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Winter wonderland and

woes?
Winter weather forces schools to close

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On Monday February 2nd 2009 the South East

of England was hit by snow. I know this is not
unusual in many parts of the world, but it was
interesting to watch the whole region grind to a
virtual standstill. At the time of writing this
article the major London airports of Heathrow,
Gatwick and London City were all closed.
Stansted airport had been closed but has just
had one runway reopened. Travel chaos has
ensued, the M25 is closed in many places and
many schools throughout the country have
been closed.

School Closures
The dramatic change in the weather has meant
that a number of areas are experiencing
transport problems. This means that many
schools across the country have been closed.

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County Closed
South East
Essex 250+
Hertfordshire 100+
Middlesex 80+
Sussex 50+
North
Greater Manchester 100
Lancashire 70
Cumbria 34
Durham 70
Northumberland 33
Yorkshire 1
although the snow is no heavier in the South
East of England, one of the eastern counties
This table shows the number of schools has reported more than 250 of its schools are
reported closed. It is interesting to note that closed.

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This gave the children lots time to play in the 1. Before winter approaches, add the
snow, snowballing, making snowmen and following supplies to
snow angels. The snow gave an added your emergency kit:
dimension, producing some very picturesque
scenes, many captured on camera.  Rock salt or more
environmentally safe products
The United States government offered lots of to melt ice on walkways.
advice about preparing for lots of snow. This  Sand to improve traction.
advice and more details can be found in  Snow shovels and other snow
community centres or on their website at removal equipment.
www.ready.gov/winter-weather. There are a  Sufficient heating fuel. You
number of free publications that can be may become isolated in your
ordered from their website and are free for US home and regular fuel sources
citizens. These are sent within six weeks on may be cut off. Store a good
being ordered, or can be downloaded direct supply of dry, seasoned wood
from their website. The United Kingdom for your fireplace or wood-
government did not offer similar advice to its burning stove.
citizens. The advice from the United States is  Adequate clothing and
to prepare for a winter storm by doing the blankets to keep you warm.
following: 2. Make a Family Communications
Plan. Minimize travel. If travel is

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necessary, keep a disaster supplies sheltered areas with non-frozen

kit in your vehicle. drinking water.

3. Bring pets/companion animals

inside during winter weather. Move
other animals or livestock to Temperature recorded at one weather station in
Ross-on-Wye during the week read:

Maximum Minimum
2nd Feb 3 -1
3rd Feb 5 -3
4th Feb 5 -3
5th Feb 2 -1
6th Feb 2 -1
7th Feb 5 -3
8th Feb 4 -2

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