{"id":162,"date":"2011-11-18T11:32:09","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T11:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/PolbethNurserySchoolBlog\/?page_id=162"},"modified":"2013-10-18T09:35:57","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T09:35:57","slug":"severe-weather-winter-ready","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/PolbethNurserySchoolBlog\/severe-weather-winter-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe Weather &#8211; &#8216;Winter Ready&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>West Lothian Council has launched its public information campaign Winter Ready West Lothian. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>As with previous years the council has<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maintained salt stocks.<\/li>\n<li>Set up contracts with local suppliers for snow clearing support.<\/li>\n<li>Provided an email alert so that regular information can be sent direct to your inbox.<\/li>\n<li>Delivered refresher training to staff on all snow clearing equipment.<\/li>\n<li>Published a Winter Ready supplement in the winter issue of Bulletin, the council newspaper.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>The council is also asking residents and local businesses to help:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Park sensibly \u2013 abandoned vehicles can cause serious issues.<\/li>\n<li>Share information with friends and neighbours, and spare a moment for vulnerable neighbours.<\/li>\n<li>Sign up for the email alert on the council\u2019s website.<\/li>\n<li>If you are able, clear the path and pavement in front of your home.<\/li>\n<li>Prepare your car and home ahead of the winter.<\/li>\n<li>Keep the winter issue of Bulletin handy (to be distributed from Monday 18 November).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Parents and carers should also ensure that their child\u2019s school has up to date contact information.\u00a0 \u00a0Should severe weather hit, Groupcall is the way that schools will inform parents and carers about closures.<\/p>\n<p>More information about the council\u2019s preparations are available online: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westlothian.gov.uk\/winter\" target=\"1\">www.westlothian.gov.uk\/winter<\/a>. \u00a0To sign up for the eBulletin or eAlert visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westlothian.gov.uk\/email\" target=\"1\">www.westlothian.gov.uk\/email<\/a>.\u00a0 Follow the West Lothian Council on Facebook and Twitter.\u00a0 Download the council\u2019s free App for iPhone, iPad and iPod.\u00a0 Winter information is also available for Android users on the Big Local App West Lothian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Lothian Council has launched its public information campaign Winter Ready West Lothian. \u00a0As with previous years the council has: Maintained salt stocks. Set up contracts with local suppliers for snow clearing support. Provided an email alert so that regular &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/PolbethNurserySchoolBlog\/severe-weather-winter-ready\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3283,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-162","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/PolbethNurserySchoolBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/PolbethNurserySchoolBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/PolbethNurserySchoolBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/PolbethNurserySchoolBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3283"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/PolbethNurserySchoolBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/PolbethNurserySchoolBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4317,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/PolbethNurserySchoolBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/162\/revisions\/4317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/PolbethNurserySchoolBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}