| When the mercury dips below freezing, there are all | | | | dangerous. More than one person has slipped and |
| sorts of things that you have to prepare for. There | | | | fallen on some ice on their driveway, only to find |
| will likely be snow, which means you have to break | | | | themselves getting a scan on their brain by doctors |
| out the snow shovel or the snow blower. It might be | | | | in lab coats. Or maybe they fall and break a hip. The |
| time to put new tires on the car to stop the slipping | | | | point is, it's easy to slip and get hurt in the wintertime |
| and sliding. And if you have a driveway or sidewalk, | | | | when there is ice on your driveway. |
| it's time to make sure they are clear of ice. If they | | | | Fortunately, it is not that hard to have a clear |
| are not, you can find yourself-or someone from the | | | | driveway and sidewalk. The most important thing to |
| neighborhood-in the emergency room having a doctor | | | | remember is to get out and clear that snow as soon |
| in La Rose scrubs tending to a broken wrist or | | | | as it is done falling. You do not want anyone to drive |
| putting stitches in a head wound caused by a fall. Not | | | | or walk over the snow. This will compact it and give |
| only is this dangerous, it's also illegal in some | | | | it a better chance of turning into ice. If you aren't |
| communities. You may get ticketed and have to pay | | | | able to clear it right away and you do get some ice, |
| a fine if you don't keep your sidewalk clear of ice. | | | | buy some salt to melt the ice at a local hardware |
| Obviously getting injured on your sidewalk or getting | | | | store. As long as it is not too cold, this salt will break |
| a ticket is something you want to avoid, but you also | | | | up the ice and allow you to shovel it away much |
| want to make sure you do not have any ice on your | | | | easier. The cost of the salt is a small price to pay to |
| driveway. Going out to get the paper or walking the | | | | make sure that nobody in your family has to take a |
| dog in the morning can be a harrowing experience if | | | | visit to the emergency room to get worked on my a |
| your driveway is ice-covered. And if there is any | | | | doctor in Landau medical scrubs. |
| incline on your driveway, that makes it even more | | | | |