2024-12 Christmas Tree Safety Video
US|Nationwide|PSA: Christmas Tree Safety
2024-12-01. From U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission: As the nation gears up to decorate their homes for the holiday season, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reminds consumers of decorating dangers and provides tips for a safe holiday. CPSC demonstrated some of the hazards, including Christmas tree and candle fires at its laboratory in Rockville, Md.
“Safety should be part of all your decorating efforts,” said CPSC Acting Chairman Ann Marie Buerkle. “Make sure your live Christmas tree has plenty of water, keep lit candles away from flammable items, and use caution when standing on a ladder or a chair to hang decorations.”
Follow these CPSC safety tips to keep your family safe:
🎄Trees and Decorations
1. Buying a live tree? Check for freshness. A fresh tree is green, its needles are hard to pull from branches, and its needles do not break when bent between your fingers. The bottom of a fresh tree is sticky with resin, and when tapped on the ground, the tree should not lose many needles.
2. Setting up a tree at home? Place it away from heat sources, such as fireplaces, vents, and radiators. Heated rooms rapidly dry out live trees, be sure to monitor water levels daily and keep the tree stand filled with water. Place the tree out of the way of foot traffic and do not block doorways with the tree.
3. Buying an artificial tree? Look for the label: “Fire Resistant.” Although this label does not mean that the tree will not catch fire, the tree is more resistant to catching fire.
4. Decorating a tree in homes with small children? Avoid sharp or breakable decorations. Keep trimmings with small removable parts out of the reach of small children who could swallow or inhale small pieces. Avoid trimmings that resemble candy or food that may tempt a child to try to eat them.
🕯Candles
1. Keep burning candles within sight. Extinguish all candles before leaving the room.
2. Keep candles on a s
2024-11-05 National Doughnut Day
US|National Doughnut Day-November
2024-11-05. Not only is today TUESDAY....but it's also National Doughnut Day (November). This day is so awesome that it is celebrated on two separate times during the year (usually June and again in November.) Now jokes aside about law enforcement's infatuation with these little round circles of pure delight, who doesn't love these things? Ok. So we are going to insert our one joke: It's like law enforcement is Pac-Man and these things are power pellets. Glazed, filled, or with sprinkles. Regular or cake. Who can seriously resist one?
Now that you know about this event, bombard your workplace with doughnuts. Visit your local first responders (fire, police, sheriff, ambulance, call centers) and shower them with these heavenly delights. Tell them we sent ya. BTW, we made this video to celebrate.
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PSA: Christmas Tree Safety
US|Nationwide|PSA: Christmas Tree Safety
2024-11-01. From U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission: As the nation gears up to decorate their homes for the holiday season, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reminds consumers of decorating dangers and provides tips for a safe holiday. CPSC demonstrated some of the hazards, including Christmas tree and candle fires at its laboratory in Rockville, Md.
“Safety should be part of all your decorating efforts,” said CPSC Acting Chairman Ann Marie Buerkle. “Make sure your live Christmas tree has plenty of water, keep lit candles away from flammable items, and use caution when standing on a ladder or a chair to hang decorations.”
Follow these CPSC safety tips to keep your family safe:
🎄Trees and Decorations
1. Buying a live tree? Check for freshness. A fresh tree is green, its needles are hard to pull from branches, and its needles do not break when bent between your fingers. The bottom of a fresh tree is sticky with resin, and when tapped on the ground, the tree should not lose many needles.
2. Setting up a tree at home? Place it away from heat sources, such as fireplaces, vents, and radiators. Heated rooms rapidly dry out live trees, be sure to monitor water levels daily and keep the tree stand filled with water. Place the tree out of the way of foot traffic and do not block doorways with the tree.
3. Buying an artificial tree? Look for the label: “Fire Resistant.” Although this label does not mean that the tree will not catch fire, the tree is more resistant to catching fire.
4. Decorating a tree in homes with small children? Avoid sharp or breakable decorations. Keep trimmings with small removable parts out of the reach of small children who could swallow or inhale small pieces. Avoid trimmings that resemble candy or food that may tempt a child to try to eat them.
🕯Candles
1. Keep burning candles within sight. Extinguish all candles before leaving the room.
2. Keep candles on a
IA/IL/MO|Tri States|DVN|PNS|🌪⛈️💨🧊STORM SUMMARY
2024-06-17. US National Weather Service Quad Cities Iowa/Illinois issues a Public Information Statement for a STORM SUMMARY from SUNDAY 2024-06-16.
From NWS Davenport: A mesmerizing radar loop from Sunday's severe wind-producing thunderstorms. 😵💫
The evident twist is a mesoscale convective vortex (MCV), which is a persistent and compact low pressure originating from an earlier complex of storms that has long since faded (in this case from storms in Kansas the night before). But the low pressure itself still produces an area of enhanced lift, and when that intersects heating and moisture such as yesterday afternoon...the result is renewed thunderstorms!
Event summaries can be found here:
Eastern Iowa & Northwest Illinois (NWS Quad Cities): https://weather.gov/dvn/summary_06162024
North Central and Northeast Illinois (NWS Chicago): https://weather.gov/lot/2024_06_16_SevereWeather
For rainfall reports: https://www.weather.gov/dvn/obsmapprecip
Our album of posts for these events can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/100063560651219/albums/991514279643918/
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