NH switching to Atlantic Standard Time? (school, children, elementary)

[NHDave]

Originally Posted by GregW

I an beginning to think our (NH) legislators have too little to do. I, for one, like an early sunrise and sunset.

Originally Posted by Bruins_Fan

Yuck.

I'd rather have the morning light than the evening light.

[robr2]

Originally Posted by GregW

I, for one, like an early sunrise and sunset.

I too prefer the sun up earlier in the AM. There's nothing harder than dragging my sorry butt out of a warm bed at 5:30 AM in the pitch dark.

[Bruins_Fan]

I'd rather have that daylight at the end of the day when I can "use it". I find early am daylight useless. Even if I'm up crazy early, not like I'm going to mow the lawn or rake the leaves at 6:00am...ever. And if I have to be somewhere early, I turn on the headlights until the sun rises. Just like people do in parts of the midwest (on EST) everyday in the winter.

[sb2017]

I wouldn't want to change time zones or stay on DST permanently. I prefer the regular EST normal time zone and a sunny morning is preferable to me.

[Nonesuch]

Originally Posted by Bruins_Fan

Yuck.

I agree -- yuck.


I think this change should be promoted as "Spring forward, and stay there year 'round".

[GregW]

AS I commuted to Boston on the 5:30 AM bus for a couple of decades I consider staying in bed to 5:30 sleeping in. Now that I am retired I am more concerned with what day it is than what time of day.

[Bruins_Fan]

Back on DST, where we should be all year! Truly, there is no need for this clock changing. Let's keep the clocks on DST all year long.

[jdhpa]

Iirc there was an experiment with year round daylight savings time in the mid 1970's, but it went back to half year dst because of accidents with kids waiting for their school bus in the dark.

[supton]

Originally Posted by jdhpa

Iirc there was an experiment with year round daylight savings time in the mid 1970's, but it went back to half year dst because of accidents with kids waiting for their school bus in the dark.

Ironically today they will cancel school if it's too cold outside. Let alone if a few flakes are falling. I've heard of schools getting blamed for kids getting into accidents while driving themselves to school (the kid has an accident, and thus it's the schools fault, 'cuz they should have canceled).

The older I get the more sympathy I have towards school administrators 'cuz in the public's eye they can do no right. I've heard people complain about the blizzard bags. Wow, they have foresight to make the most of what is a common occurrence (school canceling due to weather, whodda thunk that in NH?), but some parents would rather the school year go longer instead of having to, like, do something with their kids.

Anyhow... err... yeah the time changed. I was smart this year, and didn't change the clock in one vehicle, so now it'll read correct.

[Bruins_Fan]

Originally Posted by jdhpa

Iirc there was an experiment with year round daylight savings time in the mid 1970's, but it went back to half year dst because of accidents with kids waiting for their school bus in the dark.

I think that's folklore. I went to elementary school in the midwest in the mid-late 70s...and guess what? I walked to the bus stop in the dark many mornings when the clocks moved forward each year. It wasn't (and isn't) a big deal.