The storm has come and gone

And all that freakout was really over nothing. Sure people in the South got a ton of ice and many have lost power. . But, power will eventually be restored, so people in those situations need to be smart and know what to do, to stay warm.

It's definitely not good for people who require daily routine medical attention at home.

But the world isn't going to end, it hasn't ended we're all still here and everything is fine.

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HootyTheNightOwl

Knowing how to stay warm and being physically capable of staying warm are two very different things, though.

It's always the elderly and the less mobile that suffer the most from the cold and the loss of their usual heat sources.

twiigss · M

@HootyTheNightOwl yes that's what I was trying to say that the people who are not capable who need assistance, they are the ones who will suffer most.

HootyTheNightOwl

@twiigss

That sounded more like you were trying to place the responsibility onto the people who are affected... and I just wanted to highlight that knowing what to do to stay warm and being physically able to do it are two very different things. You can't really get very physically active from a wheelchair, so wheelchair users are more likely to feel the effects of the cold much faster than those who are able to stand and walk.

Even people who aren't in wheelchairs but who suffer from dysregulation are going to struggle to get active enough to keep warm without fainting and going into crisis.

Ohplease47 · F

@HootyTheNightOwl its very goo🤗d of you to care

HootyTheNightOwl

@Ohplease47 Somebody has to care and be a voice for those who are often silenced by a society that tends to see the disabled as "less than" - despite the fact that those people tend to pay more in their pursuit of a "normal life" than the average able bodied person.

Most people will shovel their paths and go to the supermarket. Somebody who has brittle bones is housebound because a simple slip will break their bones