{"id":4500,"date":"2018-12-11T11:48:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T19:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.caionline.org\/?p=4637"},"modified":"2018-12-11T11:48:28","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T19:48:28","slug":"winter-is-coming-prepare-your-home-and-community-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/winter-is-coming-prepare-your-home-and-community-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter is coming: Prepare your home and community now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winter doesn&#8217;t officially start until Dec. 21, but it&#8217;s already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2018\/12\/10\/675256574\/winter-storm-wallops-parts-of-southeastern-u-s\"  rel=\"noopener\">making its presence known<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0in many areas across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The cold and wet conditions of the season can wreak havoc on unprepared community associations and homeowners. Whether you&#8217;re waiting for\u00c2\u00a0Old Man Winter to make its first appearance or you&#8217;re already cleaning up from a pre-season storm, you should take steps to winterize your home and community now.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the simple checklists below and tackle the most time-sensitive tasks:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indoor winterizing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Examine doors and replace weather-stripping as needed<\/li>\n<li>Examine window caulking and reseal where needed<\/li>\n<li>Examine and repair vents where needed<\/li>\n<li>Clean chimneys and flues<\/li>\n<li>Remove items near heat vents<\/li>\n<li>Place nonskid runners or door mats outside to help keep water, sand, and salt out of the house<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Outdoor winterizing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cut back tree branches and shrubs that hide signs or block light<\/li>\n<li>Examine outdoor handrails and tighten if needed<\/li>\n<li>Turn off electrical breakers for outdoor equipment<\/li>\n<li>Close hose bibs<\/li>\n<li>Clean out gutters and downspouts<\/li>\n<li>Clear yard drains<\/li>\n<li>Spray outdoor locks and hinges with lubricant<\/li>\n<li>Stake driveway and walkway edges that may be difficult to find under deep snow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You and your community also should assemble, stockpile, or refresh the following supplies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Batteries<\/li>\n<li>Candles and matches<\/li>\n<li>Ice melt and deicer<\/li>\n<li>Sand<\/li>\n<li>Snow shovels<\/li>\n<li>Generator fuel<\/li>\n<li>Antifreeze<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information and resources about community association living, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caionline.org\/\">www.caionline.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.caionline.org\/are-you-ready-for-snowy-icy-and-freezing-conditions\/\">Winter is coming: Prepare your home and community now<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.caionline.org\/\">Ungated: Community Associations Institute Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter doesn&rsquo;t officially start until Dec. 21, but it&rsquo;s already making its presence known&nbsp;in many areas across the country. The cold and wet conditions of the season can wreak havoc on unprepared community associations and homeowners. Whether you&rsquo;re waiting for&nbsp;Old Man Winter to make its first appearance or you&rsquo;re already cleaning up from a pre-season [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.caionline.org\/are-you-ready-for-snowy-icy-and-freezing-conditions\/\">Winter is coming: Prepare your home and community now<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.caionline.org\/\">Ungated: Community Associations Institute Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[98,272,275,417,427,446,871,2184],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4500"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4500\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}