Extreme Cold Weather Report January 14 2024

Enoch Cree Nation Community Tonight: Let the water drip from the faucet: running water through the pipe—even a trickle— helps prevent pipes from freezing. Drip hot or cold water to keep pipes from freezing.

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January 14th, 2024

Wind chills could even be a impacts on infrastructure, For cooking dinner: bit colder in open and including freezing waterlines. • minimal cooking using We’re almost out of this polar exposed areas. Patches of Preventing Frozen Pipes your microwave, or vortex, hopefully but tonight dense ice fog are possible, slow cooker. we have one more night of especially near communities. Enoch Housing Authority, • Minimize household -40 with the windchill so we Temperatures and wind chills Ron Twin would like everyone to turn their cold appliances by not turnneed to be prepared. are forecast to warm up water tap on to a trickle in ing on your dishsomewhat, starting on Extreme Cold Warning: the evening so that the water washer or washer and Monday.

A long period of extremely pipes do not freeze up. dryer on all at the IMPACTS cold temperatures and wind same time.

He said it can be any of your chills continues.

Frostbite is possible in faucets in the home.

• Turn off lights in Temperatures will continue minutes at these rooms not being used.

Preventing Power Outages temperatures, there is a to fall through the weekend.

Turn off any TV's that substantial threat to Most power usages numbers • Saturday morning and are not being watched Sunday morning will be the vulnerable populations and increases normally around or gamed on. anyone with a requirement to 4:00 pm to 7:00pm. To coldest, with temperatures prevent a power outage we • Turn off any game ranging from -40 to -48, and be outdoors. systems or electronic wind chill values near -55.

Extreme cold temperatures need to work together so devices not being of this magnitude can lead to here are some suggestions: used.

Emergency Housing Numbers: Tia Morin Housing Manager – 780-863-8200 Plumbing / heating – Glen Thomas 780-862-1524 Electrical Ralph Grey – 587-988-5106 108’s / 36 apartment units – Paige Cantin 587-989-5589 Off Reserve Ron Twinn – 587-985-2253 On Reserve Cory Morin – 780-920-1506

For more information go to:

www.emergencyalert.alberta.ca

IF YOUR FURNACE SHUTS OFF 1. Turn on your oven to 350 2. Stove burners on the front to medium and please do not leave unattended.

3. Check your filter, the for ice on the exhaust, check your thermostat battery and cycle the power to your furnace.

If this doesn’t work, call a professional.

Always have an overnight bag packed for you and your family with: a change of clothes, blanket, your charger for your cell phone and Winter boots, jacket, gloves and a toque.

In cold temperatures, water service lines can freeze if frost is pushed below the water line. Water lines inside the home can also freeze due to freezing temperatures, extreme wind chill and cold drafts.

outer walls or doors with insulation. You can wrap your exterior water lines with heat tape to help prevent pipes from freezing outside.

closed off. If they freeze, they can burst and may cause water to drain into your home.

How to check if pipes are frozen:

If you suspect that your pipes are frozen follow these steps Check your hot water tank: if to confirm. your hot water tank is located No running water, or water is in a maintenance room only a trickle: You can help outside of your home, make diagnose the problem by sure the area is adequately turning on all the faucets heated. inside the house and flushing

Keep the water flowing: frequently drawing water Become familiar with ways to from the tap may prevent prevent pipes from freezing, freezing because it creates and what to do if your pipes a regular flow of water.

Ask your house sitter to run each toilet. If a trickle or no have frozen. the water: if you're going water is flowing from any Let the water drip from the How to prevent pipes from fixture and there is no known faucet: running water through away on vacation, ask the freezing person who is checking on water main break in your the pipe—even a trickle— your home to run the taps as area it is likely you have a Repair costs associated with helps prevent pipes from running water through the frozen service line. frozen pipes are the freezing. Drip hot or cold lines in cold weather makes it Visible signs of frost on responsibility of the water to keep pipes from less likely that they'll freeze. fixtures, or pipe is frosted homeowner. Here are a few freezing. tips to prevent frozen pipes Keep your bleeder valve Don't forget about outdoor over: If you have any in the winter: water features: if you have a exposed piping in your turned on: If you have a pool or decorative water home, such as those Keep the heat on: Keep your bleeder valve in your home underneath sinks or in an home heated at normal do not turn it off. EPCOR will feature, turn the motor on and keep the pump running unfinished basement, check levels to avoid cold spots. notify you when it's time to and the water circulating. for frost on those pipes or Leave your heat on while on do so. fixtures. winter holidays as well.

Turn off outdoor hoses: This would be a good Insulate the outside lines: double check your outside indication that it is frozen. wrap any water lines near hose faucet to ensure they're Enoch Cree Nation Community Tonight: FORTIS AB: 780-310-9473

Let the water drip from the faucet: running water through the pipe—even a trickle— helps prevent pipes from freezing. Drip hot or cold water to keep pipes from freezing.