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It’s time to put a good neighbor policy into practice in Rappahannock.
The frigid winter blasts that have buffeted the county in the past few days fiave raised the specter of death from a condition called hypothermia. Hypothermia occurs when the body’s core temperature drops below normal.
It strikes hikers who persist in tramping about the countryside when the thermometer falls well below freezing. It strikes youngsters who romp and play outdoors on wet winter days until their clothing is damp and then romp and play some more. But in particular, hypothermia attacks the elderly whose poor circulation and decreased activity make them ready victims.
Senior citizens don’t have to venture outside to be struck by hypothermia. They can be inside inadequately insulated homes where the wind whistles through cracks around doors and windows and lowers temperatures so slowly that it’s not noticed until too late.
The first symptoms of hypothermia are shivering and muscle weakness followed by mental confusion. This mental confusion can make the victims unable to take steps to warm themselves.
On a recent Friday evening, Herbert Vernon Leake of Sperryville was pronounced dead on arrival at
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