It's cold out there! In Chicago’s North Park neighborhood, people are adjusting quickly during a busy holiday season while bearing in mind vulnerable community members.
, Dr. Ben Flagel, chair of emergency medicine, echoed a common refrain this week: limit time outdoors if you can and keep your skin fully covered in multiple layers if you can’t.
Even before extreme conditions hit, the winter weather has already brought with it an uptick in cold-weather illnesses. said it made a series of robocalls urging older residents to pick up their groceries and medicine early in the week before the weather took a turn. They also made an early delivery for their prepared meal program.
"We’ve asked our shelter problems to expand. If they’re 12 hours, to go to 24 hours. Shelters that, ‘can you squeeze in a couple more beds?’ We’ve had a number of providers that have raised their hands and said we can do anywhere from three to five, up to 20 and so that’s just really important.
But he cautions it’s not the few inches of snow that’ll be the problem, it’s the high winds and dangerously cold temperatures.“If you do need to be on the road in the next couple of days, just make sure you have a full tank of gas, some supplies in your car, if you do indeed get stranded. Most importantly, stay in touch with people, communicate where you are going,” Guidice advised.
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