The snow falls once again and June’s preschool day has been cut short. Thankfully, Grandma B is on hand to pick her up at noon — man, I could get used to having Grandma B around permanently!
I wonder what it’s like for mom to visit a place where the town rolls up the sidewalks and prepares for a blizzard at the first sight of a snowflake. Mom lives in northwest Montana where — to my knowledge — there are no snow days. I don’t remember any snow days as a kid (and, yes, I realize that by writing that, I have just entered “When I was a kid, I used to have to walk eleven miles to school!” territory. To get the full affect of this statement, say it while sucking a Werther’s Original).
If there were snow days in Montana, there would be no school. Only bowling. Mom said that the day before she left Montana, the snow blew horizontally. School was not canceled.
I’m not saying school shouldn’t be canceled here in Virginia — who knows what calamity may befall us with a terrifying half inch of powder on the streets? — but it is funny how perspective change depending on location.
Enjoy your Friday, everyone. I’ll be home with my two favorite ladies, watching movies, eating Super Nachos and enjoying the snow.
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Ah, but in Montana snow equipped vehicles (4WD/snow tires/chains) are driven by people who know how to drive in the snow. Not so here in VA. And that’s pretty hilly country where you are – driving on fresh wet snow would be more like sledding there, wouldn’t it?
I worked at a school in rural Idaho where the only days school was cancelled was when it was 30 below zero… Bc the school bus wouldn’t start
. I think your childhood recollection is correct.
Ha! School in Memphis is cancelled with the “threat” of snow. They always do a news segment where they are gassing up the one snowplow!
Out here in Wisconsin, we got a snow day because there weren’t enough teachers who could make it in to the schools! And not enough subs could, either! Usually the worst that happens is a delay or early release if they roads are extra-worrisome – which means tons of heavy, slick snow where the plows can’t keep up and it would be dangerous for the buses to run. Otherwise, it’s business as usual.
We moved to VA from WI just over a year ago so we are still amused by all this. My husband came home early from work yesterday (works at a college) because of the weather and said “it looks like the apocalypse out there!” cars abandoned all over sides of the roads because the hills are slippery. No one knows how to drive in snow conditions here (they just put the gas pedal to the floor and think the car should go). Our city is very hilly so I wonder why people even attempted to drive…we all knew the weather was coming, get where you need to be before the weather turns bad. I guess that is easier said than done sometimes.
We lived in central Alaska for 4 years and they do not cancel school for snow at all. The kids play outside for recess until it hits -20 and at -60 kids are excused from school, but it’s still not cancelled. My daughter didnt get a snow day until we moved to New Mexico.
Ha ha ha ha! That is so funny!
The reason the Washington DC area freaked out is quite simple. Two years ago a snow was forecast for the afternoon commute. The government and schools did not close early. Rush hour was a nightmare. Some people were stuck in their cars for 10 hours. It took me three hours to go a half mile on the beltway where eight lanes merged to four. So we are wusses, but we have long memories.
Yikes! That sounds dreadful! I guess it’s better to be on the safe side (at home).
My sister (lives in DC) was just telling me earlier today how she came across some “insane man” going for a run in shorts when she was taking her walk. I laughed and said .. well, for all you know, he just moved here from Alaska and this is spring weather. She was like, oh yeah that’s right! It’s all relative.
How does Solha like the snow?
Snow must have come as a shock to Solha.
We got a surprise 6-8″ yesterday here in Livingston — lovely! Although wet — which is weird for January. And yeah, snow days? What are those? Also, kids go outside for recess unless the temp goes below 0. +1 and they’re out there, bundled up like little penguins ….