We live in Texas. Our idea of wintery weather is that we have some, weather that is. At least in the area of Texas in which we are stationed, our weather is primarily sunny and warm. And people here don't really know what to do when it isn't.
I grew up outside Chicago. I went to college at Northern Illinois University. While not comparable to Wisconsin or New York, we got pretty harsh weather often. Once during a severe blizzard and freeze, we did take off about two weeks, but we got four feet of snow overnight and kept getting more every time it was starting to clear. In college, we had a day the temperature was -25 and the wind chill was -50. The radio was warning us to blink often when we went outside to keep our eyeballs from freezing. School was not cancelled. People looked like they were walking at a 45 degree angle into a hurricane, but classes were held. I do not think they were well attended, but the university did not shut down.
We started getting reports of a severe cold front this weekend and yesterday. By afternoon, people were clearing the shelves at Walmart like the Apocalypse was imminent. Schools were closing. We cancelled sporting events yesterday around noon in anticipation of today.
I will admit that when the wind started blowing 70 mph at 3 a.m., it was pretty alarming. The house sounded like it was coming down. I didn't notice any destruction in my neighborhood, except tipped trash cans, but there was a trampoline mid-road in a friend's neighborhood. Our roads were completely clear and the ice was nearly non-existent.
Despite the fact that a cancellation would have been ridiculous, I was still up at 6 a.m. watching the scrolling school closures with mixed hopes as a cancelled day today would have to be made up which is fun now, pay later. Yet, when the alarm rang a wee bit too early, I stubbornly stayed snuggled in bed until at least three channels scrolled through an alphabetical list of closures twice.
A handful of flakes began to fall during lunch. A student asked me if school was going cancelled tomorrow due to rain. For one, I can't tell right now if it is going to rain tomorrow. Two, since when is rain a cancellable offense. Wet roads, whew, what is this world coming to? How can we be expected to go to school if it is raining and cold?
Sheesh people, We drove on roads so slick people were going 5 mph. and sliding before schools were cancelled. One day my mom's area was getting 18 inches of snow while kids were heading to school and she followed the snow plow to get into work for the day. I don't know when the actual Apocalypse will come, but I doubt it will be due to either rain, snow or sleet in the southern states.
Egypt is having a real crisis. And all of our news stations spent more time on the weather this morning than the uprising of a nation. Now THAT has me worried. . .
I grew up outside Chicago. I went to college at Northern Illinois University. While not comparable to Wisconsin or New York, we got pretty harsh weather often. Once during a severe blizzard and freeze, we did take off about two weeks, but we got four feet of snow overnight and kept getting more every time it was starting to clear. In college, we had a day the temperature was -25 and the wind chill was -50. The radio was warning us to blink often when we went outside to keep our eyeballs from freezing. School was not cancelled. People looked like they were walking at a 45 degree angle into a hurricane, but classes were held. I do not think they were well attended, but the university did not shut down.
We started getting reports of a severe cold front this weekend and yesterday. By afternoon, people were clearing the shelves at Walmart like the Apocalypse was imminent. Schools were closing. We cancelled sporting events yesterday around noon in anticipation of today.
I will admit that when the wind started blowing 70 mph at 3 a.m., it was pretty alarming. The house sounded like it was coming down. I didn't notice any destruction in my neighborhood, except tipped trash cans, but there was a trampoline mid-road in a friend's neighborhood. Our roads were completely clear and the ice was nearly non-existent.
Despite the fact that a cancellation would have been ridiculous, I was still up at 6 a.m. watching the scrolling school closures with mixed hopes as a cancelled day today would have to be made up which is fun now, pay later. Yet, when the alarm rang a wee bit too early, I stubbornly stayed snuggled in bed until at least three channels scrolled through an alphabetical list of closures twice.
A handful of flakes began to fall during lunch. A student asked me if school was going cancelled tomorrow due to rain. For one, I can't tell right now if it is going to rain tomorrow. Two, since when is rain a cancellable offense. Wet roads, whew, what is this world coming to? How can we be expected to go to school if it is raining and cold?
Sheesh people, We drove on roads so slick people were going 5 mph. and sliding before schools were cancelled. One day my mom's area was getting 18 inches of snow while kids were heading to school and she followed the snow plow to get into work for the day. I don't know when the actual Apocalypse will come, but I doubt it will be due to either rain, snow or sleet in the southern states.
Egypt is having a real crisis. And all of our news stations spent more time on the weather this morning than the uprising of a nation. Now THAT has me worried. . .
We have had 3 snow days so far this week. We started with about 1/2-3/4 inch of rain. Then 2 inches of sleet on top of that, followed by several inches of snow. I'd take your rain and flurries any day. Temp 2 is right now. Windchill? just 1.
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