The city of St. Catharines and other municipalities in the region have noticed many snow forts being made along the side of the roads in various areas. So they proceeded to tweet a warning to parents:
⚠️ Warning ⚠️️
Snow forts should not be built in roadside windrows and children should not be playing in the snow along roadways. City crews are using heavy equipment to continue to clear streets and may not see children playing. Please keep children away from snow along roads.
— St. Catharines (@St_Catharines) January 19, 2022
The tweet was not in reference to any type of incident but more of a cautionary warning to parents to be aware of this. Obviously this could happen anywhere and with the fresh snow that we have gotten I could see where this would be very tempting for kids to use the snow from a plow to build their forts.
Their is a certain level of danger with snow forts in that they can collapse and that is something that we were always aware of when I was a kid. We always made sure to reinforce the opening with wood or sleds for that very reason.
According to an article from CNN back in 2016 a 13 old boy died after his snow fort collapsed and he was buried for 3 hours before he was rescued.
As a parent it is impossible to be watching your kids every minute especially as they get older. So, it’s really important for parents to communicate with their kids about how dangerous it can be building these forts and to take precautions.
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