Severe Weather
Driving Tips
Snow and ice can make driving hazardous. Keep these tips in mind the
next time the weather turns hazardous.
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Safe Boating Weather Tips
It can be both friend and foe. Calm winds and seas make for enjoyable power boating, waterskiing, and fishing. A fresh breeze and a light chop provide an invigorating sailing or wind surfing experience. read more
Cold Weather Tips
Cold weather camping as defined by BSA is "camping in weather where the average daily temperature is below 50 degrees Fahrenheit and conditions are cold, wet or windy." read more
Cold Weather Safety Tips
Personal cold weather tips: Dress in layered clothing and wear some kind of head cover. Keep pets inside; when necessary to walk them, do so on the grass, not the cold sidewalk. Protect livestock and other animals with adequate shelter, extra feed and supplemental heat. read more
Cold Weather Tips
Be alert to shivering, the body's way of trying to warm the skin. This is your first warning to seek heat. When the victim has consumed alcohol, increased warm blood flow tricks body "heat sensors" into believing all is well. read more
Hot Weather Tips
Heat Stress-Excess heat can place abnormal stress on your body. Temperature, humidity, radiant heat and air velocity affect the amount of heat stress you face. read more
Hot Weather Tips - Recognizing Heat Related Problems, Solutions, and Period Cold Beverages
By Virginia Mescher
We are now entering summer and attending hot weather events, and there are some points that everyone should be aware when attending a summer event. Most of us live air conditioning at home and work in an air conditioned atmosphere, so that when we attend an event and are unaccustomed to the heat of the sun and increased humidity, some people have problems dealing with the extreme circumstances. read more