Snow Postponements
 

Anyone lose any games yet because of this impending storm? Stay safe out there everyone

Living in the Midwest it is rare the schools cancel anything with an impending storm. We have had school days cancelled for the temperature like that happened a few weeks ago.

Peac

Jeff:

I don't know about your neck of the woods, but here in the immediate Toledo area, our school kids are wimps. They close school with just two inches of snow on the roads.

I remember walking to and from school in 12 inches of snow and it was 3 miles, up hill both ways, :p.

MTD, Sr.

People here would laugh at 2 inches, in more way than one. This is not Atlanta. ;)

Peace

I know. I grew up in Youngstown and we would laugh at 4 to 6 inches.

MTD, Sr.

I grew up on the south side of Chicago. In all my years in school, I only had one day that my school was closed unscheduled. It was during winter of my sophomore year in HS and the HS was closed because the boiler broke and it was freezing in the building. I remember going to school many times with over two feet of snow on the ground.

Here in Portland, OR. it's a totally different matter. They close the schools if there's snow flurries predicted thirty miles away. I think about 80% of the adult population here have never driven in any snow, not even an inch high.

I've got a buddy here who grew up in NYC. He feels the same way about this area.

I spent a year teaching in California's Central Valley. I thought they were pulling the new-guy's leg when they told me about "fog days." But they actually have them -- they start school a couple of hours late when the fog is too thick!

(When the fog is thick, the school busses cannot make a left turn on two lane highways within the visibility zone. I was amused that it was too dangerous for the students to get there, but teachers were still expected to get to school at the regular time.)

Funny that this post was started by a guy in So Cal where its sunny and 75 today:):p

I haven't "lost" any yet from this storm, but tonight's has been postponed and tomorrow's is not looking too good either. I lost one last week though as the rescheduled slot was at a time I already had a game.

We close school here when snow or ice is EXPECTED, not even here yet. In N VA, they err on the side of caution. If there's anything of consequence on the roads we're either delayed or closed. The one time they keep schools open and there's a bus accident with injuries, administrators will never be forgiven.

I grew up in PA and experienced many a snow storm and blizzard. Wimps or just different times?

I grew up in Delaware everyone-that's my curiosity

You all don't really know what a snowstorm is. I live in Alaska. We pretty much play no matter the weather. We do have some schools that drive 3-4 hours to come play in our area, and if there's a good dumping, they MAY cancel. We usually know by 10 AM whether the buses are on the way or not.

Yes, the crews who were to work the Nets, Knicks, Providence, and Rutgers contests. ;)

Ct
 

Living in CT, I've already lost 4 or 5 games to snow days. Around here, if school is closed, they have to postpone the game. It is really inconvenient when we have a night snowfall and everything is cleaned up and fine by noon.

Waiting...
 

I haven't yet, but I'm sure that my game tonight will be cancelled before too long.

School's closed here today for 1/2" of snow.....and now, at 1030, the roads are clear and everything is pretty much melted. Silly.

PS - another postponement....

Yep, it's official. Another postponement for me with clear roads after 1.5" of the white fluffy stuff.

I know some school administrators and know its not an easy job with tons of considerations and liability concerns.

But....... this month has been extremely frustrating as a parent and an official. The one day school should have been closed a few weeks ago in the NoVA area they opened on time. My daughters school bus actually got stuck right in front of my house, the roads were a mess, and it was a huge cluster... all the way around.

Then they overreact the other way and had several closings and delays for virtually nothing. The cancellation today is ridiculous. I had a Fr/V double header that I was looking forward to b/c it should be a competitive game with a great atmosphere and 2 coaches whose games I enjoy doing.

I will still get the game as its been rescheduled for Saturday but it will now require me to leave early from a work conference and get even less time with my family on a Saturday. All b/c of an inch of snow on the ground and roads that were basically cleared by 8am.

Again, I understand all that goes into the decision making process but there have to be ways to improve it. And I think its silly that they don't allow extra-curricular activities on days when school is closed. If the roads are bad in the morning and they feel the need to close school then fine. But when everything is clear by mid morning it is ridiculous to cause even more logistical headaches just for appearances.

Play the damn games!!!!

I had nine games cancelled last season, only four so far this season thankfully.

Coming from upstate NY (in between Rochester and Syracuse) I laugh every time it snows in Columbus, as people freak out and schools get cancelled over very little snow.

I had one snow day in all four years of high school (yes, Sheldon, it took me four years to graduate high school), and that was because a blizzard the night before dropped around four feet of snow on the ground. A truck with a v-shaped plow actually got stuck going down my road (it was fun watching it back up a hundred feet or so and ram the snow... making it go flying everywhere).

VaTerp, I am anything but an apologist for the FFX County school authorities but you should consider the geographic scope of FFX County and the size of the bus fleet.
Having lived here for a loooong time, I have seen clear skies near Mt Vernon on the river, a raging nor'easter past Reston, and an ice storm in Centreville.
They have not yet compartmentalized the decision making to take these differing circumstances into account.

What would've been my first varsity game was cancelled last night :(

Have to wait til next week now.

Another week to work on your big-timin mechanics!!
Knock 'em dead, act like you belong.....

Fourth postponement (not cancellation, there's a difference) on the season was today. Had one this past Saturday, too.

My son's high school was closed today, and we just got a call it will be closed tomorrow, too. (Back-to-back days is quite rare.) Monday was an in-service day, giving the kids a five-day weekend.

Today's and tomorrow's games postponed. I believe this is the most I've ever seen.

I had 19 postponements in 2010 due to our "snowmaggedon."

I seem to recall that. I believe you got more snow than we did. I have family in Fairfax and Loudon counties, so I did an awful lot of snickering that winter.

last week I lost games on Thursday Friday and Saturday. The week before that I lost two games. I lost the game this past Thursday. Hopefully they will be made up and I will get them back.

Borrowing from BillyMac
 

Between Varsity, JV, middle school, and rec leagues I ref about 15 games a week and so far have had ZERO cancellations.

What? Wait! I'm being told... never mind. I work in Texas and we don't have snow that deep! It might get too damn hot around here in the summer but the winters ain't that bad.