f...not having snow days
 

here at WVU theres freakin 6 inches of snow on the roads right now and i gurantee unless we get another foot between now and noon the university wont even think about cancelling even afternoon classes. There policy on snowdays sucks, what happened to the good old days of highschool around DC where if there was even a hint that snow might fall school gets cancelled for 3 days.

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Im hoping my exams get canceled for 2 inches.

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[quote=Daseal;285390]Im hoping my exams get canceled for 2 inches.[/quote]

I envy you, ive only been here for 2 years but my sister also went to school here and she said they only cancelled class all day once while she was here and that was when they got about 2 feet of snow

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On 2/14 when we got slammed our office closed early at 10:30, I couldn't believe it. I was pissed I had trudge through all that snow just to get to work and basically turn around and go home.

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[quote=Mattyk72;285397]On 2/14 when we got slammed our office closed early at 10:30, I couldn't believe it. I was pissed I had trudge through all that snow just to get to work and basically turn around and go home.[/quote]

But on the plus side, I knocked over the Sun Sphere!

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It's the ice more than anything which determines how most cities handle the weather. Driving on snow isn't really dangerous, but driving on ice is almost impossible.

Pray for ice.

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Hail, I'm hoping. I doubt it happens, unfortunately.

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[quote=GhettoDogAllStars;285401]It's the ice more than anything which determines how most cities handle the weather. Driving on snow isn't really dangerous, but driving on ice is almost impossible.

Pray for ice.[/quote]

Above all the most dangerous thing is other drivers.

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Yup. I LOVE when it's icy outside that four wheel drive trucks think that just because they have four wheel drive, their cars are impervious to snow.

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The above is why I work from home when the weather is bad. I have a 55 mile commute (one way), and don't want to hassle with idiots who can't drive in inclement weather.

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I'm in friggin Madison, WI and they don't close until at least 10 homeless people (which is basically all the homeless people in Madison) freeze to death. We had about 18 inches of snow and they didn't close a lot of the schools. That's what I get for living in Madison.

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[quote=Sheriff Gonna Getcha;285425]I'm in friggin Madison, WI and they don't close until at least 10 homeless people (which is basically all the homeless people in Madison) freeze to death. We had about 18 inches of snow and they didn't close a lot of the schools. That's what I get for living in Madison.[/quote]

those kids feel my pain, i hate it, i mean, i like the fact that i get to test out my 4x4 on my new truck all the time but having like 8 inches of snow and not closing baffles me coming from a place that would cancel school if the forecast called for snow the next day. gotta love fairfax county schools.

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[quote=TheMalcolmConnection;285407]Yup. I LOVE when it's icy outside that four wheel drive trucks think that just because they have four wheel drive, their cars are impervious to snow.[/quote]

Those guys are such assholes. They are guys that honk at you and speed past in the left lane during a blizzard only to flip over half a mile later down the road.

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Which makes me feel all warm and tingly inside.

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Noting that you guys are ragging on truck guys id like to point out that i understand the fact the 4 wheel drive doesnt matter in the ice and nor will it help if you drive like a jackass

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[quote=Hail2theskins;285382]here at WVU theres freakin 6 inches of snow on the roads right now and i gurantee unless we get another foot between now and noon the university wont even think about cancelling even afternoon classes. There policy on snowdays sucks, what happened to the good old days of highschool around DC where if there was even a hint that snow might fall school gets cancelled for 3 days.[/quote]
The DC area going down south along the coast just do not get the snow fall as they do in areas like WV so when it falls everthing comes to a stand still.

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[QUOTE=firstdown;286337]The DC area going down south along the coast just do not get the snow fall as they do in areas like WV so when it falls everthing comes to a stand still.[/QUOTE] I went to Salisbury U (on MD's eastern shore) and the few times it snowed there it was like the down was afraid the world was coming to an end or something. I think they had maybe 2 plows for the whole city, so they roads stayed a mess for at least a day or two.
The worst part was our campus's grounds crew because they would try to plow throughout the storms, so there was usually ice everywhere. The campus itself is basically as flat as a football field and the ground doesn't drain well, so it was bad enough without them smoothing the ice out like a hockey rink (too many sports analogies).
Now that I'm back in MoCo I feel like they run a pretty tight ship when it snows, even though they're not all that great.

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AMD - the best was snagging trays from the dining hall and sledding down the steps outside Chesapeake.

Winter 2000, moving back to school Super Bowl Weekend, it snowed that weekend. You still saw snow and ice on campus like 3 weeks later.

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[quote=hooskins;285531]Those guys are such assholes. They are guys that honk at you and speed past in the left lane during a blizzard only to flip over half a mile later down the road.[/quote]
I had a guy a couple of years back come flying by me and just as he was going by his car started to spin. It was spinning right in front of me and it was like slow motion as I could see the look of horror on the guys face. he ended up going backwards at an angle off the road and down a hill and we just watched each other as he disappeared. I kept going.

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[QUOTE=BDBohnzie;286371]AMD - the best was snagging trays from the dining hall and sledding down the steps outside Chesapeake.

Winter 2000, moving back to school Super Bowl Weekend, it snowed that weekend. You still saw snow and ice on campus like 3 weeks later.[/QUOTE]Was that 2001? Because I remember the massive snowball fight between every dorm building my freshman year. That was pure insanity. Too bad there weren't ANY hills in the 'Bury to sled down.

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I remember slipping and sliding all over the place moving back into 2C for Spring 2000. Jojo turned 21 like 2 or 3 weeks later, we had a fire drill, and when I sat him on the bench outside, he propped his feet in a mound of dirty snow.

But I do remember the massive snowball fight from 2F after moving back in for Spring 2001. That was insane as well, it went on for a few hours.