{"id":4770,"date":"2019-10-02T14:17:28","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T14:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.caionline.org\/?p=5169"},"modified":"2019-10-02T14:17:28","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T14:17:28","slug":"frost-fight-brace-your-community-for-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/frost-fight-brace-your-community-for-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Frost Fight: Brace your community for winter"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the fall foliage has yet to appear in parts of the U.S., western states had their first taste of winter just a week after summer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s official end<\/a>, with a storm that dumped up to 3 feet of snow in some areas and brought record-low temperatures, strong winds, and blizzard conditions.<\/p>\n

Although weather forecasts are never 100% accurate, this may be the beginning of a freezing winter for two-thirds of the country, according to the 2020 Farmers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Almanac\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s winter forecast<\/a>, which calls for a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153polar coaster\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of cold conditions from the eastern part of the Rockies all the way to the Appalachians.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The biggest drop\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwith the most freefalling, frigid temperatures\u00e2\u20ac\u201dis forecasted to take hold from the northern Plains into the Great Lakes. The Northeast, including the densely populated corridor running from Washington to Boston, will experience colder-than-normal temperatures for much of the upcoming winter,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d reads the forecast, which predicts that the coldest outbreak of the season will come during the final week of January and last until the beginning of February.<\/p>\n

Snow lovers might be shivering with anticipation, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s important that community associations encourage residents to winterize their homes before the brunt of the season hits. Here are some items to consider.<\/p>\n

Indoor winterizing<\/strong><\/p>\n