Our family has lived through hurricanes from New Orleans to Muldoon and the one thing that was constant was the need to prepare. We had a few rough days through the cold snap, but being prepared with food, water, a generator, gasoline not to mention all the other supplies on hand just in case. I was more worried about the livestock than myself, but had the sense to have on hand ample supplies of food and water since they live outside in the elements.

People need to be just as concerned about the winter as summer and should be confident that they will have only themselves to get through an emergency safely. One item that even the weather forecasters seem to neglect saying is to keep your children warm. We hear about the Three Ps (pipes, pets, and plants), but it is very important to watch out for the children in cold weather as they are very susceptible to hypothermia.

Frank Chlumsky

Muldoon