As promised in the previous post I am including the storm cancellation policy for Cambridge Bay and although the bar may seem to be raised a bit high when you see the combination of any three criteria but I am assured this happens on a regular basis:
Storm Day Information for Employees
Cambridge Bay
The Kitikmeot Senior Management Committee recognizes that there may be situations of weather of such severity as to endanger employees on the way to and from work.
One must carefully balance a number of changing factors, and be prepared for criticism no matter what decision is made.
The decision for closing rests with the Department of Community & Government Services.Consideration will be given to closing government offices in any community if a combination of any three of the following occur in a normal workday:
(1) Visibility is less than 200 meters;
(2) The constant wind speed exceeds 60 kilometers per hour;
(3) There is a wind chill index of –50 degrees Centigrade or greater;
(4) The municipality has taken its road clearing machinery off the road;
(5) Taxis or other transportation systems have given 1-hour notice of going off the road.
Certainly didn't happen today as it was a windy and chilly but sunny day here. I spent the morning at the health centre as I had to have the NOC help me with my travel claim paperwork. With my daily meal and incidental allowance for the two days of travel I am able to enjoy a nice meal with my daughter in Edmonton each time. The travel time has been submitted as I get salary and overtime for travelling and that went in with the pay sheets this week. Today I submitted mileage which meant I had to use Mapquest to document where I was driving to and from, of course that was worth my while too. The only negative of the entire paperwork issue was that I have left the original receipt for my RN registration at home and the original is required. Too late for the shore captain to mail it to me, wouldn't make it before I left so that's $750 reimbursement which will have to wait until my next trip or for registered mail to ensure it gets here. I'll be registering again before I likely get the first one repaid.
After all that form filling I dressed up warmly and headed out to catch some fresh air and some photos. Walked out of town to the airport. I didn't realize it was that close as it was likely just 1.5 km or so. It was a beauty of a day for pics though and it was great to get some exercise. Not many airports where you can get a photo of a stuffed musk ox or walk by a nice house in town with a caribou hide drying on the railing and a musk ox skull on the other side. Lots of dogs in town which made me miss my fur daughter at home.
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| Cam Bay/ Mount Pelley |
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| Cam Bay Airport waiting room |
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| Musk ox and caribou |
Home for a cup of tea to warm up while doing online banking and then a call back which meant that for 1 hr 45 min. worth of 'work' I get paid a 4 hr callback at time and a half. Not a bad gig for sure. Since I've been told by the RCMP Cst I was hanging out with that it's 'pay week' here and lots of drinking going on, it's more than likely to be a situation which repeats itself.
A link I found on FaceBook from someone in Iqaluit describing northern life, focuses on Iqaluit but some parallels with the north in general.
Time to call the daughter who is in the same time zone as me. Later.
