dr. walter hoffman says that hypothermia can set in quickly, slivering drowsiness, confusion and weak pulse and slow, shallow breathing. >> in 10% of the cases we see people that undressed themselveses. >> our older adults need someone to look in on them is is a community effort for people to look in on their elderly neighbors. >> again check on your loved ones on your neighbors and if your home loses heat you need to seek shelter and if you need assistance or can't do it on your own call 911. i'm chad pradelli channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. before you bundle up and head out into the cold, check the 6 abc storm tracker app both the hourly and seven-day forecast are there to help you get ready for the frigid temperatures. >>> other news at this hour, authorities say that a prank led to the deadly stabbing in montgomery county yesterday. 32-year-old peter adam stabbed danny vazquez at the meat packing plant the argument started tuesday when vazquez tried to pull a chair out from under adam. it spilled to a physical fight that ended with the stabbing death of vazquez, and adam suffered

dr. walter hoffman calls this frigid winter one of the worst in his years as a physician. five people have died of hypothermia in the past month all of them were older or elderly and two had dementia. but the deaths could have been preventsed preventsed. >> these are the folks that fall through the cracks and it's frustrating to see preventible deaths. >> hypothermia can strike within an hour. some bodies had temperatures below 80 degrees, friends and family need to check on them during cold snaps. >> you can't put all of this on social services there are too many people. if you live in a neighborhood of homes, i think the neighbors have a moral responsibility to know what is going on with the elderly in their community. >> reporter: some good advice there from the medical examiner here are the symptoms of hypothermia, obviously shivering and slow shallow breathing and confuse or memory loss or drowsiness or exhaustion or slurred or mumbled speech. check on your friends and elderly. i'm chad pradelli channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> well layers of course is the k

dr. walter hoffman says when it's extremely cold checking on your neighbors or friends and family could really mean the difference between life and death. in the past two months two men died in montgomery county from hypothermia. and an elderly woman died when she fell outside her home. hoffman says any weather-related death is easily preventable if neighbors would just take time to check on each other. >>> a church in southwest philadelphia is cleaning up after frozen pipes caused this mess. it happened at divine mercy catholic church for wednesday's services. we're told workers had turned undo the thermostat trying to save a little money. the pipes froze and then the basement flooded. experts say when it's below 20 outside, it's really worth a higher utility bill to keep that thermostat up when you're not at home. burst pipes can be much more expensive. >>> the cold has also been blamed for several fires including one which started after workers tried to thaw out frozen pipes. right now on the nbc 10 news app, we'll tell you what firefighters want you to know about keeping yourself and your

dr. walter hoffman did the autopsy on five of the bodies. >> these are the folks that fall through the cracks and it is very frustrating to have preventible deaths and no one does anything about it. >> dr. hoffman says that hypothermia can set in within an hour and more quickly in water earlier this week an elderly couple lost heat to their home. >> and they stayed in a hotel and he got concerned that the house was empty and someone may break in so he moved back into the house and she stayed one night and came back to the hotel, and came back again and he was founded. >> this is a community effort for people to look in after their elderly neighbors. cheryl is a nurse with the philadelphia corporation with aging she urges friends and family and neighbors to look after the most vulnerable especially with record breaking cold on the way. shivering is one symptom, but not the only one. >> cold, pale person, that will involve into somebody with a low heart rate and loss of consciousness and possibly death, it happens real quick. >> and if you would like to find tips or resources go to the website,

dr. walters is the director of operational medicine at the state department. last summer he was called to remove dr. kent brantly back to the united states for treatment. dr. walters said the first thing he did was to google dr. brantly. little plug for google there. i know we got some -- [ laughter ] and the first pickture he saw was of kent and his family. now remember, the decision to move kent back to the united states was controversial. some worried about bringing the disease to our shores. but what folks like william knew was that we had to make the decisions based not on fear, but on science, and he knew that we needed to take care of our heroes, who had sacrificed so much to save the lives of others in order for us to continue to get people to make that kind of commitment. they had to know we had their backs in order for us to effectively respond, and so as williams said, we do the work we do to impact something bigger than ourselves. we do the work we do to impact something bigger than ourselves. that's the test of american leadership. we have this ext

dr. walter hoffman deals with death but three cold winter deaths in montgomery county since the middle of january have him angry. >> if you're living somewhere, you have neighbors, you have friends, even if you have no family, somebody knows about you. this really shouldn't happen in 2015. >> reporter: in maple glenn, hoffman says a man in his late 70s was found dead in the cold. on february 5th an elderly woman left her lower marion hope and slipped. that same night a philadelphia man was pronounced dead at a lower marion hospital from hypothermia. those at the neighborhood council are busy delivering food to 70 shut-ins who can't get out in the cold and stocking shelves for those in need of food. >> we have a list their number and we call to make sure they're okay. >> reporter: hoffman says organizations like this shouldn't be in the business of looking after people. he says friends and family and neighbors need to do better. >> they don't need a shelter. they already have a place to live but no one looks in on them. it's difficult. it's frustrating. because these are, in all intents an

dr. walter. she's the chief economist at moffit. welcome. >> good morning. it's well recognized that international trade is increasingly important to the u.s. economy and that this trade mostly utilizes ocean going vessels particularly container vessels due to the versatility of containers to handle a range of cargo to liquids and gases. ports have an important role in the movement of overseas freight because they are major intermodal exchange ports transferring cargo between ships and rails. they are the embodiment of intermodalism. ocean liners are adapting to growing trade volume. i would agree that the estimates for trade volume growth are probably low. we should likely see much higher growth rates provided that the infrastructure is there. the ocean liners are responding to this by not only the larger trade volumes but also to rising fuel costs and to stricter environmental impacts. the larger vessels mean more cargo on fewer ships and in fewer ports because the time it takes to load and unload the ships is time that vessels do not earn revenues in givi

dr. walters is the director of operational medicine at the state department.

dr. walter kemesis. he is the chief economist at moffett and echo. welcome. >> good morning. >> good morning. it is well recognized that international trade is increasingly important to the u.s. economy and that this trade mostly utilizes ocean going vessels, particularly container vessels due to the versatility of containers for handling a range of car ghoegos from dry goods, refrigerated goods liquids, and gases. ports have an important role in the movement of overseas freight because they are major intermodal exchange points transferring cargo between ships, trucks and rail. they ocean liners are adapting to growing trade volumes and i would agree with senator blumenthal that the estimates for trade volume growth are probably low. and we should likely see much higher growth rates provided that the infrastructure is there. the ocean liners are responding to this by -- to not only the larger trade volumes but also to rising fuel costs and to stricter environmental impact regulations by investing in larger vessels. the larger vessels mean more cargo