Winter Angst

[maven]

Don't know if it's an issue, but a number of schools (including the one hosting my game for tonight) are closed today. Second game I've lost this season.

[zm1283]

(Knocking on wood)

I haven't lost a game yet this year for weather and no schools in the immediate area have even been out of school for weather yet this school year.

I don't know if any schools around here actually have a written policy that they won't play if there is no school. Most of the rural schools won't play if they don't have school because the roads are still bad in the evening. A lot of the time the suburban and city schools will go ahead and play even if they weren't in school if the roads get cleared in time.

[MD Longhorn]

What the hell is a snow day?

[Treeguy]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

What the hell is a snow day?

Depends where you are, some places it takes 2 feet of snow, others 2 inches.

[#olderthanilook]

Originally Posted by Treeguy

Depends where you are, some places it takes 2 feet of snow,

Michigan

Originally Posted by Treeguy

...others 2 inches.

Texas

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by #olderthanilook

Michigan



Texas

And because Texas uses sand to keep the roads from being slippery. Funniest thing I heard when the Super Bowl was in Dallas a few years ago.

Peace

[SNIPERBBB]

Originally Posted by #olderthanilook

Michigan



Texas

Carolina's.. 0.5 inches

Kentucky... someone thought about snow.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by SNIPERBBB

Carolina's.. 0.5 inches

Kentucky... someone thought about snow.

Last Friday's games got cancelled locally because 1 inch of snow was forecast for the afternoon. The inch came and the resulting traffic changed my 30 minute commute to about 80 minutes.

[Stat-Man]

Originally Posted by #olderthanilook

Michigan

Not quite... I've seen districts cancel for only a few inches.

I always chuckle when I see all the schools in the area closed for weather... and the evening news showing all the kids at the mall instead. If they could drive or be driven to the mall, surely they could have made it to school. (/soap)

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Stat-Man

I always chuckle when I see all the schools in the area closed for weather... and the evening news showing all the kids at the mall instead. If they could drive or be driven to the mall, surely they could have made it to school. (/soap)

I don't disagree (grew up in PA). But here, and in this day and age, if the officials didn't close the schools, and a school bus, g_d forbid, slid off the road and children were injured or worse, it would be a very, very bad thing.......

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Treeguy

Depends where you are, some places it takes 2 feet of snow, others 2 inches.

Here in the Portland area, if the forecast says we might get some sprinkles that won't stick (which is about the "worst" that happens every few years), all the schools close and some businesses do, too.

Quite a contrast to where I grew up - Chicago. Despite the weather there, in my 4 years of HS, my school was only closed one day - when the boiler broke. I'd walk the four blocks to school in snow that was at least 2 feet deep all the time. No biggie.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Here in the Portland area, if the forecast says we might get some sprinkles that won't stick (which is about the "worst" that happens every few years), all the schools close and some businesses do, too.

Quite a contrast to where I grew up - Chicago. Despite the weather there, in my 4 years of HS, my school was only closed one day - when the boiler broke. I'd walk the four blocks to school (up hill, both ways) in snow that was at least 2 feet deep all the time. No biggie.

Fixed it for you.

[Rich]

It was touch and go whether we'd have school locally -- the wind chill was about -30 last night and when that happens, kids are put in danger standing outside waiting for school buses and many districts close.

We had a snow day area wide on Wednesday, though, so school districts were probably loathe to close -- only 3 districts set a 2 hour delay.

It's still below 0 (it's -3) with a -17 wind chill at 10:30AM. My still wet hair froze between the school and the car last night after about a 200 foot walk.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Here in the Portland area, if the forecast says we might get some sprinkles that won't stick (which is about the "worst" that happens every few years), all the schools close and some businesses do, too.

Quite a contrast to where I grew up - Chicago. Despite the weather there, in my 4 years of HS, my school was only closed one day - when the boiler broke. I'd walk the four blocks to school in snow that was at least 2 feet deep all the time. No biggie.

I did not grow up in Chicago, but most of my high school years, we did not have a roof that was in working order for about 2 of those years (I attended a school in Missouri one year). And yes that included the winter time. Still had school on a regular basis while wearing winter coats.

Peace

[maven]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

What the hell is a snow day?