January 17, 2007
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For days we were warned of winter weather by agitated weathercasters, and finally received a bit.
Last night we were lightly advised of the possibility of a few flurries this morning, but nothing of significance.
Ha.
Schools were canceled for the day (with the sole exception of the Dallas ISD, which just shows), so I let Dmitry sleep in. About 8:30 he came reeling out of his room, dressed in his school clothes and squawking about how late it is and what's going on? Pointed him toward the window, and after a brief retreat to his room to change clothes:
Of course, that was this morning. Now it's the afternoon and he has dramatically announced he is "officially bored." When I suggested he work on one or two of his packs for school, however, he suddenly thought of something he needed to do and scurried back to the safety of his room.
Kirstin was supposed to be going out to lunch with her grandfather today and I was going to keep Bryson. Naturally the snow and ice put paid to those plans, and while on the phone she told me of waking up at the usual time - shortly after 6 a.m. - and proceeding to get the day started. Matt headed to the computer, where for some reason I don't recall he had cause to visit their children's school's website.
He called out to her, "What day is this?" "Wednesday!" she called back.
"What's the date?" he inquired.
"The seventeenth. Why?"
"January seventeenth?" he persisted, wanting to make very sure. Kirstin assured him this was indeed that date, so he told her of a large notice on the website announcing "SCHOOL CANCELED."
Alarmed, fearing there had been a tragedy, Kirstin rushed to call her neighbor across the street, whose child also attends that school, asking if she knew what was going on....why was school canceled.
After a brief, startled pause, her friend gently advised, "Kirstin, go look out the window."
Oh.
Comments (7)
Looks about like it does here. The roads are perfectly clear. Temps at 15° this AM, but it didn't keep me from my 3 mi. run.
You are such a depressing person, Eleanor.
Actually a week ago I would have not done the run, but as I'm trying to lose ten pounds, I'm not giving in to excuses. But at 15°, if it had been windy, that would have kept me in-- the wind chill would have been forbidding. As it is I wear ski goggles so my eyeballs don't freeze, and four layers of clothes. These days not running is asking for a day of failure, and I really want to get into that kilt without feeling like a twisted balloon.
ROFL!!! They canceled school for THAT?!?!? You can see GRASS through the snow!!!!
I know, I know -- y'all aren't prepared for it and the buses and people can't drive on snow because there's no salt, etc., etc. So yes, closing school is appropriate in that situation.
But I still can't help laughing.
And BTW, if we had flurries predicted and got a dusting like that, we'd think the forecast was pretty close.
We don't all live in Pennsylvania, Jane.
Yesterday morning Fort Worth's police department reported 17 major (with injuries) and 57 minor accidents.
We aren't skilled at driving on icy streets, that's the top and bottom of it.
The thought of school buses driving kids around on frozen roads....! =8^o
Gives me the willies just to think about, based upon how I see them driven when it's dry.
Right, I completely understand. It's just, well, amusing to think of school being canceled for a dusting!
That's not a very big number of accidents...everyone must have stayed home!
Here, and this is Virginia, though coastal virginia, I'll admit, and I have heard them talk about as many as 100 accidents in the area, in a snow like that.
I know, I butchered that sentence, but I'm excited!
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