Red Cross: Turn your clocks and test your smoke alarms

Officially, it starts at 2 a.m. Sunday. “Anytime you rob yourself of good sleep, there are health effects that are measurable because your body is not adjusted well”. Not really. Only 37 percent of Americans see the point of following Daylight Saving Time, according to a 2013 Rasmussen Reports poll.

“I like daylight saving”. “One of the biggest problems in North America, when we look at issues around sleep, is just not getting enough sleep overall”. At Baylor Scott & White Sleep Institute, doctors and sleep physicians help patients with a series of sleep disorders.

Experts say the best way to avoid crashes is to not to hit the road if you’re exhausted. The bill also amended the Uniform Time Act on 1966 that changed the start and end dates of daylight savings time starting in 2007.

Meanwhile the North Bay Fire & Emergency Services reminds you that this weekend when you “Change your Clocks – Change your Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Batteries”.

“The case for energy is a lot weaker”, said Schrager.

Decrease traffic accidents by making sure roads are naturally lit during the hours with most traffic.

Officials say those with 10-year old smoke alarms should test their batteries out, but should not attempt to change the battery due to safety concerns.

And even though it means losing an hour of sleep, daylight saving time also brings an extra hour of sunshine for the next eight months.

Although children take about three weeks to get used to the change, doctors say most adults are back to their normal routines within the first week. This Sunday, at 2 a.m. we set our clocks ahead one hour. There may be difficulty in falling asleep or sleepers may find they face an increased wakefulness in the early morning hours before daybreak.

And for Wilson, her best advice is to keep in mind to change the clock.