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You may not want to think about it right now, but thinking about Winter Weather is on the minds of state agencies charged with the health and safety of Wisconsinites. And so the Wisconsin Departments of Emergency Management, Health Services and Transportation are leading the observance of Winter Weather Awareness Week beginning on Monday.
The Administrator of Wisconsin Emergency Management, Greg Engle, said “Wisconsin winters can be unpredictable, and conditions can turn dangerous in a matter of hours. The best time to prepare is before winter weather arrives, and now is the time to plan, prepare, and understand the risks winter weather can bring.”
Those risks include bitter cold temperatures along with ice and snow on the roads. Those road conditions alone contributed to 29 deaths and 3,187 injuries in Wisconsin between last November and May of this year.
Ready Wisconsin, which promotes safety through the Department of Emergency Management, partners with the US Department of Homeland Security’s national Ready campaign in advising people to review their readiness to weather whatever storms mother nature sends our way over the next several months. You can access resources and get your own plans in place by following this link.
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