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Mother's are like that widespread as Jain and those following suite in white ... alternate ghosts to the abstract ones ...

Even popped up on ancient Gael as Jain de Archaine ... older than the modern Christian Gods !
 
I just found out that Cinryze will now be available in Canada. It was approved a while ago, but not available. So there's an actually prevention medication, instead of people just using things to prevent. I don't plan on switching though, as it's IV too. If I have to go back to IV would probably consider it, as it's half-life is longer.
 
Good morning, everyone.

I hope you have a wonderful day today. It is a cold, freezing rain in S. Ont. Many schools are closed.
I woke up early this morning, but not so early that I could go back to sleep. hmm...thinking an afternoon nap may be in my plans for the day.

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Help yourself to the fresh fruit that is set out this morning. There are muffins as well and fresh coffee.
Sorry, no bacon / eggs this morning. There is lots in the infinite room for all fridge though, if you would like to make some.
The oranges in particular are quite good this morning, enjoy them.
 
It kind of missed us here in London. The Past 24 Conditions page on Environment Canada shows some light freezing rain between 4 and 6 but otherwise, it has stayed as plain old rain here. Lots of puddles and flooding intersections, though. Schools and buses all normal.

Hmmmm. Tea supply is getting low. Here some Earl's Garden and LaLa Lemon from David's, my two favorite flavours.
 
Pinga said:
Good morning, everyone.

I hope you have a wonderful day today. It is a cold, freezing rain in S. Ont. Many schools are closed.
I woke up early this morning, but not so early that I could go back to sleep. hmm...thinking an afternoon nap may be in my plans for the day.

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Help yourself to the fresh fruit that is set out this morning. There are muffins as well and fresh coffee.
Sorry, no bacon / eggs this morning. There is lots in the infinite room for all fridge though, if you would like to make some.
The oranges in particular are quite good this morning, enjoy them.
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Are schools closed for a break, or due to the weather? School closures are very rare here!
 
Freezing rain stops the school buses, and usually results in school closures, as well. We're VERY liability-conscious here in Ontario.
 
BetteTheRed said:
Freezing rain stops the school buses, and usually results in school closures, as well. We're VERY liability-conscious here in Ontario.
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Seems overkill. We often get freezing rain but the roads are fine! When buses are cancelled, which isn't a regular occurrence, the schools are often still open.
 
ChemGal said:
Seems overkill. We often get freezing rain but the roads are fine! When buses are cancelled, which isn't a regular occurrence, the schools are often still open.
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Bus companies here are pretty cautious about weather. Boards (at least around here) are getting better about not going to a knee-jerk "buses off so must close schools" attitude, but realistically some of the rural schools in Middlesex County are close to 100% bussed so attendance will be very low when the buses are off anyway. City schools, OTOH, usually have most of their students within a reasonable range and buses rarely get pulled in London anyhow (save the "Red" Zone which is still rural and kind of remote from the rest of the city).
 
Mendalla said:
Bus companies here are pretty cautious about weather. Boards (at least around here) are getting better about not going to a knee-jerk "buses off so must close schools" attitude, but realistically some of the rural schools in Middlesex County are close to 100% bussed so attendance will be very low when the buses are off anyway. City schools, OTOH, usually have most of their students within a reasonable range and buses rarely get pulled in London anyhow (save the "Red" Zone which is still rural and kind of remote from the rest of the city).
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Rurally, I could see that being a much bigger risk when kids are being bused in on highways. It makes more sense to base it on road conditions though than just 'freezing rain'. Rain the freezes on the road is more dangerous than what we often get for freezing rain.

The closest school to me doesn't even use school buses from what I know, everyone is considered to be close enough to walk.
This is from the public school board:
District schools do not close due to bad weather. Assume that schools are open unless you hear otherwise through the media or directly from the school.

Schools need to remain open even under the most severe weather conditions to provide a safe environment for students who choose to attend. It is up to you to decide whether or not to send you child to school on days with severe weather, but inform the school if you choose to keep your child at home.
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Often the notices here are that "buses are cancelled, schools are open" - which means staff have to show up & the board does not lose grant money for not providing a specified number of instructional days. Many of our schools have extensive busing - which means a few kids might show up to school - but rarely enough for it to be "school as usual". Many of the buses do routes on back roads and sidestreets - so even when the main roads & highways are clear, the buses may not be able to navigate their less travelled routes.

Hospitals, on the other hand, never have snow days! So it was off to work as usual for me today. And quite a day it was - we're often busier in Emerg on days like this - lots of slip & fall accidents - broken bones & concussions; and car accidents; so more push for discharges to free up beds. Demand has been crazily high the past month.
 
It is mild today in s. Ont and the snow and ice are melting. We have metal awnings on our home so there is a steady patter of melt hitting them.

I cleared off about 1/2 inch thick ice from the front steps
It lifted in sheets as the sun had warmed the cement enough for there to be a water film between ice and cement.

By tomorrow afternoon I expect it will be all gone
 
I find it interesting to note that even if roads are deemed treacherous and buses aren't running the actual schools remain open. Is any consideration given to the practicalities involved for the teachers and other staff who often have to drive on the same roads? If they can't get to the school do they lose a day's pay?
 
KayTheCurler said:
I find it interesting to note that even if roads are deemed treacherous and buses aren't running the actual schools remain open. Is any consideration given to the practicalities involved for the teachers and other staff who often have to drive on the same roads? If they can't get to the school do they lose a day's pay?
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I doubt the unions here would allow that to happen. Likely, there is language in the contracts to deal with safety issues like this but as neither a teacher nor a labour lawyer, I can't say for sure.

The problem in this area is that you can have buses being cancelled that bring students from outlying areas to city or town schools. The roads that are questionable are the outlying ones where the kids live. The city and town roads that the teachers and parents of kids closer to the schools would largely be using are generally safe since snow and ice clearing generally happens quicker in built-up areas. Here in London, in fact, you often have buses pulled only in the county while buses in the city are still running in the exact same weather conditions. The difference is that city roads get cleared faster. So if you close schools based purely on the bus situation, you could close schools where many students and teachers could actually make it safely. That does not play well at election time nor does it make sense in a system where there are already arguably too few teaching days.
 
In our community, teachers are directed to get to the school if they deem it safe enough. Otherwise, they go to the school nearest to them. Many of our teachers work outside of the city, and when the highways are closed, they still go to work, but at a nearby city school instead.

There was a bomb threat at the high school across the street from us this past week. Many of the students then came to our elementary school until they could be picked up by family member, or family members had been contacted. The teachers were then given the option to stay at our school and work, go to a different high school and work, or take half a sick day due to stress. Not sure what they all did, except that no one stayed at our school. But the school board delivered a mountain of muffins and coffee, so the few of us at our school (very small staff) lucked out and had an afternoon feast.
 
In the city, the schools are open, stores are open, factories and offices are open. Teachers, like other workers are expected to get to work.

In the country, where roads are more treacherous or trees or power lines are down, schools are cancelled
 
In more rural areas the teachers and other staff frequently live on the same rural roads that the buses drive on. All the schools are in town so there isn't a closer school for most of them.
 
Also, there are very few rural high schools left.

Also, happy easter! I'm up at the crack of dawn for the sunrise service (and to start the trifle for dinner tonight), so coffee's on, and I scooped a basket of freshly baked hot cross buns from Collier United, the church that puts on breakfast after the joint service at the lake.
 
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