Posted on 01/26/2025 12:32:49 PM PST by BenLurkin
An Ohio woman died in her backyard as a result of the harsh winter weather while letting her dog outside, according to authorities.
Eugenia Michele Wadman, 43, was found dead in her backyard on Jan. 19 just before 11 a.m....wearing only “light pajamas” when the misfortune fell on Saturday night.
Wadman “appeared to have fallen and sustained injuries consistent with struggling and crawling on the snow-and-ice-covered yard,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement, according to the sheriff’s office.
A preliminary investigation indicates she may have injured herself and fallen onto the icy ground where she was immobilized due to the cold...
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Cold weather ha always been more deadly to people than slightly warmer weather... not even including crop failure and the death of cold sensitive plants and animals.
And dress for it, even if just for a few minutes.
Mr. mm slipped and fell on black ice on a very early morning bike ride in a school parking lot. Fortunately someone was leaving for work early and he called me to come and get him.
He would have been in rough shape if he spent another couple hours before school staff started to show up.
We just picked up some hot hands hand warmers for when we’re working outside in the woods on our property. My hands get pretty cold pretty quick even with warm gloves and a change of gloves. I’m hoping they’ll help some.
when God calls you home, you go.
Thank the Lord that other folks were around!
But my friend was simply taking out the trash to the dumpster.
Hardly ‘the back country’ - it was right in the parking lot!
But that reinforces the point that - ‘You never know…’ - better to be prepared, even if it seems silly.
Killed by Global Warming
Will that be the cause of death listed on her death certificate?
She died safely and effective from The Juice!
Let me tell you how people in Alaska do it. We open the door for our dogs, and remain inside.
definitely
I do the same thing, sometimes I might throw a light coat on. I’m used to it though having worked outside in the mountains at night in the winter. On top of a mountain, at night, 60mph winds and -20f you try to be careful of your surroundings though, especially if you are by yourself.
I keep such a whistle in my walking pack. Hopefully, I never need it, but I would really feel foolish if I fell and didn’t have it.
AMEN!
Man. I feel like such a bad dog owner. In this weather I just throw out ball and wait for his return (I do put on flashlight to check for any other larger animals)
You know nothing of the sort, so stop it with your nonsense.
At 20 degrees, dressed in only pajamas, a slip and fall and the inability to get up will ultimately kill you.
It doesn't have to be drugs or alcohol......
People think that just because it does "not feel THAT cold" when they are standing next to the door that they can step out for a few moments. And mostly they are right. Except when you are not.
Almost thirty years ago I was finishing up my shift and went to empty the outside trash. I slipped on a tiny bit of black ice. Tore the devil out of my knee until I could not stand. So I started crawling back toward the door. Kind people driving by saw me, stopped and came to help. I was dressed warmly and still by the time I got back inside I was so cold and in such pain I couldn't remember my own phone number to call for someone to take me to the ER. It was down in the single digits the night I fell.
When you are on the ground the cold sucks all the warmth out of your body and the thinking part of your brain begins to shut down.
Nope... You could be really dumb... Dumb enough to not figure out that it’s cold outside... But then that would be stupidity that killed her. Not the booze and drugs.
Slip and fall knocking yourselves out. The freezing temps do the rest.
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