Posted on 11/26/2024 11:19:27 AM PST by Red Badger
No matter what students bring to future "show and tells" at Orchard Junior School in the Southampton area of England, they will never be able to top this year's spectacle that shut down and evacuated the school.
One bonkers little tyke brought in a bit of vintage "unexploded ordinance" to show his mates.
The school quickly evacuated all the students, called the police, and texted the parents:
Schools are being closed & evacuated - please collect your child from Noadswood field ASAP.
Imagine getting that little note in the middle of the school day.
Laura Holloway, a mother of one of the students was at work at the time. She said,
It was so worrying. Another parent had called saying there were police everywhere. I knew my youngest would have been so scared.
But, she added:
Both schools seemed to deal with it all very well and had the kids lined up and checked off - it must have been very upsetting for everyone involved.
Once the students were out, the police showed up and sent in the bomb squad.
The police's full statement said: ‘We were called at about 1.30pm to a report that a child had brought what may have been a potentially unexploded ordnance to Orchard Junior School.
‘The school was calmly evacuated and a disposal team attended to take the item away to be destroyed as a precaution.'
Not an easy task by any means.
The real question everyone wants to know is "What kind of ‘historic incendiary device' are we talking about here?"
This is England after all. They've been blowing stuff up and getting blown up for centuries.
It could've been anything from a 16th-century mortar to a WWII hand grenade to that morning's beans on toast.
I had not read/heard anything about that... what are the dangers of swimming in chlorinated water?
Hopefully the weather doesn’t get too rough up there... 🤞🏻
Yeah, what's with those folks? 🤣
Looks just like Lucy, who let us be with Her for almost 18 years... thanks for daily cat 🐈 pics...
Probably not nearly as dire as Mrs. ArGee wants to think. She's pretty "anti-chemical." But when I looked at the local Y and considered joining for the pool I noticed how strong the chlorine smell was in the pool room and could easily imagine that wasn't great for my lungs. Here's what the Google AI Overview said.
"Swimming in a properly balanced chlorinated pool is safe and effective at killing harmful germs. However, chlorine and its byproduct chloramines can strip natural oils from your skin and hair, irritate your eyes, and occasionally trigger respiratory discomfort, especially in poorly ventilated indoor facilities."
Good morning. Happy Friday!
We’ve almost made it through another work week!
It was 59 fs when I walked The Princess this morning. That’s the kind of walking weather I like. I think she liked it, too. It followed about .5” of rain yesterday. We don’t have any guessed for today. We might get some tomorrow.
I did OK at Wordle to close out the week.
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Ahh, okay, that makes sense... We don’t over-chlorinate ours and since it is outside there is no buildup of fumes... we like the fact that the chlorine keeps mosquitos from hatching in it... and also seems to dry out any bug bites as well... and it sure feels good to take a dip when it is 109° F on the thermometer! 🤣
Happy Friday...
Still have work to do, but I think my billed hours for the week already exceeds the expectation...
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Good Friday Morning!
Sunny and bright, maybe we will get some cloud cover later in the day...
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Interesting pattern formed, then a lucky guess... I was surprised to not see it in the “used” list...
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Enjoy the upcoming weekend folks!
I was raised in Florida. We had a backyard pool as well. If chlorine causes any damage I’m already sunk. Ditto for what tanning does to your skin.
Ya, we try to always make it a gradual buildup of tanning... never get burned... seems to work out well...
A while back someone attempted to connect with me on LinkedIn. They were listed as a Gender Advocate. I declined.
Now I’m in a PMI zoom meeting. One of the attendees has a background for Center for Gender & Refugee Studies.
I’m not going to try to kick her out but how is there actually money for this stuff?
Canonical definition of the “Useless Eater.”
Their hiring is either by a sympathetic insider, or purely performative. Or nepotism. There’s always that.
When you run up the debt like this nation has, there is plenty of money for stuff like that!
Whelp, we were 3 blocks (the short way) from the nearest GO NOW evacuation zone.
Cat will arrive by afternoon. I’m out of town!
Are there fires in your area?
We’re safe. Lots of smoke and worry though.
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