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Atlanta Flash Floods: Fulton County and Other Schools Closed
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by Alyzee | September 21, 2009 at 05:38 pm
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Heavy rains and flash floods hit Atlanta and other parts of Georgia throughout Monday. Hundreds of schools were shut down, including all the schools in the Fulton county. Fulton county and many other counties' schools will remain closed on Tuesday also.
The flooding has displaced a number of refugees from Douglas county who are being sheltered by the American Red Cross at the Cobb County Civic Center, AJC reports.
Apart from the dangers of traveling to school in flood conditions, it is also impossible for toilets to flush in schools because of the rain damage. Roads were closed in many counties, including over 120 roads in Cobb County.
A boil water advisory has been issued in the affected areas, according to the AJC, making hand washing in schools impossible.
Parents are advised to check their child's public school website for information about school closures in Atlanta and other affected areas.
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Terry V (not verified)at 05:37 on September 23rd, 2009
The Cobb County School Superintendent had kids in School and kids on Buses in the middle of the entire flash flood event. If you find out the policy he was enforcing you'll hear the bus drivers were encouraged to drive in flood waters and make an attempt to drop off kids. This was after he realized he should and ended school earlier. I know a bus driver and they were all reporting the bad conditions on the bus, but the schools and the lady in charge of buses wanted bus loads of kids on the road in dangerous conditions.The school superintendent failed to do a good job in a bad situation. Leaning on policy rahter than common sense for safety. I'm sure he was thinking, if I follow the rules I can't be held responsible. What a moron he must be.
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Terry V (not verified)at 05:40 on September 23rd, 2009
I forgot to mention some kids did not get home until like 11 pm on Monday. The bus drivers were not able to drive in the bad road conditions and were told on their radios to keep trying and attempt to drive on the bad roads. One bus got stuck in water as a result of the policy.
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rectoryzxc (not verified)at 12:21 on October 14th, 2009