School Cancelation

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Anonymous wrote:Incredible how helpless the population is.

Even seemingly high functioning private school parents are not nearly as high functioning as one would expect.

We were dug out by 9am on Monday. Our country club was open on Tuesday. Our school finally opened on Thursday.

The excuses people post on here are like a window into their personal flaws. Aim higher people.

+1 schools should have opened Tuesday

Roads are really sporadic. Some streets are great and others are just very very hard to drive in. But you’re free to come and pick up my kids and drive them to school.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it impossible to believe there are still streets that are not drivable. There has to be tire paths you can drive on by now, that you can access with a little shoveling of the path out of your driveway. Trucks and SUVs are just driving wherever they want.

There is no point trying to reason with them. Most of the posters on this thread want schools closed until the last of the snow melts.

Our street has seen two plows come through (NW DC) over the entire storm. Most folks do not have driveways, if they do they are accessible from the alley. It took three days to dig out one car on the street and the alley hasn’t had a plow come through nor will it ever. I have a car that is low to the ground and not 4 wheel drive as do most of my neighbors. What about this is so difficult to understand. We are not within walking distance of school.

I mean, honestly how is this not your fault? Have you never seen snow in your life?

My street had one plow come through and we are fine.

You need to invest in solutions like a car that can handle snow. Professional snow removal or a snowblower. Or at the very least learn how to use a shovel.

Neither a snowblower nor a shovel works on this stuff. It's blocks of ice on top of compacted snow.

People need to figure out a way to get themselves out but those that didn't do it themselves need to STFU because this wasn't normal snow.

I am shocked that our private was open today given the temps and road conditions, but…

You should have been keeping up with the shoveling early on as everyone recommended. If you waited until it became blocks of ice that’s on you.

Screw off.

Ice is heavy. Not everyone can keep shoveling.

Roads are still blocked in areas.

No place for kids to wait for buses. Buses getting stuck all over the county.

If you didn't want to take care of your kids you should not have had them.

I am tired of the BS on these threads complaining about schools not opening. It is called ice get a god dammed dictionary already and shut the hell up. Ice is not snow.... For the MAGA morons or the Mom4Liberty BS all over this thread. We all know that is who is complaining.

It wasn't ice when it first came down.

What do you think sleet is? The whole problem with this storm and the reason it has been publicized as the worst in 30 years was that it was a few inches of snow followed by inches of sleet, which is ice.

So it wasn’t ice when it first came down; it was a few inches of snow.

There was snow that came down as snow and then turned to packed down snow. Then there was sleet which came down as sleet and became compacted. Then there was rain which came down as rain and froze immediately.

The sleet and ice were not snow when they came down.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Incredible how helpless the population is.

Even seemingly high functioning private school parents are not nearly as high functioning as one would expect.

We were dug out by 9am on Monday. Our country club was open on Tuesday. Our school finally opened on Thursday.

The excuses people post on here are like a window into their personal flaws. Aim higher people.

+1 schools should have opened Tuesday

Roads are really sporadic. Some streets are great and others are just very very hard to drive in. But you’re free to come and pick up my kids and drive them to school.

You have no friends who will pick your kid up down the street and drive them to school if your car is stuck? That’s sad.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Incredible how helpless the population is.

Even seemingly high functioning private school parents are not nearly as high functioning as one would expect.

We were dug out by 9am on Monday. Our country club was open on Tuesday. Our school finally opened on Thursday.

The excuses people post on here are like a window into their personal flaws. Aim higher people.

+1 schools should have opened Tuesday

Roads are really sporadic. Some streets are great and others are just very very hard to drive in. But you’re free to come and pick up my kids and drive them to school.

Take an excused absence if you need more time to get your act together.

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Anonymous wrote:Incredible how helpless the population is.

Even seemingly high functioning private school parents are not nearly as high functioning as one would expect.

We were dug out by 9am on Monday. Our country club was open on Tuesday. Our school finally opened on Thursday.

The excuses people post on here are like a window into their personal flaws. Aim higher people.

+1 schools should have opened Tuesday

Roads are really sporadic. Some streets are great and others are just very very hard to drive in. But you’re free to come and pick up my kids and drive them to school.

You have no friends who will pick your kid up down the street and drive them to school if your car is stuck? That’s sad.

Many friends but none live near me and not with kids at same school. Do not know any families at school since DC is a new student this year.

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Anonymous wrote:Incredible how helpless the population is.

Even seemingly high functioning private school parents are not nearly as high functioning as one would expect.

We were dug out by 9am on Monday. Our country club was open on Tuesday. Our school finally opened on Thursday.

The excuses people post on here are like a window into their personal flaws. Aim higher people.

+1 schools should have opened Tuesday

Roads are really sporadic. Some streets are great and others are just very very hard to drive in. But you’re free to come and pick up my kids and drive them to school.

You have no friends who will pick your kid up down the street and drive them to school if your car is stuck? That’s sad.

Many friends but none live near me and not with kids at same school. Do not know any families at school since DC is a new student this year.

And no Uber account?

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Anonymous wrote:I find it impossible to believe there are still streets that are not drivable. There has to be tire paths you can drive on by now, that you can access with a little shoveling of the path out of your driveway. Trucks and SUVs are just driving wherever they want.

There is no point trying to reason with them. Most of the posters on this thread want schools closed until the last of the snow melts.

Our street has seen two plows come through (NW DC) over the entire storm. Most folks do not have driveways, if they do they are accessible from the alley. It took three days to dig out one car on the street and the alley hasn’t had a plow come through nor will it ever. I have a car that is low to the ground and not 4 wheel drive as do most of my neighbors. What about this is so difficult to understand. We are not within walking distance of school.

