How do you help people not die shoveling snow other than in the following ways?

Buy them a condo in Boca?

Or Chula Vista for “left coasters” !

Tell their family. Talk to a local church they go to, or possibly a senior center.

In our community we have a facebook page as well as word of mouth network. It’s helped a lot of people in our own city.

@KNOWITALL I’m talking if you are the family member, what could you tell the one who could die do instead of shoveling the snow, instead of warming up first.

Sometimes you just leave them alone when they won’t listen to your concerns. Maybe a neighbor kid will come do it?

Depending upon where they live and the size of the driveway, you can get them a plowing contract for a year for about $150.

She said ”...other than…hiring someone for them”

You could tell them to pray for the goodness of God to melt the snow in his own good time, and until then be happy with the grace that he has shown on them by letting them reside at home.

Or you could instruct them to beseech Ra, the Sun God, to shine his solar power on the driveway in question.

A truly religious person would see snow as a godly gift and do nothing to change it.

Teaching people to recognize the signs of a heart attack is always helpful and necessary.

Get him a alert button , in case he has a heart attack.

Have neighbors keep an eye on him.

Get a snowblower for him.

Inform people they can die. I think a lot of people are unaware there are snow shoveling related deaths more often than people realize. Give them guidelines like don’t shovel more than 20 minutes at a time, or whatever the guidelines are.

Public service announcements on the TV and radio and local periodicals.

Also, employers can be more flexible allowing employees to work from home or arrive late to work.

@JLeslie, I guess they don’t in Florida, but up here (southern New England), and in Colorado, and even outside of Seattle (where it snowed much less), there are lots of PSAs and news clips and discussions about exactly this all winter long.

@canidmajor Florida obviously isn’t the problem. I’d argue the South is where a lot of ignorance is. Their snow is very wet and heavy (too warm during the day) and when I’ve lived in the South they talk about wanting big vehicles like trucks and big SUV’s to “drive through the snow” when it’s 2–3 inches deep and every normal sedan can drive on it even if it was t cleared, but they don’t understand it’s the braking ( and needing to drive slowly like you have no brakes) that’s the problem not the driving. They don’t have winter tires on their cars, they don’t have experience shoveling snow, and there is not a lot of warnings about anything, because if the snow isn’t cleared they expect everyone to stay home.

One of my best friends got stuck driving home to Michigan in Tennessee after my Florida wedding. Her whole family stuck in a hotel for three days because the news kept saying you couldn’t get through to the highway or on the highway, not sure. Finally, they just left against advice. It was fine. They slowly drove north, and eventually the roads were cleared.

In the South they get lots of ice (too warm during the day, freeze overnight) and no one can drive in that ice, but they don’t even function well with the snow either, and overall clueless about it.

I went to school in MI, grew up in NY, I know snow.

Lots of people “know snow”. My point was that there are lots of PSAs about this subject. Like I said.

Not in the South, and I dint mean Florida. Plus, people don’t watch ads like they used to. They fast forward, stream, etc. it’s just one suggestion. If you don’t like the suggestion, suggest your own ideas. Maybe it should be taught in high school.

What could help them not have any snow to shovel in the first place, (without spending a lot of money for example heated driveway/steps?/pathway?( https://tinyurl.com/t4r8jmy)

They better have someone that actually gives a shit about them and either watches over them or helps them.

@RabidWolf Be that as it may,....
Edited By the way you, or one of your friends or family members could be one of the “them”, even if you may be rich enough to hire x, y, or z.