Winter Health Information Winter isn't a time to just stay indoors and wait for spring. There's a whole wonderland of sports out there for the entire family - sledding, snowmobiling, and snowboarding, to mention a few.
Many jobs also require people to work outdoors in the cold frigid weather.
Once outdoors, whether at work or play, you may need to take extra steps to keep you and your family safe in the cold. By following a few tips, you and your family can stay safe no matter how much of the white stuff piles up outside. When rain turns to snow, fields are blanketed in white, lawns sparkle in the sunshine and driveways fill with people holding shovels who curse each little flake under their breath. Each load they picked up weighed about 16 lb and each man lifted about 12 loads a minute, or 2,000 lb in 10 minutes - the equivalent of a small sports car. Shovelling snow in the winter is not to be taken lightly.