No shoveling here! We’ll tough it out somehow.
From Shoveling snow can be hard on the heart
Snow shoveling is a known trigger for heart attacks. Emergency rooms in the snowbelt gear up for extra cases when enough of the white stuff has fallen to force folks out of their homes armed with shovels or snow blowers.
What’s the connection? Many people who shovel snow rarely exercise. Picking up a shovel and moving hundreds of pounds of snow, particularly after doing nothing physical for several months, can put a big strain on the heart. Pushing a heavy snow blower can do the same thing. Cold weather is another contributor because it can boost blood pressure, interrupt blood flow to part of the heart, and make blood more likely to form clots.
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Supposed to be warm tomorrow here in Virginia…so we are going to have some soup….wait for this very heavy wet snow to melt on its own.
That’s what I figure, too. I think I saw that tomorrow would be 45…and we have nowhere we need to go.
The dog is a bit unhappy about all this cold wet stuff that wasn’t here yesterday, though. I think she blames me for it!