..WINTER STORMS CAN BE CONSIDERED DECEPTIVE KILLERS...

NOW THAT THE MAIN AND LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE BEGINNING TO
TRANSITION EAST...IT CANNOT BE STRESSED ENOUGH THAT A SILENT
DANGER MAY LOOM. THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH DURING WINTER STORMS
IS GENERALLY RELATED TO AUTOMOBILE OR TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENTS.
EXHAUSTION AND HEART ATTACKS CAUSED BY OVEREXERTION ARE JUST AS
COMMON. AVOID OVEREXERTION...SUCH AS SHOVELING HEAVY SNOW...PUSHING
A CAR OR WALKING IN DEEP SNOW. THE STRAIN FROM THE COLD AND HARD
LABOR MAY LEAD TO A HEART ATTACK AND SWEATING MAY ALSO LEAD TO
EXTREME CHILL AND POTENTIALLY HYPOTHERMIA. THOSE UNACCUSTOMED TO
EXERCISE ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION.

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE BLIZZARD OF 1999...OVER 40 PEOPLE IN THE
CHICAGO AREA ALONE LOST THEIR LIVES TO HEART ATTACKS WHILE
SHOVELING SNOW.