We's having weather

[travis bickel]

I'm with you, NM. I always wonder that what their "story" is. Of course, my "story" is found in multiple court records...

[BigDog]

The MCCSC and surrounding area schools are closed this Friday morning in anticipation of the storm.

It's raining outside right now. The person(s) that made the decision to close the schools will either be a goat or a hero by the time school would have let out today.

My money is on goat.

[Chocolatecoveredduck]

Ditto.


School closed on account of rain. Nice.

[PaPawCarl]

The MCCSC and surrounding area schools are closed this Friday morning in anticipation of the storm.

It's raining outside right now. The person(s) that made the decision to close the schools will either be a goat or a hero by the time school would have let out today.

My money is on goat.

Safe bet.

Because of the reliance on bus transportation, school closings are often tied to the impact of those buses on state, county and city snow and ice removal efforts, and not only to the potential danger to the buses and their passengers. As critical and important as that is.

One of the things they want to avoid is having a fleet of hundreds (if you count both county systems) of buses on the roads at the same time that crews are trying to get the roads cleared to move all the people who will have to get home this afternoon (today) or to work (most other snow days).

Downside is the number of working single-parent and both-working-parent families which have to make care arrangements for younger children. This often means a day w/o pay. As the Dog suggests, this is the situation that will result in Hero-Goat status. Usually, it's Goat, even if the snow comes, because of the inconvenience a school closing means to these families.

As with many of our institutions, school has become much more than just 6 hours of 3Rs. Sure, that's top priority, but it's also socialization, collaboration, exercise, competition, you name it. On radio this AM, most of the news was not the potential storm but, rather, the impact that the closings might or might not have on basketball and other schedules tonight.

There's always Twitter, Facebook, e-mail, and texting for that other stuff. Cell towers'll be busy today. Keep an eye on your download/upload speeds!

Goat, too, but maybe not for the "no snow" possibility reason.

[doom]

What I've found baffling is the forecast(s) keep saying snow accumulation, but with the temp above 32.

[PaPawCarl]

It started.
45 minutes ago.
Beautiful. Huge flakes!
By 11:00, smaller flakes, but more concentrated.

[NINO]

Brrr!!

[mysteryguest]

Herald Times has a live snow cam
http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/stream

[NINO]

What I've found baffling is the forecast(s) keep saying snow accumulation, but with the temp above 32.

But with the windchill it's below freezing. So does it freeze or not?

[BigDog]

Mr. Mike Clark, Director of MCCSC Transportation states:

My baaaaaad!

[doom]

What I've found baffling is the forecast(s) keep saying snow accumulation, but with the temp above 32.

But with the windchill it's below freezing. So does it freeze or not?

The snow won't, unless it's suddenly developed nerve endings and other animal-like Stuff.

[PaPawCarl]

Mr. Mike Clark, Director of MCCSC Transportation states:

My baaaaaad!

The Dog is Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
And every district in the area is probably fielding phone calls from angry parents.
Every district!

Oh, well, just one more day of school in late May!

[Honored Fossil 1]

http://www.thefuckingweather.com/

[clayfeat]

Where is the snow?

[Father Wrath]

Where is the snow?

It's right outside my window.


Wait a second, this is not my window. This is not my beautiful house. For some reason, I find myself in Hyde Park.

Speaking of which, I've got to drive from the far east side to the far west side in a bit. Any reports on the roads? The snow's not coming down too hard, so I'm assuming the roads are in pretty good shape. If anybody knows otherwise, please let me know.