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I was a bit surprised they close schools today. Seems like the snow had to almost up to our hips when I was a kid to get the schools to close. (Yeah yeah yeah and I had to walk to school in bare feet over broken glass in the said same snow.... Gee sometimes when I listen to myself I DO sound like my grandmother!)

A little nip in the air is perhaps a chilly breeze on an Autumn night.

Not 12.

I often wonder whether or not it's more scary to drive because of the people who don't know the proper way or those that THINK they know the proper methods in Severe weather. I'll not try and test it out and stay at home.

As for calling off school, people were not as lawsuit knee-jerk while I was going through school. These days if a child falls on a small patch of ice at one school, it's Front page news. We've coddled society into playing it safe. I'm not saying let people drive all the time or there are not legitimate reasons for closing a school. However I suspect there are many more reasons behind a school closing than people don't imagine. IF I were a parent , then it would be easier for me to keep children at home than send them out in near single digit temperatures to catch a school bus.

Louisville is a great place to live if you enjoy 4 distinct seasons that are perfect in length and not too extreme. Summer is warm but not too hot most of the time and sometimes can be mild(not recently). We have a nice fall. A fairly short winter (when it gets to Feb and you are sick of the cold, you know March and warmer weather is not far away). And spring is the gateway to the warm up in summer.

Personally, I wouldn't want to live somewhere where it is fairly warm all the time like southern Florida.

I don't have a problem with them canceling school. What irritates me are the two hour delays, combined with early closing. Basically, a day of non-learning although it does count toward the minimum number of required days of school.

A little nip in the air is perhaps a chilly breeze on an Autumn night.

Not 12.

12 is nippy...Minus 12 is cold. I haven't had a -real- winter coat on since I moved here.

I often wonder whether or not it's more scary to drive because of the people who don't know the proper way or those that THINK they know the proper methods in Severe weather. I'll not try and test it out and stay at home.

The thing I've noticed around here is that folks think having a 4 wheel drive mini-SUV gives them the capability to drive in snow the same as they would in dry conditions. Note to these folks: All having 4 wheel drive in the snow does is give you the capability to get stuck further from the road. The sooner ya figure this out, the sooner you'll stop spinning out on the interstate. Until then my favorite form of entertainment will be to take my lawn chair and coffee mug out to the busiest intersection I can find and watch the show.

As for calling off school, people were not as lawsuit knee-jerk while I was going through school. These days if a child falls on a small patch of ice at one school, it's Front page news. We've coddled society into playing it safe. I'm not saying let people drive all the time or there are not legitimate reasons for closing a school. However I suspect there are many more reasons behind a school closing than people don't imagine. IF I were a parent , then it would be easier for me to keep children at home than send them out in near single digit temperatures to catch a school bus.

Agreed....on all counts. Maybe...MAYBE...ya call off school for the kindergartners in this weather and MAYBE you do a two hour "late start" for the elementary kids (although I personally don't buy it) but these middle school and high school kids need to have their little butts freezing at the bus stop. It's a character builder. Both of my kids spent 12 years in MN public schools. Every year...EVERY year...there was a month or 6 week period during the winter when there would be a foot (or more) of snow on the ground and temps never got above zero. They made it just fine standing at the bus stop and these kids here will too.

Easy, folks, easy. I lived in Montana for 70 years (which equals 7 winters in people years) and they will never learn to drive in the snow around here. Hell, they have enough trouble driving in the rain. The key to good driving in any weather is to PAY ATTENTION and stay ahead of the vehicle. Constant scanning, slowing down and did I mention PAY ATTENTION to what is going on around you? Drive for the conditions, slow and gentle movements on the steering, gas and brakes. It's not hard but you have to be patient which is what gets all drivers in any weather.

I lived in Montana for 70 years

Dental floss tycoon?

Yeah, when I was a kid I walked uphill 10 miles. In the snow. Each way. With no shoes. Carrying my brother. Drinking a six pack. Doing brain surgery. With rusty tools.

Yeah I stood on my balcony this morning watching it snow as one of my neighbors went whizzing through the parking lot, skidded off the road just as I saw her putting away her cell phone. Nawww... don't think I'll get out there with a yahooos.

I lived in Montana for 70 years

Dental floss tycoon?

Yeah, when I was a kid I walked uphill 10 miles. In the snow. Each way. With no shoes. Carrying my brother. Drinking a six pack. Doing brain surgery. With rusty tools.

We called ourselves mental toss tycoons, thank you. We walked downhill both ways to school and we never ate the yellow snow.

With rusty tools.

Zircon-encrusted tweezers?

Yeah I stood on my balcony this morning watching it snow as one of my neighbors went whizzing through the parking lot, skidded off the road just as I saw her putting away her cell phone. Nawww... don't think I'll get out there with a yahooos.

Becky and I call those folks "FODAs" (Future Organ Donors of America).

And EMS calls them PITAs - and that is the NICEST thing we say about them!

We have lived here for 30 years - every spring every person who learned how to drive in the winter is deported and replaced with a "snow newbie" with bald tires, a lead foot and a cell phone addiction. Now that I no longer "work the street", Steve's idea of lawn chairs and coffee to watch the show sounds like fun!!

Louisville is a great place to live if you enjoy 4 distinct seasons that are perfect in length and not too extreme. Summer is warm but not too hot most of the time and sometimes can be mild(not recently). We have a nice fall. A fairly short winter (when it gets to Feb and you are sick of the cold, you know March and warmer weather is not far away). And spring is the gateway to the warm up in summer.

Personally, I wouldn't want to live somewhere where it is fairly warm all the time like southern Florida.

Just wondering Brian but what Louisville are you living in? It certainly can't be the same one that the rest of us live in, the one that broke a record for the most days above 90° this summer, where spring and fall lasted a couple of weeks this year and where we went from 70° to 10° in two weeks! Don't forget we're going to be averaging over 10° below normal for at least three weeks straight!

I was a bit surprised they close schools today. Seems like the snow had to almost up to our hips when I was a kid to get the schools to close. (Yeah yeah yeah and I had to walk to school in bare feet over broken glass in the said same snow.... Gee sometimes when I listen to myself I DO sound like my grandmother!)

I'm one of the classified employees who has to go into work anyway if they close schools. They didn't cancel the board meeting last night.
I heard from reliable sources that they closed school on the assumption based upon weather forecasts of the area getting more snow and the fact that it gets pretty treacherous for buses picking up students on those untreated neighborhood and subdivision streets.
Except under extreme conditions, I can't ever remember the call to close schools being made before 4:00 am the day of. At least it gave parents time to make arrangements for their children.