Some tips on staying safe when wind chills become dangerous

Some tips on staying safe when wind chills become dangerous

Some tips on staying safe when wind chills become dangerous

MILWAUKEE (WITI) — Another blast of arctic air will affect southeastern Wisconsin this week — and coming with it, the potential for dangerous wind chills. Daytime wind chills are expected to be between -10 and -25 on Thursday, February 19th.

A cold spell involving dangerous wind chills can send some to the burn center with frostbite.

“They really need to think ahead when they`re going out on an evening where it`s cold. A lot of times they`re homeless patients, mentally ill patients, oftentimes drug or alcohol abuse patients who aren`t aware of what`s going on,” Dr. Daniel Ochelek with Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital said.

Doctors say it’s important that anyone with symptoms beyond minor pain and numbness see a doctor within 24 hours.

“The next symptom would be a visual change — like the change in the color from being pink or white to actually being bluish and that`s a really bad sign,” Dr. Ochelek said.

Any time the temperature is below 10 degrees, or the wind chill dips below -10, Repairers of the Breach on West Vliet Street extends the hours of its daytime warming shelter and stays open overnight.

Milwaukee homeless shelters:

Repairers of the Breach – 1335 West Vliet Street, Milwaukee (414) 934-9305

Milwaukee Rescue Mission – 830 North 19th Street, Milwaukee (414) 344-2211

Milwaukee Women’s Center – 728 North James Lovell Street, Milwaukee (414) 449-4777

Guest House of Milwaukee – 1216 North 13th Street, Milwaukee (414) 345-3240

Salvation Army Emergency Lodge – 1730 North 7th Street, Milwaukee (414) 265-6360

CLICK HERE for further Milwaukee-area shelter listings.

CLICK HERE for cold weather tips from the CDC.

CLICK HERE to monitor the forecast via FOX6Now.com.

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