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I was only speaking from the times I remembered when I was in school. Since I graduated from the U in 1996, I haven't paid attention as to when schools close during/after a snow storm.
Where was this, though?
School not being cancelled for me might be due to the fact that I live in the middle of the city and transportation is relatively easy, however.
I was speaking just from my experience with the U of U canceling classes and not necessarily for all schools in the Salt Lake valley. I lived several places in Salt Lake coutny while attending the U. Can't remember where exactly I was living when classes were canceled.
A fricking dusting. I remember a couple years back we had this "snow storm" overnight, woke up the next morning, saw a 5' x 5' patch of snow in our yard, and found out school was closed. The rest of the day it was bright and sunny and in the mid-50s. The NYC area is surprisingly mild in the Winter because we get a warm current from FL and hurricanes in the Souther Atlantic Ocean. Compared to Buffalo and Boston Winter's, we're a tropical paradise.
In Eastern Nebraska it takes about 5 inches to get cancellations, but wind, timing are main factors as well. -25 degree wind chills will give us "Cold Days" and we have had two this year so far...Late Starts are pretty easy to get. Ice has been another huge issue this year. We have two significant ice storms. One gave us over a half inch of ice with 3" of snow/sleet on top!
In Eastern Nebraska it takes about 5 inches to get cancellations, but wind, timing are main factors as well. -25 degree wind chills will give us "Cold Days" and we have had two this year so far...
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So not fair...
I had to go to school when we had windchills of -40 F. The TV warned "exposed flesh can freeze in 12 seconds; do not go outside if you don't have to"
I still had to wait 25 minutes for the school bus in the morning, waiting by the curb with no shelter
AND
get sent outside after lunch for our normal 45 minute recess.
Our daytime high was about -30 F. Overcast and calm... but still.
Here it isn't the amount of snow that closes schools, it is the amount of wind that comes with the snow. Visibility will close the schools faster than just snow. Ice will also close the schools. Just snow without wind - hard telling, haven't seen that much yet. When I was a kid in this district it took about 3' and unplowed roads to close school.
The old superintendent rarely canceled. He would send his dog outside and cancel if he couldn't see his dog. We have a new superintendent this year and he's canceled twice so far. This was good timing to get a new superintendent because I don't have to make up the snow days (I am a senior). I don't know if the new superintendent has any set rule on when to cancel but he cares more about our safety (which I understand the importance of more than I used to since I drive this year).
Oh I can only imagine the choas down there! < Beautiful City by the way!
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