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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / January 2005OTP: About the weather
Late last week and on the weekend we had temps of -35 or so C which is close to that really in Fahrenheit, by the time you add windchills and etc. Well today, the temperature warmed up to about 60 F, and the high teens in Celcius- an icrease of about 90 degrees F since Sunday. With the high rate of melting the river behind the school started rising and was threatening to overflow the banks. Just before school was in session for the afternoon you could see it change, as huge chunks of ice were swept by. Within a five minute period the RCMP came and told us we had to evacuate. It didnt take long to get the busses loaded and the children taken to the local middle school. We stayed there for the afternoon, and then let kids go with their parents. I believe that the danger is past, and all will be back to normal for tomorrow. Some homes were flooded, but I have not heard to what extent. So itis good that I went to school in spite of feeling ill. The class needed me because this was a frightening experience for them. This is the first time in my teaching career that i have been evacuated with the school. It is an eye opener, that is for sure. Rose @}>->-- Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB Please remove "Ima" to reply. Wow. Glad you were able to be there cause the kids really need the reassurance of someone they trust being "in charge" times like these. Did you have a Chinook wind with the warm temps? I just can't imagine the ice breaking up this early in the year. Jo > Late last week and on the weekend we had temps of -35 or so C which is > close to that really in Fahrenheit, by the time you add windchills and [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Please remove "Ima" to reply. That is what I thought as well. We had a young substitute teacher there and she looked a little panicked. Fortunately she did not have a class at the time. They called this the pineapple express or the tropical punch. LOL imagine the temp change. I needed to drive home with the car windows open. LOL Rose @}>->-- Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB Please remove "Ima" to reply. Wow, Rose! I bet your kids were glad you were there instead of a sub!! We've had to evacuate for weather situations before and it's scary. Last year we started having lockdown practices in case there's a gunman in the building. We have to lock our doors and hide in the classrooms. Anytime you're responsible for making sure kids are safe in a crisis, it's one very frightening experience....especially when you have to keep your cool. I'm glad you were all okay! Carol > Late last week and on the weekend we had temps of -35 or so C which is > close to that really in Fahrenheit, by the time you add windchills and [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Please remove "Ima" to reply. . Anytime you're responsible for making sure kids are safe >in a crisis, it's one very frightening experience....especially when >you have to keep your cool. O dear! The lock down thing sounds really scary. We do need a refresher of certain procedures I think. We have a procedure in place for dangerous intruders, but it has not been practiced in a while. Rose @}>->-- Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB Please remove "Ima" to reply. We've been having the lockdown practices about once every other month. It really gives me the creeps. The kids are to hide under their desks and the teacher is not to be anywhere near the kids in the room. They say that gunmen are usually looking for the teachers rather than the kids. Lovely thought, isn't it? We also have to cover the windows of our doors and pull the curtains. Then we have to place a paper in the window with a count of how many people are inside that room so that the police can have everyone accounted for. When we practice, someone walks around the building and tries all the doors to make sure we have them locked. Geez, that gives me the biggest creeps of all....hearing someone trying to open the door of the room!! It's like a spooky movie!! These all started after the terrorist acts on 9/11/01. I'm glad we do them, but even the practices feel creepy. Carol > . Anytime you're responsible for making sure kids are safe > >in a crisis, it's one very frightening experience....especially when [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Please remove "Ima" to reply. > We've been having the lockdown practices about once every other month. > It really gives me the creeps. The kids are to hide under their desks [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > them, but even the practices feel creepy. > Carol Fifties kids still talk about how the nuclear blast practice used to scare them. We did it at my school once. Then the powers that be realized we were at ground zero and there was no point in scaring us. Jo > Fifties kids still talk about how the nuclear blast practice used to scare > them. We did it at my school once. Then the powers that be realized we > were at ground zero and there was no point in scaring us. > > Jo I lived in north Florida during the Cuban missle crisis. We had to do those silly drills for a few years. I guess maybe the brains at the University finally convinced the school board or the state authorities or whomever that the desks wouldn't save us anyway. I remember someone about 15 years ago telling me that the then current kids were the first ones to grow up knowing that nuclear annihilation was a real possibility. I gave him a piece of my mind! Heck, the father of one of my best friends at the time was dugging a bomb shelter in their yard.  SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare > Heck, the father of one of my best friends at the time > was dugging a bomb shelter in their yard. Hundreds and hundreds and hundreds were built here. The city waived building permit fees for bomb shelters, many which later became wine cellars. <g> >> Fifties kids still talk about how the nuclear blast practice used to >> scare [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > my > best friends at the time was dugging a bomb shelter in their yard. i remember those drills---and the duck and cover song. then they decided that desks and windows weren't going to get it, so they'd empty all the classrooms, close the doors and make us all sit on the floor in the hallways. then, there were the earthquake drills in san francisco.LOL that was hilarious---duck and cover all over again. now, it is the "triangles of life" drills, which makes more sense for earthquakes. kate > remove the Gator cheer to email me > Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare What is the triangles of life drill, Kate? Gwen > >> Fifties kids still talk about how the nuclear blast practice used to > >> scare [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > remove the Gator cheer to email me > > Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare > What is the triangles of life drill, Kate? > Gwen it's a fairly recent concept, gwen. they learned it during the loma prieta quake, when the freeway collapsed in san francisco. the people, rescue workers found, who survived that horrible freeway collapse, were found in trangular spaces/air pockets. in situations like earthquakes, hurricanes and stuff like that, one takes in one's surroundings and thinks in terms of a ceiling or wall collapsing (stay out of doorways and away from windows). for example, if you are in bed when you feel a quake, you'd get out of bed and lay on the floor parallel to and next to it (not under the bed, because it might collapse on you). that way, if the ceiling should fall, it will land on the bed and floor and create a trangular airspace for you. different pieces of furniture can do that, like a sofa or an upright piano, sturdy dresser. a pedestal table won't necessarily, but a sturdy chair (couple of chairs together) could, major appliances (like a chest freezer), could, a double vanity or bathtub in a bathroom could, receptionist counter/desk (not wall) in a doctor's office. stuff like that. i bet chief could explain it better than i just did. but i hope you get the idea. kate >> >> Fifties kids still talk about how the nuclear blast practice used to >> >> scare [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] >> > remove the Gator cheer to email me >> > Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare Kate wrote: > i bet chief could explain it better than i just did. > but i hope you get the idea. I have been out of the loop for 16 years. This was the first time I had heard of it, and you did a fine job explaining. <g> Now I'm going into a couple "emergency" groups and see what I can learn over there. > Kate wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Now I'm going into a couple "emergency" groups and see > what I can learn over there. here's a link to ARTI's (american rescue team international) film clip about the triangle of life. click on the blue circle surrounded by the red line box on the righthand side of the page to watch the film. i didn't watch this entire film (just long enough to hear that she was lying alongside her bed--so i knew they were talking about the same thing i was), so i don't know how much detail is given. http://www.amerrescue.org/triangleoflife.htm kate (i'm going to watch the entire film clip now. if it gives enough detail, maybe we should post it, as an FYI thread, for the rest of asa?) Kate, you explained very well. THANKS. Gwen > > What is the triangles of life drill, Kate? > > Gwen [quoted text clipped - 60 lines] > >> > remove the Gator cheer to email me > >> > Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare Wow. That kind of weather change will really get your attention! A friend was just telling me about the Chinook winds they got when he lived in South Dakota. Says on year they were so steep that when the arctic air pushed it back a town near them dropped from the low 70s F to below 0 F in about two hours. I can't imagine. Talk about not having the right clothing for the day! SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare This weather this week is sure creating problems. Glad you were there Rose.Crazy week. I am going to be even quieter than usual this week so don't worry if you email and I don't answer. Am going to be in Seattle helping look after my 2 1/2 old nephew for the week. My mom and I are doing it together - too much for one person right now when the one person is me! Kelly > Late last week and on the weekend we had temps of -35 or so C which is > close to that really in Fahrenheit, by the time you add windchills and [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Please remove "Ima" to reply. w0w. that must have been scary! i'm glad you did go in and were there for the kids, rose. it would have been more frightening for them, trusting in a perfect stranger. we're having unseasonably warm weather here, too. i still can't believe the daytime temps in the 50s--- in january? too weird. we've either already had winter (a week or two long), it's going to be an early spring or, we're in for some cold fronts come february. kate (who's into spring yard cleaning, underway already---no, i'm not doing it myself. i hired two high school boys to do the picking up and the dump runs for me<smile>) > Late last week and on the weekend we had temps of -35 or so C which is > close to that really in Fahrenheit, by the time you add windchills and [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Please remove "Ima" to reply. Scary stuff, Rose. I hate this pineapple. To think that Sunday night we were skating on the lake in our backyard and today it's turning to slush, creeping further into the backyard, with warnings of ice break-ups and ice floes heading down the river. The whole town is mourning knowing what this weather disaster will do to the tourist season for the next year or two. Some businesses may not survive if we don't get some snow fast. At least everyone is safe for now. After the floods of 2003 and the deaths in the road/bridge washouts, I forbade Chris to go down to Vancouver today for a car service. The idea of anyone on hwy 99 with all the snowmelt and runoff is frightening. I'm glad to hear you all made it through today. I think the next few days will be touch and go for the whole southern part of the province. SignatureRebecca Ford > Late last week and on the weekend we had temps of -35 or so C which is > close to that really in Fahrenheit, by the time you add windchills and [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Please remove "Ima" to reply. |
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