APS Dec 15 - will it ice over and 2 hr delay

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Anonymous wrote:How does it work in Midwest? Are counties stricter to enforce sidewalk honors who don’t clean by school start?

I’m going to answer this like a serious question. The way humans work is they experience something and maybe have a bad outcome and then learn and adapt. In the winter it was slippery and snowy and as a kid you fell a couple times and figured it out. How to walk on it. How to avoid it. Remember kids are not really that fragile like we are as adults. I think some folks reacting so fearfully to snow and ice think it’s like falling as an adult. They are fine. They get up and figure it out.

Correct. Serious concussions only matter when it’s 4 ft to concrete; a 3 ft tall on ice just can’t be serious; there isn’t enough energy. Probably same for broken arms etc too, and everyone wears puffy clothes.

Drama. No one’s getting a concussion. If you’re that worried, have your kid wear a helmet. They slip once and learn to tread carefully. Added bonus of learning that school is important.

That’s what I said, they won’t get a worrisome concussion, they are too close to ground. Adults slipping on ice often kills them, it’s different for kids. The vast majority of the 17000 annual slip and fall from ice and snow deaths are adults.

And 0 of those 17000 deaths happen in Arlington lol.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to school in the Midwest. Maybe I’m wrong but I don’t remember there being up to 1.5 mile walk zones. DD walks a mile to MS and our side street and sidewalks are pretty icy today. We drove her, as I’m guessing many parents did since the drop off line was quite long.

The Midwest is huge. Where I’m from, we walked a mile to our bus stop.

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When your child is in college, will you want them to skip classes due to bad weather? Or do you want them to suck it up and go?

Butttt… maybe your kid won’t make it to college in the first place, since you taught them to be a victim of all life’s challenges.

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they should have delayed it because no one wanted to treat for 1 inch of snow. everyone expects that to melt immediately because that's what typically happens but it didn't this time.
we shoveled, but anthing left behind is a small icy patch to watch out for. plenty of houses on my street did nothing

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Anonymous wrote:they should have delayed it because no one wanted to treat for 1 inch of snow. everyone expects that to melt immediately because that's what typically happens but it didn't this time.
we shoveled, but anthing left behind is a small icy patch to watch out for. plenty of houses on my street did nothing

Nothing is going to melt in a 2 hour delay, and it's all likely to still be icy tomorrow since it's so cold. A delay would have done nothing to improve safety.

My kid has a lot of pre-break tests this week and a delay really messes with the schedule. Better just to go on time.

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Anonymous wrote:How does it work in Midwest? Are counties stricter to enforce sidewalk honors who don’t clean by school start?

I’m going to answer this like a serious question. The way humans work is they experience something and maybe have a bad outcome and then learn and adapt. In the winter it was slippery and snowy and as a kid you fell a couple times and figured it out. How to walk on it. How to avoid it. Remember kids are not really that fragile like we are as adults. I think some folks reacting so fearfully to snow and ice think it’s like falling as an adult. They are fine. They get up and figure it out.

Correct. Serious concussions only matter when it’s 4 ft to concrete; a 3 ft tall on ice just can’t be serious; there isn’t enough energy. Probably same for broken arms etc too, and everyone wears puffy clothes.

Drama. No one’s getting a concussion. If you’re that worried, have your kid wear a helmet. They slip once and learn to tread carefully. Added bonus of learning that school is important.

That’s what I said, they won’t get a worrisome concussion, they are too close to ground. Adults slipping on ice often kills them, it’s different for kids. The vast majority of the 17000 annual slip and fall from ice and snow deaths are adults.

And 0 of those 17000 deaths happen in Arlington lol.

Falls on ice are a real issue for elderly people with balance and mobility issues. However, this should not be driving decision making for school-aged children.

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Anonymous wrote:How does it work in Midwest? Are counties stricter to enforce sidewalk honors who don’t clean by school start?

I’m going to answer this like a serious question. The way humans work is they experience something and maybe have a bad outcome and then learn and adapt. In the winter it was slippery and snowy and as a kid you fell a couple times and figured it out. How to walk on it. How to avoid it. Remember kids are not really that fragile like we are as adults. I think some folks reacting so fearfully to snow and ice think it’s like falling as an adult. They are fine. They get up and figure it out.

Correct. Serious concussions only matter when it’s 4 ft to concrete; a 3 ft tall on ice just can’t be serious; there isn’t enough energy. Probably same for broken arms etc too, and everyone wears puffy clothes.

Drama. No one’s getting a concussion. If you’re that worried, have your kid wear a helmet. They slip once and learn to tread carefully. Added bonus of learning that school is important.

That’s what I said, they won’t get a worrisome concussion, they are too close to ground. Adults slipping on ice often kills them, it’s different for kids. The vast majority of the 17000 annual slip and fall from ice and snow deaths are adults.

And 0 of those 17000 deaths happen in Arlington lol.

Falls on ice are a real issue for elderly people with balance and mobility issues. However, this should not be driving decision making for school-aged children.

Doris can stay inside. Kids need to go to school.