ENID, OK - Your evening daylight hours are about to get shorter! We will be falling back an hour. Daylight Saving Time ends at 2am on Sunday, November 3. Be sure and set your clocks the night before. Most smart phones and computers will automatically switch for you. The microwave most likely will not.
Why do we even bother with DST? The main purpose is to take an hour of sunlight from the early morning, when most folks are sleeping, and move it to the evening, where most folks could better use the additional light. DST starts in March and ends in November.
Another reason often cited is that DST will save energy costs because people do not need to turn lights on as early in the evening. Experts can’t agree on whether that is actually a result in savings though.
This is always a great time to check your smoke-detector batteries. Three out of five home fire deaths are caused by fires in properties where the smoke alarms were not working, according to FEMA. It only takes a minute to check and change a fire alarm’s batteries, and this should be done frequently.
