Comments on: Snow Day http://www.bluegrassmama.com/2007/02/01/snow-day/ Random insights of a transplanted Yankee turned Kentucky homemaker. Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:04:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bluegrass Mama http://www.bluegrassmama.com/2007/02/01/snow-day/comment-page-1/#comment-10281 Bluegrass Mama Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:20:13 +0000 http://www.bluegrassmama.com/2007/02/01/snow-day/#comment-10281 Katherine: True in general, but not here yesterday. The general consensus is that the district jumped the gun and should have had school. Today we had more snow, but they decided on a 2-hour delay, which put the kids on the road at the peak of the snowfall. Ah,winter! Katherine: True in general, but not here yesterday. The general consensus is that the district jumped the gun and should have had school. Today we had more snow, but they decided on a 2-hour delay, which put the kids on the road at the peak of the snowfall. Ah,winter!

]]> By: Katherine http://www.bluegrassmama.com/2007/02/01/snow-day/comment-page-1/#comment-10280 Katherine Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:11:38 +0000 http://www.bluegrassmama.com/2007/02/01/snow-day/#comment-10280 Ms Mac: Since Switzerland is very densely populated, I imagine most Swiss children don't have to travel very far to get to school. That's often not the case in the US. Especially in areas that have serious snowfall (which the Bluegrass Estate does not), the risk of school buses getting stranded in the snow is very real. Ms Mac: Since Switzerland is very densely populated, I imagine most Swiss children don’t have to travel very far to get to school. That’s often not the case in the US. Especially in areas that have serious snowfall (which the Bluegrass Estate does not), the risk of school buses getting stranded in the snow is very real.

]]> By: Bluegrass Mama http://www.bluegrassmama.com/2007/02/01/snow-day/comment-page-1/#comment-10279 Bluegrass Mama Fri, 02 Feb 2007 02:01:46 +0000 http://www.bluegrassmama.com/2007/02/01/snow-day/#comment-10279 Thumper, Oh, I know! I grew up in upstate New York. We didn't even check for school closings if there was less than 8". Thumper, Oh, I know! I grew up in upstate New York. We didn’t even check for school closings if there was less than 8″.

]]> By: Thumper http://www.bluegrassmama.com/2007/02/01/snow-day/comment-page-1/#comment-10278 Thumper Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:45:46 +0000 http://www.bluegrassmama.com/2007/02/01/snow-day/#comment-10278 That would be enough to close schools here, I think. But North Dakotans would be laughing...when we lived there school wasn't cancled unless there were blizzard conditions. That would be enough to close schools here, I think. But North Dakotans would be laughing…when we lived there school wasn’t cancled unless there were blizzard conditions.

]]> By: Bluegrass Mama http://www.bluegrassmama.com/2007/02/01/snow-day/comment-page-1/#comment-10277 Bluegrass Mama Thu, 01 Feb 2007 22:49:20 +0000 http://www.bluegrassmama.com/2007/02/01/snow-day/#comment-10277 Ms. Mac, We don't get a whole lot of snow here, and it's not worth having enough equipment to get all the county roads cleared. Still, I think today they cleared themselves pretty well! Lisa, Ours certainly was. Perhaps some of the back country roads were still snow covered, but I stayed off of them. Annie, I think a delayed opening would have been enough here. Funny how they don't ask me! Ms. Mac, We don’t get a whole lot of snow here, and it’s not worth having enough equipment to get all the county roads cleared. Still, I think today they cleared themselves pretty well!

Lisa, Ours certainly was. Perhaps some of the back country roads were still snow covered, but I stayed off of them.

Annie, I think a delayed opening would have been enough here. Funny how they don’t ask me!

]]> By: annie http://www.bluegrassmama.com/2007/02/01/snow-day/comment-page-1/#comment-10276 annie Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:38:25 +0000 http://www.bluegrassmama.com/2007/02/01/snow-day/#comment-10276 We're expecting a couple inches overnight. I'm not going to even bother setting my alarm clock- it's a guarantee that we'll at least have a delayed opening! We’re expecting a couple inches overnight. I’m not going to even bother setting my alarm clock- it’s a guarantee that we’ll at least have a delayed opening!

]]> By: Lisa http://www.bluegrassmama.com/2007/02/01/snow-day/comment-page-1/#comment-10275 Lisa Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:55:54 +0000 http://www.bluegrassmama.com/2007/02/01/snow-day/#comment-10275 That's it??? It appears your road is even clear! In the 8 years we've lived here, the kids have only had one snow day...and that was actually due to the electricity being out (from the storm I guess). That’s it??? It appears your road is even clear! In the 8 years we’ve lived here, the kids have only had one snow day…and that was actually due to the electricity being out (from the storm I guess).

]]> By: Ms Mac http://www.bluegrassmama.com/2007/02/01/snow-day/comment-page-1/#comment-10274 Ms Mac Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:23:53 +0000 http://www.bluegrassmama.com/2007/02/01/snow-day/#comment-10274 Huh. My boys go to school come 6 inches or 6 feet of snow. Nothing stops for snow in Swizterland. I'm assuming snow is not a new phenomenon in your part of the woods so I don't understand why American schools are not equipped for snow. It happens every year, people! Just another confused foreigner! ;-) Huh. My boys go to school come 6 inches or 6 feet of snow. Nothing stops for snow in Swizterland.

I’m assuming snow is not a new phenomenon in your part of the woods so I don’t understand why American schools are not equipped for snow. It happens every year, people!

Just another confused foreigner! ;-)

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