snow fail...
So, last year everyone was up in arms about how overly cautious the region was over snowfall. My goodness they were! And over the night and now, our first snow fall came and well, it seems any bit of caution was blown off by the strong winds we had the last few days!
We have two inches of snow in Arlington, so the suburbs must have gotten another two inches more than us. This time we show the country how tough we are. Schools stayed open, oh yes they did! We will ignore the weather forecasters because they are wrong most of the time anyway! Opened on time! No one's closing for anybody! Not even the tiny bit of fluffy snow.
But wait, someone,*cough* Virginia Dept of Transport,*cough* forgot to pretreat the snow the night before. Or even to get up and plow some of the roads. Maybe plowing the highway would be a good place to start and maybe a few main arteries here and there. So that school buses and any of the public transit can actually use the roads and not go slipping and sliding, with umm with kids in it! Oh and while we so bravely keep schools open, the kids are busy building snowpeople/animals or just standing at their stops for over an hour!!
Right, great job DC-metro area! Great start to the season!
So, a point for us to stay where we are! N walked to work. D & I walked to preschool. I went to the gym and came back! If the car has a ton of snow on it freezing over, meh. We can walk to the store. And the next few days are going to be below zero. I assume, if my science is right, everything will just freeze over. So, likely tomorrow we will get a snow day. And that's ok for us!
ETA: County site has requested all to stay off roads so they can clear them. Apparently the snowfall was heavier than expected. Am not sure though. Even yesterday afternoon the forecast was 2-3 inches for us and they did nothing. Not even keep trucks ready for the morning. I know using of salt for everything is also not good for the rivers.
We have two inches of snow in Arlington, so the suburbs must have gotten another two inches more than us. This time we show the country how tough we are. Schools stayed open, oh yes they did! We will ignore the weather forecasters because they are wrong most of the time anyway! Opened on time! No one's closing for anybody! Not even the tiny bit of fluffy snow.
But wait, someone,*cough* Virginia Dept of Transport,*cough* forgot to pretreat the snow the night before. Or even to get up and plow some of the roads. Maybe plowing the highway would be a good place to start and maybe a few main arteries here and there. So that school buses and any of the public transit can actually use the roads and not go slipping and sliding, with umm with kids in it! Oh and while we so bravely keep schools open, the kids are busy building snowpeople/animals or just standing at their stops for over an hour!!
Right, great job DC-metro area! Great start to the season!
So, a point for us to stay where we are! N walked to work. D & I walked to preschool. I went to the gym and came back! If the car has a ton of snow on it freezing over, meh. We can walk to the store. And the next few days are going to be below zero. I assume, if my science is right, everything will just freeze over. So, likely tomorrow we will get a snow day. And that's ok for us!
ETA: County site has requested all to stay off roads so they can clear them. Apparently the snowfall was heavier than expected. Am not sure though. Even yesterday afternoon the forecast was 2-3 inches for us and they did nothing. Not even keep trucks ready for the morning. I know using of salt for everything is also not good for the rivers.