Crime & Safety
Reset Clocks; Change Smoke Alarm Batteries Saturday
Daylight Savings Time begins Sunday morning at 2 a.m.; Plainview Fire Department reminds residents to change smoke alarm batteries
Daylight Saving Time begins in most of the United States Sunday at 2 a.m., meaning an hour of sleep is lost Saturday night into Sunday morning, unless you simply sleep another hour and pay no attention to any of this.
The however, has a serious reminder: The arrival of Daylight Saving Time should also be a reminder to change the batteries in your smoke detectors.
, at Plainview Engine 4's Facebook page, said "Remember: An alarm clock will wake you up. So will a properly working smoke detector."
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Good advice.
The United States will not return to Standard Time until Sunday Nov. 4, 2012 at 2 a.m., which frankly is too long to wait to get an extra hour of sleep.
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