Sunday, September 12, 2010

Botulism Outbreak!

So, Friday the fire bell went and it was not a drill. At first we thought that someone had randomly pulled the alarm for us to get out of school early but I soon found out different.
The foods class has kept this can of sour cruet to show the children what Botulism was, well this was some ancient sour cruet, and someone ended up dropping it. The grade 9 foods room evacuated the room calmly, then turned off the lights and closed the door. They filed into the library then someone from the class went to pull the alarm. The disease was now air born and in the vents and air systems. So we all stayed outside for 2 hours... We watched the ambulances and fire trucks arrive and the police officers block off all the streets. The grade 9 class and Ms. McManis (the teacher) were rushed to the hospital. They finally allowed us back into the school to grab our homework. the police protected the streets for a while after and we dispersed from the school. This was on the news and made the Vancouver Sun (newspaper).
Here is the article website: http://www.opinion250.com/blog/view/17535/1/haz+mat+team+called+to+pg+high+school
http://ckpg.com/news/11262-kelly-road-evac-video.html

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