Over the past couple of days I drove the family from sunny and somewhat warm Raleigh, NC to the frigid tundra of Southern Ontario. I knew things would be bad when it started snowing as we passed through Maryland – in mid-April.
One of the consequences of a long cold winter is an extended norovirus season (the virus is more stable in cold weather). 
Even in Florida.
According to local10, a Broward County, FL school is dealing with a norovirus outbreak – and some folks seem to think drinking from water fountains is a risk factor.
A contagious stomach flu-like virus is making an unusually high number of students at Boulevard Heights Elementary School in Hollywood sick.
“Been a lot of children in our school that are sick,” said student Taylor Frangesh.
“He was nauseated when he came home,” Bianca Hampton said of her son. “He told me he drank from the water fountain, so he was a little nauseated and he had a little fever.”
With the high number of students getting sick, the virus has made its way into some of their homes.
“He got sick, the brother, the sister and me — the whole family,” said Melissa Prado.
Broward County Public Schools released a statement saying the district is working with the health department over gastric concerns that were being experienced by an unusually high number of students. School officials were cleaning and sanitizing classrooms, common areas and the playground.
“They said that the water was causing it and not to drink from the water fountains and if you didn’t bring your own bottled water you still couldn’t drink from the water fountain,” said Frangesh. “They put garbage bags over the water fountains.”