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[conuly]

So, a kid was seriously burned on the playsurfacing in NYC.

I am *not* surprised.

Ignore the comments - they're all "Oh, well, nobody should ever go barefoot ever ever ever", and not only is that, I believe, a flawed view but, really, it's entirely beside the point. It's a playground. The mats are there so that when children slip and fall, they don't get hurt. But if the mats burn them, when your kid slips and falls, your kid is gonna get *very* hurt.

Worse yet, most playgrounds go directly from sprinkler to mat to sand to mat with no space in between. Well, it's not reasonable to keep your shoes on in the sprinkler or sandbox - and that one second, you blink, and the kid has gone from one area to another without putting their shoes back on. Whoops.

Now, as I understand it, playgrounds have to be resurfaced regularly. Some playgrounds we go to often (in wealthier neighborhoods) are resurfaced pretty much yearly - maybe ever 18 months or so instead. It shouldn't be that hard to simply get a different type of mat to cover the ground when you go through your required fixing-up.

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[atdelphi.livejournal.com]

Pretty close, I would assume. Though being on that little pseudo-peninsula bit bordered by Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario, we sometimes get some pretty wonky weather. Intensified storms, lively winds, more copious precipitation, and of course the fact that they occasionally act as a giant humidifier that cooks our smog and makes us all miserable. All ten of the most humid cities in Canada (of which my hometown ranks #5) are found here on this little patch.

[conuly]

Well, you *are* considered to be a humid continental climate.