Shirley, I am VERY proud of you. If anyone ventures out, though, please wear shoes with pronounced texture and rubber soles. Walk slowly and carefully. It is really slick in places and a broken bone is not uncommon when you take a rapid fall as you do on ice. Luckily we all have list serves and can get to some people that way.------ Original Message ------From: "Shirleystn via Oakwood-CERT" <oakwood-cert@eastraleigh.org>To: "Dave Wiesner" <dcwiesner@nc.rr.com>; "CERT Oakwood-cert@eastraleigh.org" <oakwood-cert@eastraleigh.org>Sent: 1/23/2016 11:05:38 AMSubject: Re: [Oakwood-CERT] Ice StormIncidentally, I HAVE been out and it reminded me of why I was smart to leave Minnesota! Also incidentally, I was at Mordecai Historic Park yesterday ready for the tourists wanting a tour ( who never came). I am so proud of them for being open for business as usual. While most of out parks are primarily parks used by residents of the area, MHP is a also park for the country (and for the world; we often have visitors from foreign countries) . Doug and Brynn didn't want to disappoint anyone who might have come to Raleigh for whatever reason and had planned to take in a tour of MHP while they were here. If you run into either Doug Porter (boss) or Brynn Hoffman ( assistant boss), you might want to compliment them.I've checked on those I know already and they are fine. However, in this weather, even families that wouldn't normally meet the criteria of "special needs" but who have infants or small children could be especially at risk. I just heard that 750,000 in the larger vicinity are out of power. Analyzing the situation, it seems that the greatest danger is related to power outage and resultant lack of heat. I've wondered if we should bundle up, then put on our identifying vests and go in twos knocking door to door checking on people. ( I could easily be talked out of this; it's COLD outside!) I'm not sure exactly what we could do for them though. My condo has power but would only hold so many people. Those without power would most likely have to get out of bed where they would most likely be bundled up together under layers of covers, then open the door to answer when we knocked, thus allowing what heat retained in their home OUT and more of the colder air IN. So, I have been thinking about this and think that, on balance, that would cause more harm than good if done randomly. I don't think any cell phone towers are down, so most who need help could still call out. What does everyone else think?Hello all - hope you are well.
Just checking in with folks. Weather report just stated that we got 0.30 inches of ice; about 2 inches of total precipitation. We are expected to get light snow today with high temperature of 33 degrees. Tomorrow (Sunday) highs are to be near 40 degrees.
I have not been out of the house in 36 hours so don't know the neighborhood's situation.
At my house, 515 Euclid, we had a power outage yesterday (Friday) from 6PM until 8PM. It started with 5-6 brief power outages for 5-10 seconds then power back on - very disruptive to major appliances. We turned most of our power off at the circuit box after the fifth brief outage.
This morning I hope to walk the neighborhood a bit - to check it out.
Any people you know with special needs/medical needs that it might be appropriate to check on??
Dave Wiesner - 515 Euclid
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