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..
a little extreme, but understandable if there is no snow experience out there.
Still not understandable. It also happened to shut down the HQ's of some of our oil giants, and some big financial companies. Schools were shut down within hours.
If there's 15 cm of snow on the road or ice school is pretty much cancelled. We don't have many paved roads here, and even(less than) 15 cm made a few buses flip.
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.
*points towards the numerous evident facts that Americans are lazy*
One foot = 12 inches. 1 inch = 5 cm (?) so 12 inches = 60 cm (?). 50cm (half a meter) = 10. YAY measuring!
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.
Epic Alaskans are epic. It snows so much that the snow will pile higher than the plow blades? And you have fleets of snow plows? Snow plow armies?
All these things talking about how there's always snow in Canada...not true. If you leave near the rocky mountains, there's not much snow. I've had maybe 1 snow day in 3-4 years :P
Determined by if the principal can get out of his driveway or not =.=
All these things talking about how there's always snow in Canada...not true. If you leave near the rocky mountains, there's not much snow. I've had maybe 1 snow day in 3-4 years :P
Depends on which province you live in.
Middle of Canada is a Winterville of Horrors, whereas the western parts aren't as snowy.
Works the same way in America, until about Kansas.
Determined by if the principal can get out of his driveway or not =.=
Yeah, if the principal has trouble, then it's a snow day haha funny story about this....
So I'm good friends with the principal at my school, and he's a pretty humorous guy... So the last time we had a snowday (last year), it was snowing pretty harshly, but the only way for the school itself to close was if he himself checked it out. As soon as he went outside, a wrong icy step sent him tumbling down the porch, with a face-full of snow adding insult to injury. He sat there and was like "Yep...snowday sounds good right now".
Middle of Canada is a Winterville of Horrors, whereas the western parts aren't as snowy.
Yeah, but as you go farther up it gets worse.
Yeah, if the principal has trouble, then it's a snow day haha funny story about this....
Like I said...
So I'm good friends with the principal at my school, and he's a pretty humorous guy... So the last time we had a snowday (last year), it was snowing pretty harshly, but the only way for the school itself to close was if he himself checked it out. As soon as he went outside, a wrong icy step sent him tumbling down the porch, with a face-full of snow adding insult to injury. He sat there and was like "Yep...snowday sounds good right now".
My school system NEVER GETS DELAYS OR CLOSINGS. Our superintendent is giving us a 2-hour delay tomorrow for 9 or so inches of snow and a ton of ice. FML.
Same reason Denmark does: Too much snow. Just because there is snow tires doesn't mean cars can drive in that snow either way.
Especially when you have low-rider cars like I do. Mazda Miata + snow = stuck. It's like a little kid in the middle of the school year. It takes a long time to get him up with a bunch of mumbling noises, followed by a pain in the arse trying to get him moving. If done incorrectly, breaks down and goes to sleep.
