Saturday, November 3, 2012
Hypothermia and carbon monoxide poisoning are some of the storm-related problems that have killed four Lehigh Valley residents in the wake of Hurricane Sandy
The Lehigh County coroner says a 93-year-old man died as a result of prolonged exposure to cold from power outages associated with Hurricane Sandy. Luther Fritizinger of 1063 Mosser Road, Upper Macungie, was found dead Thursday in his garage. The cause of death is attributed to hypothermia; the manner of death has been ruled an accident, according to a press release from the coroner Friday afternoon. The coroner and Berks-Lehigh Regional Police Department are investigating. This is at least the fourth Lehigh Valley death related to Sandy. Earlier this week, an Orefield woman found dead in her yard after the storm also succumbed to hypothermia. And a Lower Macungie woman died as a result of carbon monoxide poisioning from a generator being …
Friday, November 2, 2012
Was Hurricane Sandy worse than Hurricane Irene and Snowtober 2011?
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Friday, November 2, 2012
The Hurricane Sandy recovery continues in the Lehigh Valley as thousands of people are still stuck without power and damage is gradually repaired. The same was true a year ago after a freak Halloween snowstorm caused lots of problems just two months after Hurricane Irene hit our area. So which storm was the most damaging? Vote in our poll and add your comments below.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Two Lehigh Valley woman were found dead in the wake of Hurricane Sandy
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Two Lehigh County women are dead in the wake of Hurricane Sandy -- one from hypothermia, the other from carbon monoxide poisoning. Theresa Schlitzer, 86, of 2425 Route 309 in Orefield, died of hypothermia, the Lehigh County coroner's office said. She was found unresponsive in her yard after a prolonged exposure from Hurricane Sandy Monday night, a press release said. It's not clear why Schlitzer was outside during the storm. Schlitzer was pronounced dead at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday at her home by deputy coroner Jason Nicholas. Tammy Kerosetz, 48, of 3663 Schoeneck Road, Lower Macungie, was overcome by exhaust fumes from a portable gas generator before 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday. The generator was running inside her garage, the coroner's office said. …
Pennsylvania's highest-ever wind gust was recorded in the Lehigh Valley as a result of Hurricane Sandy
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
They said Hurricane Sandy would be a record-setting storm and that prediction held true in the Lehigh Valley. Pennsylvania's highest-ever wind gust - 81 mph - was recorded in Allentown as the storm blew through on Monday night, according to a Lehigh Valley Live report. Powerful 70 mph gusts were also recorded at Lehigh Valley International Airport and in Bushkill Township. Eighty miles per hour converts to about 70 knots, which is a hurricane-force wind speed classification, according to the Beaufort Wind Scale. That's a gust seldom experienced on land.
One death, a house fire and other problems have come as the Lehigh Valley's powerless try to use generators in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
Some left powerless by Hurricane Sandy have turned to generators for heat and light - but one death and two fires are grim reminders that generators must be used with extreme caution. These four cases happened in the Lehigh Valley in just two days: Follow these generator safety tips:
Hurricane Sandy reminds us what can happen when people have no choice but to talk to each other and cooperate.
We sat in the dark with only candlelight and flashlights to illuminate our faces and we read to each other. The air in the house has been chilly since we lost power from Tropical Storm Sandy Monday night so my husband, sons and I huddled together for warmth. Our house looked like a set from "Phantom of the Opera." As the batteries ran down on the kids' school laptops, they were faced with what sometimes seems like a last resort: talking to their parents, in a conversation, without using their texting thumbs. Our older son was in search of a monologue so we started reading aloud from various plays and cracking each other up. It all felt like it had when the boys were little before electronics encroached on our family time. I don't mean …
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
The Red Cross has opened a second emergency shelter for Lehigh Valley residents affected by Hurricane Sandy
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
The American Red Cross opened an emergency shelter at the Agricultural Complex (Ag Hall) in Allentown very early this morning. The complex is located on the property of the Allentown Fairgrounds at 17th and Chew streets in Allentown. There is also a Red Cross shelter at 2121 City Line Road in Bethlehem, which has a separate shelter to house pets nearby.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
See a tree down? Notice a road is flooded? Post info and photos here to help your neighbors as we brave the storm together. We go live at 6 a.m. Monday, Oct. 29.
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Sunday, October 28, 2012
Forecasters and state officials say Hurricane Sandy could be unprecedented — and Patch sites across the Lehigh Valley want to provide you with up-to-the-minute information. Please add information to this blog — you can add photos, news about power outages, flooding, road closures or what's happening in your front yard. To add your comments, just start typing in the text box above. You can upload photos, too, to show the world what this unprecedented storm looks like as it passes through our neighborhoods. If you are using Twitter to share information, use the hashtags #LVsandy and #sandypa and the tweets will appear automatically in the live stream here. You also can use the comments section of this article, as well. Whatever you do, stay …
Carl W
3:50 am on Thursday, November 8, 2012
One thing about hypothermia is you lose even 5-yr.-old level of thinking, like "Go someplace warm." Remember, you may only smell light fumes & think you're okay from Carbon Monoxide. CO, itself, is ODORLESS. You may be SMELLING something else, and inhaling 5 times more in CO. ANY fire, including kerosene heaters, eats oxygen, and produces CO. PLEASE BE CAREFUL!! (Allentown - kerosene heaters 100… more ›