Declaring a Disaster Could Give the City Millions in Clean-up & Insurance Costs

Fallen branches and limbs litter Toronto roadways. (source: National Post)

On December 21 and 22, 2013, Toronto was hit by an ice storm that left hundreds of thousands without power, and much of the city paralyzed. The storm brought freezing rain which coated trees with ice, brought down power lines and caused travel to come to a virtual halt.

Public transportation was curtailed, and is slowly being restored. Anywhere from 250,000 to 300,000 residences were hit by power outages, with power in some areas not expected to be restored before Boxing Day.

The Simple Rules of Society, Conduct and Life

Will Rogers, Simple But Insightful

 

I was doing some reading on the political sages of the last century and came across the words of Will Rogers, who died in a plane crash in 1935. As well as being a humourist, he was probably one of the great political sages of his day. His views on life, society, conduct and politics are simple, straight forward and insightful.

Here they are, Will Roger’s Top 21 rules of life, conduct and society, which have now been adapted to Canadian society. I’m sure that you will agree that they never go out of style and are applicable to today.

1. We are all here for a spell; get all the good laughs you can.

2. Never miss a good chance to shut up.

– Everyone, and especially all politicians should live by this standard.

3. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.

4. Always drink upstream from the herd.