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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Sunday, April 8,2001
Construction worker hurt
in 20-foot fall at work site
An 18-year-old construction worker fell
20 feet during a construction accident
Wednesday afternoon in the Creekside
Estates in south Forsyth County.
The man, whose name was not immedi
ately released by authorities, was trans
ported to North Fulton Regional Medical
Center. Officials said his injuries are not
life threatening.
The man fell off scaffolding and onto
the ground while working in the neighbor
hood, according to the Forsyth County
John Kll -
Wetherbee
Human
body is
sensitive
to weather
“I can tell that it’s going to
rain.” That’s being weather sensi
tive. “I have such an incredible
headache.” That’s weather sensi
tivity as well.
As we change the seasons,
we’re experiencing the typical
spring “yo-yo” of weather. It’s
like a “roller coaster” going up
and down, warm to cool, wet to
dry and wet again. Different types
of people have been identified
according to the effects of the
weather. How sensitive are you?
There’s the “cold front per
son,” someone who is typically
tall, thin and has long limbs. They
find cold air much more unpleas
ant than others do. Or a “warm
front person,” someone who is
generally short and stocky and has
short limbs. They find warm air
very uncomfortable. Physical
1 characteristics are the first criteria
of sensitivity, though most are not
very sensitive to individual varia
tions to weather. So we all don’t
react the same way to the weather
around us. There’s a “self test for
weather sensitivity.”
One group of questions deals
with temperament. If you tend to
be extroverted or jolly, give your
self a point. Emotionally change
able? That’s worth three points.
, Or if you’re irritable, moody, shy
and inhibited, private or nervous,
each reaction gives you a point in
this test.
Socioeconomic status is part of
the test, three points for being a
professional or three points for
being blue collar. Your age also
accounts for points. But this is
interesting; you get more points
for being very young or very old.
Right in the middle in your thir
ties only gets you one point; four
points if you’re over 60.
Finally, gender is asked as the
last question in this self-test. If
you’re a woman, you get three
points. No points for being a man.
And your total points determine
your weather sensitivity. Basically
the higher your score, the more
weather sensitive you are.
A low total score would indi
cate that you’re weather resistant
and means that you are totally
indifferent to any weather
j changes. The next level is weather
receptive meaning you are aware
of your reactions to weather
changes.
In the middle of the range of
scores is weather sympathetic, a
person who is indifferent to
weather changes. Then you might
be weather susceptible with a
higher score indicating that you
are in touch with symptoms that
weather induces.
The top two categories are
weather responsive, which means
you would feel every weather
change in your body. And weather
keenness where severe pain or ,
pleasure accompanies every
weather change.
Don’t take this lightly. This is
a real concern for a lot of people.
Pressure headaches or aching
joints are everyday health con
cerns for people who are weather
sensitive. However, the fact that
. you forgot your umbrella and are
soaking wet after getting caught
out in the rain does not count as
being weather sensitive. That just
might be called “stupid.”
Get John Wetherbee’s forecast
mornings on PEACH 94.9 FM
Radio and on WGCL-TV CBS-46.
Email: BigJohn@WPCH.com.
Sheriff’s Office.
He was transported by ambulance with
a possible head injury at about 1:30 p.m.,
said department spokeswoman Karleen
Chalker.
No other information was available
about the accident.
Chalker added the sheriff’s office was
not instructed to contact the federal
Occupational Safety and Health Admin
istration about the mishap.
Colby Jones
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Services at
Cumming First
United Methodist Church
Palm Sunday
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Kflßf I 8:45 and 11 AM
I I ’ Morning Worship
jDBHH 6:15 PM
I . Youth Passover Meal (advance registration is required)
Holy Thursday
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ii UlllJJll 111 Communion and Tenebrae Service
Jr I b “k Easter Sunrise
F ® 111 I April 15,7 AM
j ] i|| 1 1l lj| Easter
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Cumming First United Methodist Church
770 Canton Hwy (Hwy 20 W) • Cumming, CA • (770) 887-2900
Rev. John L. Cromartie, Jr., Senior Minister
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Sheriff’s office incident reports
/ A beer bandit made off with
two pony kegs and two partially full
kegs from Vickery Creek Grill, 4902
Hwy. 9 in Alpharetta, on April 3.
Witnesses said a white man in his
30s pulled up to the rear of the
restaurant, loaded the kegs into a blue
and white Chevy S-10 truck and left.
The estimated value of the kegs is
S3OO.
/ Investigators are looking into a
burglary between April 2-3 at a house
under construction in the 900 block
of Misty Woods Lane in Suwanee.
A window was pushed out in the
basement and a SSOO microwave and
oven unit was stolen from the
kitchen.
/ A 1984 Chevy van was reported
stolen from a home in the 7100 block
of Jot ’em Down Road in Gainesville
between April 2-3.
The $1,500 van has Georgia tag
385 TPD.
✓ Vandals smashed a window on
a Forsyth County school bus parked
in the 5700 block of Royal Court in
Cumming on April 3.
Cumming on April 3.
The bus driver told authorities
teens often screech their tires in the
cul-de-sac and three fire extinguish
ers have been stolen off the bus in the
past.
/ The security gate at Bald Ridge
Marina was found hanging in a tree
shortly before midnight on April 3.
A guard reported hearing squeal
ing tires while he was checking a
dock and discovered the gate in a tree
next to the entrance.
It will cost about SI,OOO to repair.