So What Does Everyone Think of Tomorrow's Snow Storm? (Arlington: public schools, design)

[ReblTeen84]

Originally Posted by tongyang

I vividly remember my first year of high school, I think in 1993? The blizzard in March had FCPS closed for almost a month... They didn't just make up days, they changed the school day to take longer each day to make up the snow days...

I think 1996 was ours. I remember being out for weeks. We got a ton of snow and ice in that one though, it was pretty bad.

[sullyguy]

Originally Posted by mikecart1

That's pretty cool you put shoes on your dog.

One of my major pet peeves (punny!) is seeing someone going for a run on pavement with their un-shoed dog.

The dumb wonderful dogs, of course, run along with nary a complaint while the owners fail to see the often-graphic wounds to the poor dog's paws caused by the unnatural terrain of hard surfaces:

Running injuries

[pardon - just had to vent]

[jillabean]

Well, Fairfax county has school today (two hour delay)... but I just got a notice that things might be even more delayed because of bus mechanical problems (my guess is the busses won't start). Hope too many kids aren't standing in this fridge stuff outside waiting for busses that may or may not come. Doesn't take too long to get frostbite or hypothermia out there, especially a kid with a smaller body mass.

[mikecart1]

Originally Posted by sullyguy

One of my major pet peeves (punny!) is seeing someone going for a run on pavement with their un-shoed dog.

The dumb wonderful dogs, of course, run along with nary a complaint while the owners fail to see the often-graphic wounds to the poor dog's paws caused by the unnatural terrain of hard surfaces:

Running injuries

[pardon - just had to vent]

Yeah there is this one time our family dog visited me in the summer and it was like 90F outside. And we went for a walk (no running because he is fat). I don't think shoes were popular then. I knew the sidewalk was on fire. I carried a bottle of water and would spray his face so he would have something to drink. I walked on the sidewalk and kept pushing him on the grass so his feet wouldn't burn. But he kept wanting to walk where I did. Then he slowed down and I saw his paws were on fire. I picked him up and carried him home.

1-2-3... "awwwwwwww"

[Bigfoot424]

Originally Posted by mikecart1

Yeah there is this one time our family dog visited me in the summer and it was like 90F outside. And we went for a walk (no running because he is fat). I don't think shoes were popular then. I knew the sidewalk was on fire. I carried a bottle of water and would spray his face so he would have something to drink. I walked on the sidewalk and kept pushing him on the grass so his feet wouldn't burn. But he kept wanting to walk where I did. Then he slowed down and I saw his paws were on fire. I picked him up and carried him home.

1-2-3... "awwwwwwww"

Not sure awwwwwwww is what I was thinking.

[Carlingtonian]

ArlNow had a good article today contrasting how Arlington, VA, and Arlington, MA, handle big snowstorms.

[johnsonkk]

Originally Posted by Carlingtonian

ArlNow had a good article today contrasting how Arlington, VA, and Arlington, MA, handle big snowstorms.

The comments following that article are hilarious.

[Joke Insurance]

Farmers Almanac is reporting a snow storm for our region in the first few weeks of February. What do you guys think?

[seiketsu]

Originally Posted by mikecart1

That's pretty cool you put shoes on your dog.

I wouldn't want to be out there barefoot! He's actually fine when it's just freshly fallen snow, but the combination of snow plus extreme cold plus that bright blue chemical melt is a disaster for his paws.

[johnsonkk]

Hate resurfacing the school closings of 2014 but the updated temps wood indicate another round of school closings. Monday, 8 degrees, Tuesday is 4 degrees for the low, without wind chill. We will see...