Safety Plan and Backwards The Clock

Keep yourself on time and enjoy the winter daylight, and also keep your home safe with a few tips.

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As it is usual during the fall and winter in New England, the United States; all clock must turn back an hour to gain some daylight time.  On Sunday, November 6 when the clock strikes twelve o’clock,  before Cinderella’s chariot turn back in to a pumpkin, each one should your watch to better use the few hours of sunshine.  The Journal of an Immigrant brings to you a few recommendations.

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On November 6, the sunrise and sunset will be an hour earlier than the days before, with the Fall Behind or Fall Back there will be more light in the morning, as www.timeanddate.com says.  But this period also calls Winter Time; it is good time to thing in other things as Carbon monoxide or CO2 and fire safety as Healthy You Quarterly Newsletter Fall 2016 indicate to their readers.

The newsletter says “test your CO2 and smoke detectors.  The American Red Cross recommends doing this every month.  Yes, you need both –heating and cooking units that may be damaged or installed incorrectly can cause a deadly buildup of CO2, not just fires.”  They also recommend “change out the batteries in your smoke detectors.  And if it’s been 10 years since you bought the detector, you should replace it.”

Other recommendations relative to fire that they do to be sure are everybody at home must know about an evacuation plan, make sure that anything flammable has been moved away from heat sources like baseboards, space heaters or the stove and candles and electric blankets are cozy but you should never leave them on when you are not home or if you are about to fall asleep.

            As an immigrant, who maybe comes from tropical weather, your whole body will start a new routing after summer because the weather, and those changes could be easy or not according the disciple of each one.  If you make a good winter plan and you accomplish it, when the spring come back, you will be stronger and wiser than now.