You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS

[Anonymous]

Wow, this issue really gets people going!

My 2 cents: I am a teacher at a DC private and live relatively far out in Montgomery County. I got up early and made it in, but there were some white knuckle moments for sure and I questioned my own judgment a few times along the way in. I will say that, had I notified the school that I would be late because the driving was unsafe from my location at that time (early and with very low temps and a fair amount of untreated roads), they would have been supportive of my decision.

I did see quite a few accidents and traffic jams caused by cars that could not make it up icy hills or had slid across the lines into other cars, as well as a couple of Montgomery County schoolbuses that seemed to have pulled over or been involved in (fortunately) relatively minor accidents.

On balance, this is a day on which I wish they had invoked the 2-hour delay. However, it is not an easy decision; it is a thankless task to make that decision; and even a two-hour delay can be fairly disruptive (for example, if the school runs all classes on a shortened schedule, you can't give a test that was formatted for the longer time period).

Lastly, I get why people are referencing NE or Michigan roots -- it's a way of saying "I'm not just a Southern person scared of cold precipitation falling from the sky."

Anyway, everybody's here, temps have risen, all is well. Hope temps on DCUM cool.

[Anonymous]

I think if they stopped delaying and canceling for every inch of snow, maybe some of you would learn to drive in 1 inch of snow and not act like it is a nor-easter.

[Anonymous]

I am a seasoned, winter Chicago driver. Even I slid this morning because the roads were NOT salted. East-West Highway was a diaster because the cars couldn't get any traction on the slight inclines and skidded. The Connecticut Avenue exit on the beltway had NO

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a seasoned, winter Chicago driver. Even I slid this morning because the roads were NOT salted. East-West Highway was a diaster because the cars couldn't get any traction on the slight inclines and skidded. The Connecticut Avenue exit on the beltway had NO

Not sure what happened so....as I was saying Connecticut Avenue beltway exist was not salted resulting in sliding down the ramp causing seven accidents.

I took several roads resulting in about a two hour drive which normally takes a half hour. So, while there are many who do need to learn to drive in one inch of snow (and I certainly do), the best drivers are powerless when slipping and sliding on untreated roads.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a seasoned, winter Chicago driver. Even I slid this morning because the roads were NOT salted. East-West Highway was a diaster because the cars couldn't get any traction on the slight inclines and skidded. The Connecticut Avenue exit on the beltway had NO

Not sure what happened so....as I was saying Connecticut Avenue beltway exist was not salted resulting in sliding down the ramp causing seven accidents.

I took several roads resulting in about a two hour drive which normally takes a half hour. So, while there are many who do need to learn to drive in one inch of snow (and I certainly do), the best drivers are powerless when slipping and sliding on untreated roads.

PP here. I am not having a good typing day. Meant to say I certainly DO know how to drive in snow.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We drove from up 270 to Holton. No issues. And gasp, we have never lived in New England. I can't believe we could even navigate thru the "blizzard." Amazing.

Thanks for the input, Señora smug

Its also a lie.

How is it a lie PP? I left at 7:10am and took Exit 6 onto 270. 270 HOV to Westlake Exit, Fernwood, Bradley to Wilson. Dropped daughter off at 7:48am. School starts at 8am. Plenty of cars coming in at the same time dropping off their kids. No one extra directing traffic. We normally leave between 7:20-25pm and it takes us 25min max to get to school. Today it took 38 minutes so yes it was a little longer but we knew that and left with plenty of time and didn't stress since Holton wasn't giving tardies today. Besides the usual slow traffic on 270, everything was fine. The highways were wet, the side roads had 1" max of snow. I drive a minivan and it made it thru fine. But I guess if my report was of "hundreds" of car accidents, it would have been more believable.

Too many details is a sure sign of lying. I did not even read your drivel.

Ahh...this is why I like to slum it over here on the private school forum. The quality and civility of the discourse can't be beat. And on the weighty topic of someone's commute no less.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I drove my three kids to two different schools and had no issues. Come on people- there are a few flakes of snow out

Speaking of flakes....

Thanks-- I needed that.

We hit a bad patch coming in & despite slow driving, thought we'd wind up spinning into a major street instead of stopping at the stop sign. All was well, but I believe plenty of people had trouble.

Got nothing to do with your ability on dry clear snowy New England roads.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The question isn't why some private schools were open. Rather, it should be why the DC government wasn't on top of salting the streets this time. The ol' Gray May'r is setting a passive tone for the city government,

My street was fine. Where do you live?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The question isn't why some private schools were open. Rather, it should be why the DC government wasn't on top of salting the streets this time. The ol' Gray May'r is setting a passive tone for the city government,

My street was fine. Where do you live?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:The question isn't why some private schools were open. Rather, it should be why the DC government wasn't on top of salting the streets this time. The ol' Gray May'r is setting a passive tone for the city government,

My street was fine. Where do you live?

And, I had no problems getting to work. I took my time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, this issue really gets people going!

My 2 cents: I am a teacher at a DC private and live relatively far out in Montgomery County. I got up early and made it in, but there were some white knuckle moments for sure and I questioned my own judgment a few times along the way in. I will say that, had I notified the school that I would be late because the driving was unsafe from my location at that time (early and with very low temps and a fair amount of untreated roads), they would have been supportive of my decision.

I did see quite a few accidents and traffic jams caused by cars that could not make it up icy hills or had slid across the lines into other cars, as well as a couple of Montgomery County schoolbuses that seemed to have pulled over or been involved in (fortunately) relatively minor accidents.

On balance, this is a day on which I wish they had invoked the 2-hour delay. However, it is not an easy decision; it is a thankless task to make that decision; and even a two-hour delay can be fairly disruptive (for example, if the school runs all classes on a shortened schedule, you can't give a test that was formatted for the longer time period).

Lastly, I get why people are referencing NE or Michigan roots -- it's a way of saying "I'm not just a Southern person scared of cold precipitation falling from the sky."

Anyway, everybody's here, temps have risen, all is well. Hope temps on DCUM cool.

Oooh, I can't wait for the posts like "If you are a teacher, then why are you on DCUM in the middle of the school day?" etc. I, for one, am thrilled to know that private school teachers actually read this forum -- even if it is during the school day. Please, tell us where you teach so we can know who is keeping up with our vitriol. Oh, and if you can, please tell me whether my snowflake is getting accepted this week and when I will hear and whether it will be by mail, email, phone or singing telegram.

[Anonymous]

DMV, learn to drive in the snow! The weather today wasn't bad, but your driving is!!

[Anonymous]

Uh, just because you didn't encounter bad roads doesn't mean there weren't roads that were bad. I skidded three times on my way to the Beltway via Silver Spring this morning. I turned around and decided to work from home. It was still coming down hard, and I didn't know what the day would bring. I grew up in New England. Sometimes the roads get bad!

[Anonymous]

this post was worth reading for "señora smug" and "weather bitch" both of which I am going to start using in conversation!

Really though - if you can/ are comfortable driving do, if not, don't.

School does not really need to be closed for every flurry, does it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Man up! This is viewed as 'snow mist' in many parts of the country,

+1. Half the country is laughing at you pathetic fools who probably can't drive on the clearest of days either.