Your Chance To Live: Winter Storm

[Music] anybody home going down late as usual sorry man left my books at home and I had to go get him aren't you watching that show Wilson assigned on TV seen one guy trekking across laughs he's seen them all looks like another commercial when winter storms strike urban areas many things may happen schools closed traffic snarls businesses are hurt and people are killed but the number of people killed or injured by winter storms would be considerably reduced if some simple rules were followed don't drive if you can help it if you must drive slowly defensively and be sure your car is winterized walk carefully and don't take unnecessary chances footing can be treacherous and drivers can easily lose control of their cars don't overexert yourself and you can help it stay indoors during cold snaps and storms unless you're in top physical condition heart attacks are a common cause of death during winter storms winter storms come in many forms ice sleet heavy snow and extremely low temperatures so remember pay attention to official bulletins now back to part three of Jack London's classic story to build a fire the man was a newcomer to the land a cheat charcoal one of many drag from every corner of the world by the news of the Klondike strike this was his first winter the trouble with him was that he was without imagination he was quick and alert in the things of life but only in the things not in the significances the tremendous cold made no impression on the man fifty degrees below zero meant ad our degrees of frost such a fact impressed him as being cold and uncomfortable and that was all it did not lead him to meditate upon his frailty as a creature of temperature and upon man's frailty in general able only to live with him certain narrow limits of heat and cold fifty degrees below zero stood for a bite of frost that hurt and it must be guarded against by the use of ear flaps mittens pig socks and wore moccasins 50 degrees below zero he remembered the advice of the old-timer on sulphur Creek the old-timer than very serious and laying down the law that no man must travel alone in the Klondike after 50 below well here he was he'd had the accidents he was alone and he had saved himself all a man has to do is to keep his head and he is all right any man who was a man to travel alone [Music] [Applause] [Applause] but he had not thought his fingers could grow lifeless so short of time the wires were pretty well down between him and his finger-ends [Applause] [Music] another commercial because winter in the country can be beautiful but a winter storm can produce double problems for people in rural areas they have to take care of themselves and in some cases their livestock but in both cases thoughtful preparation is essential maintain extra supplies of food medicine and heating fuel if a severe storm hits your area supply carriers may not be able to get through if you're trapped in a car don't panic stay in the vehicle where you can keep warm and are more likely to be found move livestock into shelter areas and if a storm lasts over 48 hours emergency feed methods will be needed in rural areas make sure you are prepared for winter storms now the conclusion of to build a fire then the thought came to in with the frozen portions of his body must be extending he tried to keep this thought down to think of something else but the thought asserted itself and persisted until it produced a vision of his body totally frozen this was too much he made another wild rock along [Music] [Applause] leave me alone [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] he'd been making a fool of himself running around like a chicken with its head cut off he was bound to freeze anyway any might as well take it decently good idea thought to sleep off to death like taking an anaesthetic [Music] it was right off timer he was right never and the dogs experience it had known a man to sit like that in the snow and make no fire but the man remained silent as the Twilight grew on the dog seeger yearning for the fire mastered it I'd caught the scent of death and backed away [Music] [Applause] [Music] the far northwest of Canada the Klondike here in 1896 George Washington Carmack struck gold as news reached the outside world a stampede followed a million made plans to join the rush for gold a hundred thousand set out only 40,000 made it some found a fortune others turned back empty-handed but without exception they were completely unprepared for the severity of the winter in the Klondike [Music] sit wake up stop daydreaming get up wow I shouldn't have done it I should have listened the old man sulphur Creek was right [Music] the trouble with him was that he was without imagination he was quick and alert in the things of life but only in the things not in the significance