Did you know?

Did you know about Wovels?  I’d never seen one before I took this photo of a woman woveling her snow on River Road in Annisquam.

Here’s a little info about them.  People with bad backs or heart conditions might want to look into getting one of these before the next blizzard.  “Sno Wovel wheeled snow shovels are designed to greatly reduce the physical strain of shoveling and the related risks of back and heart injuries. The Sno Wovel wheeled snow shovel was the subject of an independent study by the University of Massachusetts (Bryan Buchholz, PhD, Professor and Director, Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology) which focused on lower back stress and overall exertion as compared to traditional snow shovels. The results are quite compelling, finding the Sno Wovel virtually eliminated lower back stress … ‘comparable to simply walking – representing an impressive 85% and more reduction in lower back disk compression.’ Overall exertion (which is one of the major factors in heart risk) was found to be reduced by a factor of 3x or more. ..and with 72,000 annual emergency room visits annually in the US attributable to shoveling with snow shovels and snow blowers, the Sno Wovel has earned its reputation as the World’s Safest Snow Shovel.”