[bart_boy_1]

How can you expect kids to go to school at -25. Suppose the bus breaks down and they all die. Too cold!!!! Take the day off and do an extra one in june when its warm

[arctichomesteader]

Nice out.

[vter]

LOL. Seriously...it's not that bad out. The sun is out and there is no wind which makes it bearable.
Some schools were delayed, presumably to get all the buses started and some were cancelled all together. Obviously not the OPs!

[harry chickpea]

You lucky sod. When I grew up we had to walk to school in weather like this, uphill both ways, with cardboard boxes for shoes. Moderator cut: no personal attacks

[flu189]

It's the parent's responsibility to make sure that their kids have the proper clothing for the weather and if not keep your kid home. LOL, it's not like the kids would miss the one critical piece of instruction that will shape their entire academic careers by missing a few days here and there. However, when temps do drop into the double negative digits extra care needs to be taken and considering each and every successive generation is more accustomed to nanny state guidance, then perhaps in that light it might be a better idea to stay home.

[GypsySoul22]

I waited with my son about 10 minutes at the bus stop. It was not too brutal. (7:30 am). I made sure he had a scarf around his face and without the wind it was okay.

They will not let them on the playground in this cold at recess.

Wind makes a big difference. In NY, we had a lot of wind and believe me it, it goes right through you.

If my son's bus broke down, it is less than a mile from my house, so I would go get him.

Yes, I would be more worried in some rural area, but heck, this is rural enough for me. As for keeping him home, I did one time in NY (they NEVER closed in his old district) because it was an ice storm but the morons had the school open. Here they are more sensible. Our school here has been closed at times (with similar weather) that would have been open in NY.

I walked from my apartment to our gym carrying laundry today, worked out, carried back the wet basket full of laundry. Come to find out w/wind chill it was -21 below. Interesting...

[tkln]

I really feel like the wind and the wet air down here off the coast in NY makes a huge difference in how cold it feels...whenever we are up there, even in the negatives, it doesn't feel THAT cold to me since the air is dryer.

Of course, there is wind everywhere and that makes it horrible no matter what. Stay warm guys!

[OhBeeHave]

Originally Posted by bart_boy_1

How can you expect kids to go to school at -25. Suppose the bus breaks down and they all die. Too cold!!!! Take the day off and do an extra one in june when its warm

Get a grip!

Yesterday a plane crash landed into the Hudson River (water temps 40 -- can you say rapid onset hypothermia?) and no one died.

I think you'll survive the temporary inconvenience of a hypothetical school bus breakdown Moderator cut: no personal attacks

[flu189]

LOL, poodles are tough creatures. Check out the story from Burlington where that poodle was found in a car at the airport surviving for nineteen days without food and water. Then again, it was a Quebec poodle so maybe they are bred to be tougher.

[looking4home]

I wonder how Vermont newbie, Arel, is doing in this extremely cold weather. I don't think it ever got this cold in Brooklyn!