America of truly has become soft I get the better be safe than sorry stuff Don't get me wrong but they were calling for 8 in of snow by the time we woke up this morning we don't even have an inch of snow and school is canceled what has America become?
@duglop How's your back doing??
@Jezibaba hey darling... Much much better thank you for asking I woke up yesterday with no pain but I waited around till about 1:00 and decided yeah I'm going to try to go to work and it went quite well there was one point where I did get a little bit of a scare when something snapped with a little momentary pain but it didn't last long so I think it was just whatever was out of place popped back in place
@duglop Most excellent news. May it stay in place. 😁
@Jezibaba So how the heck are you doing
@duglop I'm misbehaving, as always. 😏 I'm good.
@Jezibaba I love it when you misbehave!
@duglop that’s what it was like when I lived in Oklahoma. If snow was in the forecast, schools would close before it started snowing and most of the time, it would end up not snowing. 🤦🏻♀️
But in Montana…..I swear there’s no such thing as a snow day 😂
It has become evident over time that it's safer not to send busloads of kids out onto sketchy roads in the first place ~ on days when a snow cancelation is anticipated, not that much gets done during the time AT school. And then, it's potentially white-knuckle driving to get them home again when you realize waiting until 3-ish o'clock isn't possible.
School busses aren't that safe in a wreck, and sliding into a ditch or being unable to get safely up/down hills is for real.
@CLManussier okay thanks for that explanation but the simple fact is they respecting 8 in of snow by 9:00 this morning it is now noon we still don't even have an inch of viable snow on the ground
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@duglop This is gonna sound like an uphill both ways comment. I can remember 3ft snows with roads closed, school busses cancelled and school still was not cancelled.
@duglop Our first year in MD, we awoke to a skiff (that's what we called it in WA) or light dusting of snow. School cancelled. also cancelled when temp hit 32. I told my girls how astonished I was, because I bundled them up to go to school with over a foot of new snow and temps in the 20's. They were 😮
@wolfwoman I was born in DC and spent my first 4 years of my life in Hyattsville Maryland
Let me rethink this because the snow is still coming and we are going to get a hell of a lot more. I just think it's too early to be calling off school even though schools generally use a certain amount of snow days a year regardless... Back in the day they would at least start the day and send us home early but in today's day and age it's totally different so yeah I get it 😁