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That is hysterical. We get an inch of snow and no one even notices. Around here it takes at least a foot of snow and only if that falls where the timing is such that the plows haven't cleared the roads before the buses get on the way. If we get a foot of snow ending at say midnight, good chance we will have school. If that same snow falls overnight and ends around 5:00, might have a snow day but more likely just a 2 hour delay. To get a for sure school closing, 2 feet probably.
We dont close for snow, unless its 10-12 inches and the plows havent got the back roads cleared yet. We close more for below 0 wind chills ( like -20) and ice........we had 3 *snow days* this year, last year only 1, so this was a brutal year for us up here.
We dont close for snow, unless its 10-12 inches and the plows havent got the back roads cleared yet. We close more for below 0 wind chills ( like -20) and ice........we had 3 *snow days* this year, last year only 1, so this was a brutal year for us up here.
WHIMPS . It takes about -60° windchills before our schools close. Some of the more rural areas will have 2 hour late starts for -40° though.
I was wrong about the snow it's not 1 inch it's half inch of snow that makes the schools close here. People at the store the day before the snow freak out like it's going to be two weeks of snow and instead it's gone in two days or less. Example is at the link below many of schools have not seen snow yet only rain.
About an inch, which I laughed at when moving here from Maine but in their defense...I understand it now!
There is only one snowplow in our entire area so if it snows an inch, melts a bit and refreezes it is really really dangerous driving! The one snowplow is going around trying to put sand/salt down but it can take at least a day for them to hit all the streets.
When we lived in Maine, it would snow and stay on the ground so even if the snowplow didn't get to it, it was just packed snow, not ice.
I scoffed the first time school closed for an inch here--then I realized how bad the driving conditions were b/c it was all turning into ice on the roads.
it just takes the weather man SAYING the 'S' word! lol
although, they are not as quick to close as when I was a kid...but it still doesn't take much at all! If they think its going to stick at all schools start shutting down.
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