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The snow is ok here. Roads are relatively clear. And wet. Should be all black ice by tomorrow if this doesn't dry up.
Well. Looks like some people out that way only got 4 inches. But, still. If you have a good many rural roads that are shady, how much ice will there be tomorrow?
Dunno. The weather advisory expires at noon tomorrow. Unless NWS changes it, how will WCPSS justify opening? It's such a huge district.
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Students at traditional-calendar will now attend classes on April 21 – Easter Monday. They’ve already lost Feb. 17 – Presidents Day – because they’ll need to use it to make up for Tuesday’s snow day.
Any further school cancellations would likely result in days being cut from spring break.
Year-round students, both those at multi-track and single-track schools, will make up Wednesday on May 31 – a Saturday. They’re already scheduled to attend classes this Saturday – Feb. 1 – because school was closed Tuesday.
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I work with a lot of northeasterners and I am from the South. Lately, I've been getting drilled on why doesn't Raleigh area schools stay open but we already know that. They keep wondering why Raleigh can't clean up snow faster with more plows. Does anyone have any actual numbers on the areas winter precip. budget, how many snow trucks we have, etc. I say it's not worth the cost of all the snow removal when it hardly snows once a year. I like to discuss and argue things with hard numbers! :-)
If I’m not mistaken, I think NYC puts plows on the front of its sanitation trucks in the winter to supplement its plows. That seems like a good way to re-purpose your existing vehicles.
I saw three DOT plows on Capital Blvd last night between Wake Forest and 540 around 11 p.m. Each one had a DOT pick-up truck trailing behind. Not sure what the rationale is, but seems to me those pick up trucks could be used to help with snow clearing.
At the end of the day it’s a value proposition – Are people willing to spend more money to have the streets cleared sooner? Or would they rather not spend the money at the expense of slower travel and more school snow days?
The town where I used to live on Long Island hired private contractors who had small and mid-sized trucks with plows to help clear the streets. Other than needing to convince local truck owners that it's a wise investment I think this could clearly work down here. I would gladly have voted for my HOA to hire someone to clear our streets.
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