So yeah, posting this because I got my first snow day of the year. I live in Indiana you see, and so our Vigo County law says " half a foot of snow, school closed ". The strangest thing is, we never did get the snow before the announcement was rectified. The board based the school close on a forecast that said we "may" get half a foot of snow by this afternoon.
Now I'm not the kind of guy that's bummed out about not going to school today, but...that seems kind of.. i don't know the correct word, wrong. So...what if we really DON'T get half a foot of snow? Either way, a snow day is spent, so it's added on to the end of the year that we gotta make up. I'm kinda iffy on closing school based off a forecast that isn't too accurate though. Heck, if we really don't get 6" of snow, the snow day could have been turned over and we wouldn't have to make it up.
Oh yeah the second thing: We all live in different states/provinces, regions, and..erm, nations, so post your requirements on snow days and other district laws that make those requirements! I hear states like California only need ice and around half an inch for a closing, since snow is so rare..
About half a meter here. Schools closed because the busses would stop going, and thus the kids would not be able to get home. That is basically how it goes here: If you can't get somewhere, then you can't get there. If there is a lot of snow in the morning, then you get the day off. If it starts to snow, and it gets worse, you will be sent home. It's just up to listening to the radio in the morning on whether or not the school is closed. Of course the universities don't close, because we are all supposed to have cars, so we can ttly get back and forth - - ^Being Denmark, the country of the climate conference, where it started snowing in the middle of the talking about global warming.
But yeah, that does seem odd. And a waste of snow day too.
Starting school really soon... The holidays have flew by!
Here in Sweden, we don't get snow days. I heard somewhere that in the USA they get snow days due to too much snow, and it's dangerous taking the school buses when there's too much snow (+ice).
I know (know/think) why we don't get snow days here in Sweden. We have winter tires. You have them at winter so the cars wont glide around uncontrollably. Why doesn't USA have these useful winter tires? I think it's because it isn't that much of a use in USA. After all, it doesn't snow as much there. I think it would be a good idea to construct winter tires (only in winter) in USA. Maybe that's just me though.
Speaking of snow, it is snowing right now! It hasn't snowed in a while now.
About half a meter here.
Yup, same here. I think it's slightly more than half a meter here though...
Depends...Not really on the amount of snow, just the road conditions... we have gone with a few feet of snow, but missed it with less then 3 inches, just because of icy roads. So, actually having rules like that, for certain amounts I don't get.
It really varies here...The only concrete rule is that if it's lower than -55, school closes. Most of the time it is due to bad roads, or extreme wind though.
NONE, because it has never snowed where I live, and apart from a total freak change in the weather, it probably won't in my lifetime XP
Well...where DO you live? lol
About half a meter here. Schools closed because the busses would stop going, and thus the kids would not be able to get home. That is basically how it goes here: If you can't get somewhere, then you can't get there. If there is a lot of snow in the morning, then you get the day off. If it starts to snow, and it gets worse, you will be sent home. It's just up to listening to the radio in the morning on whether or not the school is closed. Of course the universities don't close, because we are all supposed to have cars, so we can ttly get back and forth - -
So that's...50 centimeters...9-10 inches, almost a foot in the lazy American terms? More than we got XD
^Being Denmark, the country of the climate conference, where it started snowing in the middle of the talking about global warming.
I lol'd, how ironic. THERE'S the problem right there! Plop the guys in the middle of Mexico, see if their views change a few degrees...
I know (know/think) why we don't get snow days here in Sweden. We have winter tires. You have them at winter so the cars wont glide around uncontrollably. Why doesn't USA have these useful winter tires? I think it's because it isn't that much of a use in USA. After all, it doesn't snow as much there. I think it would be a good idea to construct winter tires (only in winter) in USA. Maybe that's just me though.
Well it's all part of how much of snow a state can handle before things get whacked. Places where there are frequent bouts of snow rarely get snowdays because they are so experienced at driving in the snow. Places like California RARELY get snow, so they have a minimum budget on snow plowers. So when they get a light drizzle of snow, they go haywire because they aren't used to the stuff.
there is no real hight of snow for where i live if it is icy then there is no school if the roads arent cleared and the busses cant go anywhere then there is no school it could snow an inch and there is an inch of ice then there is no school
it has snowed all day where im at but i will probably have school tomarrow because the roads are all salted and plowed
Hmm...something more to add: School delays? Here at Indiana, between 2-5 inches is a school delay, either 2 hours or 3. Intense fog will earn us 3 hours, while slick roads and low temps will give us 2 hours, just to let the area warm up a bit.
Heavy amounts of ice and extremely low temps (we're talking - degrees Fahrenheit) will close school. There's this thing about teenagers ice that just makes the school board shiver....
i think tomarrow we might have the first snowday in houston EVEr, but its not really a snow day , because it just rained, and now its going to be low the roadswill have ice, and NO-ONE knows how to drive on ice here even though it wont be much. Yay cold front!
Houston, Texas. There are no snow laws here, being that it very rarely ever snows. However, the general consensus is that if it's more than 2 inches, you shut down the whole town. The entire metropolitan area. Shut down.
So that's...50 centimeters...9-10 inches, almost a foot in the lazy American terms? More than we got XD
You got some big feet in them states...
I lol'd, how ironic. THERE'S the problem right there! Plop the guys in the middle of Mexico, see if their views change a few degrees...
Joked with Zophia that it was God's way of of saying "Heck no", when humans are trying to prove something. Or cooperate. Like a modern Babylon. Next time they should go to Africa and make a conference about lack of food, and see, it rains from the sky.
it's kinda funny how we non-metric dastards come up with names and measurements....
Houston, Texas. There are no snow laws here, being that it very rarely ever snows. However, the general consensus is that if it's more than 2 inches, you shut down the whole town. The entire metropolitan area. Shut down.
a little extreme, but understandable if there is no snow experience out there.
it's kinda funny how we non-metric dastards come up with names and measurements....
Nah. We had foot and inches, but turned towards the metrics instead. You... Kept it > >.... Actually only thought a foot would be like 30 cm, but then again, not very good at those... Especially not the American.
Oh, and random thing: Year of Climate conference - white Christmas, currently most lakes are frozen enough to let people walk on it, and a Russian ship had to get help from the ice breakers to get through Danish waters earlier today. Between half a meter and a meter of snow, if you are unlucky... And it hardly ever snows in Denmark.
Where I live (anchorage alaska), it all depends when it starts snowing. We have a fleet of snowplows, so if it starts snowing during the day, the plows will be able to keep the road clear no matter what because they will have enough time. The way to get a snow day (which has happened once in my life) is for it to snow a few feet during the night. Additionally, if the snow piles up higher than the snowplow blade, it is an automatic snowday, because the plows will have to do every road twice. More common are slush days, which is when all the snow melts for some reason and the streets are flooded. Due to chains and snow tires, buses can go through several inches of snow no problem, but slush is another story. Also, we have 2 snow days built into our calender, so as long as we don't exceed this we don't have to make them up at the end of the year. We actually don't get that much snow, so it usually isn't a problem.
