Dang Snow!

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Bad Zebra

No snow here in Central Florida...but had a weather related problem this week. There's a cold snap here. Overnight temp around 30 degrees. Local high school responds by turning the heater on in their gym...at 9 a.m. ...and leaves it on ALL DAY. The temperature inside the gym for JV game is hovering around 90 degrees. I ask the AD to turn it off. She claims that it can only be turned off by the school board's computers 15 miles away and that she has been on the phone twice already. By 4th quarter, looks like JV players are going to start dropping from heat stroke. Coaches are b#$%ing like crazy... I told her get something done or I'm cancelling the varsity game. Local custodian to the rescue...he hits the breaker switch and the heat stops.

We don't do cold real well here.

Can't imagine what would happen if it snowed.

Once upon a time basketball was a winter sport. I guess that was the reason my alma mater was wired the way it was. Fast forward 40 years and there's a summer team/officials camp there. The "C" gym is like 100° inside. There is exactly one set of double doors to the outside, and they're propped wide open. But it's 80° outside too. It seems that the scoreboard was wired on the breaker as the heater. You want one, you get the other.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Bad season so far. Three games lost to snow. One game lost to a program dropping a team due to the economy. No fillins so far.

That's why I asked the question earlier in the season.

Loss of Games Due to Budgets?

It was just announced that one of our counties is eliminating all Freshman athletic teams due to cash flow problems - sad.

Another is trying to hold on by having parents pay $100 to have their child participate in Freshman/MS athletics.......

[biggravy]

We usually have a couple minor snows a year. Winter ain't that bad.

This year, we've had snow on the ground since 12/24. 14" total so far. A high of 7 yesterday and today, a low tonight of -9. Unreal. Don't know how you all in the north keep your sanity. I am ready to move to Florida. Actually, I guess that may not be far enough south now.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by biggravy

We usually have a couple minor snows a year. Winter ain't that bad.

This year, we've had snow on the ground since 12/24. 14" total so far. A high of 7 yesterday and today, a low tonight of -9. Unreal. Don't know how you all in the north keep your sanity. I am ready to move to Florida. Actually, I guess that may not be far enough south now.

Depends how far south, I guess. But there are not many HS in the keys.

[Bad Zebra]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Depends how far south, I guess. But there are not many HS in the keys.

Three to be exact...Key West, Marathon, and Tavernier covering a 110 mile spread.

There's always Puerto Rico and Jamaica!

[tjones1]

Well, I was able to work yesterday. Looks like things are returning to normal around here unless we get another storm.

Games all this week except for Wednesday and with the cancellations and games being rescheduled I will probably have a game on Wednesday. It should be a fun week.