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> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------217550AE986BF01ABD78CAB9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Dear All, Provincial Parks are closed in NB but Municipal Parks remain open at the discretion of each county. So far as I know Municipal parks there never have been closed this Spring but early on they adopted one way traffic only and have urged the public to not bunch up and to respect the 6' spacing. This is sensible and so far has worked. They have 41 cases. How that compares per capita with NS I do not know offhand. In most trails the sides are not fenced so slow walkers could step off of the path to let others pass. We are very dependent upon those who work as clerks in grocery stores. In spite of various protective measures I have noticed a gradual increase in anxiety. 'Keep calm and carry on' is better motto for these difficult times than 'be very afraid'. The staff of small outlets clearly are afraid. One store in Kentville which also used to act as a Post Office refuses to let customers in the store. Orders must be placed and paid for by phone and picked up at an arranged time. Mailing a document recently took several hours over two days; and a long wait indoors in the PO lineup. Getting back to Miners Marsh the difficulty of 6' spacing is, under normal conditions, hypothetical excepting a few pinch points. And adapting. Depending upon wind direction one should walk clockwise or counterclockwise in cold weather. One could limit the number of hikers there by having a mechanical counter at the entrance and a wind vane at the gate to show traffic direction. There are at least two private entrances to the park but I have never seen either in use. Irrational fear and anxiety lead to regrettable attitudes. We do not need either added to the stress of Covid-19 and widespread dislocation of commerce accompanied by a looming massive economic depression. Yt, DW, Kentville On 4/26/2020 6:52 AM, Don MacNeill wrote: > Yes, I had thought about making the trails be one direction. A very > slow walker like me is going to tick off the people behind me though > until someone decides to speed up and pass the slower ones, passing in > less than the 6 feet. > > Don > > Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net > On 4/25/2020 6:03 PM, David Schlosberg wrote: >> >> I walked in parks before they were closed and I walk on the permitted >> trails. If the trails are made one way only, people are quite good >> about keeping the 6 foot distance. Also, the parking lots can be >> kept closed to prevent the “hordes”, and only allow the parks and >> trails that are reasonably open, where people bunching up can be >> easily seen. One guard in a park like Miner’s Marsh can patrol and >> issue tickets—not for $1000, but certainly for $100. That would be a >> sufficient deterrent. People can be scofflaws on city sidewalks just >> as easily. >> >> *From:* naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> >> *On Behalf Of *Don MacNeill >> *Sent:* Saturday, April 25, 2020 5:28 PM >> *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> *Subject:* Re: Common sense and caution was Re: [NatureNS] Piping >> Plover, Red-necked Phalaropes and Killdeer >> >> It is not walking alone in Miners Marsh that is the problem David. >> If the restrictions were lifted there would be hordes of people >> looking for places like that to walk, making them problematical in >> keeping numbers from being in close proximity. The walks there are >> also narrow. Why should a few take advantage of there being few >> people there when the rest of us feel we cannot? >> >> Don >> >> Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net >> <mailto:donmacneill@bellaliant.net> >> >> On 4/25/2020 2:58 PM, David Webster wrote: >> >> Hi Peter. >> >> Please explain how walking alone in Miners Marsh, where >> there is ample room for social distancing, can endanger anyone. >> >> And by the way; at 85 I would not welcome getting Covid-19 >> nor do I imagine that I am immune. And to top it off, sidewalks, >> unless they are one way, commonly do not permit a spacing of 6'. >> And which is preferable; walking on sidewalks to get exercise or >> walking alone or at a minimum distance of 6' in a park ? >> >> This all reminds me of the MSDS flaps. When I read the one >> for Boiled Linseed oil I noticed that they had omitted the very >> real hazard of spontaneous combustion. When the revised version >> came out the directions were to immerse the material that has >> Boiled Linseed Oil in a metal can filled with water, secure the >> lid and store it outside; no kidding. >> >> And further, it is very bad manners to wish ill on someone >> who is simply on the side of common sense, rational caution and >> good health. Keeping people cooped up is not conducive to good >> mental health or good physical health. >> >> YT, DW, Kentville >> >> On 4/25/2020 12:26 PM, Parker Donham wrote: >> >> Nonsense! This virus is deadly for a few (especially for old >> people, a demographic that includes a lot of birders) and >> beyond unpleasant for those who get seriously ill from it. >> Chris Cuomo, the CNN host who survived a serious bout >> described it as like taking two shots of Windex and eating a >> lightbulb." >> >> Even if you imagine yourself to be immune from it, you are >> fully capable of endangering others by defying the Emergency >> Public Health Order. People can do this for days before they >> experience any symptoms themselves. I'm sorry you are >> inconvenienced by not being able to pursue a pastime we all >> love with your usual abandon. It is far more important to >> keep yourself and others safe. Walk around your near >> neighbourhood. Enjoy our more mundane, everyday birds. They >> offer plenty of delights. >> >> If you persist in thumbing your nose at the Emergency Public >>