Retirement Weekly: Preparedness key to cold-weather safety

MarketWatch.com - All MarketWatch News - Personal Finance There is cold, and then there is life-threatening, record-breaking cold. Earlier this month, people who live in the Midwest and Northeast were in the grip of dangerously cold weather with icy and snowy conditions ? the polar vortex phenomenon. During such extreme weather, it?s important for people of all ages to take special precautions, but especially so for the elderly who may be exceptionally vulnerable to winter hazards.