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January 6, 2010

It's really cold, so take extra precautions

The below normal temps are going to hang around for now and there might even be more snow. (Click here for the forecast.) So, it seems like a good time to remind everyone that this kind of weather can be dangerous. Some tips from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are posted on the Sun's health blog that might be of use now.

Most are common sense, but they are worth repeating: Wear layers in the cold, be on the lookout for frostbite and hyprothermia, don't use the oven or candles or dangerous alternative-fuel generators inside for warmth and remember to take a winter weather kit in a car including flashlights with batteries, water, blankets and first-aid supplies.

Baltimore Sun file photo/Amy Davis

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Tim WheelerTim Wheeler reports on the environment and Chesapeake Bay. A native of West Virginia, he has focused mainly on Maryland's environment since moving here in 1983. Along the way, he's crewed aboard a skipjack in the bay, canoed under city streets up the Jones Fall from the Inner Harbor, and gone deep underground in a western Maryland coal mine. He loves seafood, rambles in the country and good stories. He hopes to share some here.

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