I mean, honestly how is this not your fault? Have you never seen snow in your life?

My street had one plow come through and we are fine.

You need to invest in solutions like a car that can handle snow. Professional snow removal or a snowblower. Or at the very least learn how to use a shovel.

Neither a snowblower nor a shovel works on this stuff. It's blocks of ice on top of compacted snow.

People need to figure out a way to get themselves out but those that didn't do it themselves need to STFU because this wasn't normal snow.

I am shocked that our private was open today given the temps and road conditions, but…

You should have been keeping up with the shoveling early on as everyone recommended. If you waited until it became blocks of ice that’s on you.

Screw off.

Ice is heavy. Not everyone can keep shoveling.

Roads are still blocked in areas.

No place for kids to wait for buses. Buses getting stuck all over the county.

If you didn't want to take care of your kids you should not have had them.

I am tired of the BS on these threads complaining about schools not opening. It is called ice get a god dammed dictionary already and shut the hell up. Ice is not snow.... For the MAGA morons or the Mom4Liberty BS all over this thread. We all know that is who is complaining.

It wasn't ice when it first came down.

What do you think sleet is? The whole problem with this storm and the reason it has been publicized as the worst in 30 years was that it was a few inches of snow followed by inches of sleet, which is ice.

So it wasn’t ice when it first came down; it was a few inches of snow.

There was snow that came down as snow and then turned to packed down snow. Then there was sleet which came down as sleet and became compacted. Then there was rain which came down as rain and froze immediately.

The sleet and ice were not snow when they came down.

So the PP who said it was snow and not ice when it first came down was correct.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it impossible to believe there are still streets that are not drivable. There has to be tire paths you can drive on by now, that you can access with a little shoveling of the path out of your driveway. Trucks and SUVs are just driving wherever they want.

There is no point trying to reason with them. Most of the posters on this thread want schools closed until the last of the snow melts.

Our street has seen two plows come through (NW DC) over the entire storm. Most folks do not have driveways, if they do they are accessible from the alley. It took three days to dig out one car on the street and the alley hasn’t had a plow come through nor will it ever. I have a car that is low to the ground and not 4 wheel drive as do most of my neighbors. What about this is so difficult to understand. We are not within walking distance of school.

I mean, honestly how is this not your fault? Have you never seen snow in your life?

My street had one plow come through and we are fine.

You need to invest in solutions like a car that can handle snow. Professional snow removal or a snowblower. Or at the very least learn how to use a shovel.

Neither a snowblower nor a shovel works on this stuff. It's blocks of ice on top of compacted snow.

People need to figure out a way to get themselves out but those that didn't do it themselves need to STFU because this wasn't normal snow.

I am shocked that our private was open today given the temps and road conditions, but…

You should have been keeping up with the shoveling early on as everyone recommended. If you waited until it became blocks of ice that’s on you.

Screw off.

Ice is heavy. Not everyone can keep shoveling.

Roads are still blocked in areas.

No place for kids to wait for buses. Buses getting stuck all over the county.

If you didn't want to take care of your kids you should not have had them.

I am tired of the BS on these threads complaining about schools not opening. It is called ice get a god dammed dictionary already and shut the hell up. Ice is not snow.... For the MAGA morons or the Mom4Liberty BS all over this thread. We all know that is who is complaining.

It wasn't ice when it first came down.

What do you think sleet is? The whole problem with this storm and the reason it has been publicized as the worst in 30 years was that it was a few inches of snow followed by inches of sleet, which is ice.

So it wasn’t ice when it first came down; it was a few inches of snow.

There was snow that came down as snow and then turned to packed down snow. Then there was sleet which came down as sleet and became compacted. Then there was rain which came down as rain and froze immediately.

The sleet and ice were not snow when they came down.

So the PP who said it was snow and not ice when it first came down was correct.

DP. This is getting silly. Yes, it was INITIALLY snow. Then Mother Nature decided to dump 3 inches of ice and freezing rain on us. Some of us realize that for the very real challenge it is. Some of us, however, feel so inconvenienced that we need to take it out on others.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it impossible to believe there are still streets that are not drivable. There has to be tire paths you can drive on by now, that you can access with a little shoveling of the path out of your driveway. Trucks and SUVs are just driving wherever they want.

There is no point trying to reason with them. Most of the posters on this thread want schools closed until the last of the snow melts.

Our street has seen two plows come through (NW DC) over the entire storm. Most folks do not have driveways, if they do they are accessible from the alley. It took three days to dig out one car on the street and the alley hasn’t had a plow come through nor will it ever. I have a car that is low to the ground and not 4 wheel drive as do most of my neighbors. What about this is so difficult to understand. We are not within walking distance of school.

I mean, honestly how is this not your fault? Have you never seen snow in your life?

My street had one plow come through and we are fine.

You need to invest in solutions like a car that can handle snow. Professional snow removal or a snowblower. Or at the very least learn how to use a shovel.

Neither a snowblower nor a shovel works on this stuff. It's blocks of ice on top of compacted snow.

People need to figure out a way to get themselves out but those that didn't do it themselves need to STFU because this wasn't normal snow.

I am shocked that our private was open today given the temps and road conditions, but…

You should have been keeping up with the shoveling early on as everyone recommended. If you waited until it became blocks of ice that’s on you.

Screw off.

Ice is heavy. Not everyone can keep shoveling.

Roads are still blocked in areas.

No place for kids to wait for buses. Buses getting stuck all over the county.

If you didn't want to take care of your kids you should not have had them.

I am tired of the BS on these threads complaining about schools not opening. It is called ice get a god dammed dictionary already and shut the hell up. Ice is not snow.... For the MAGA morons or the Mom4Liberty BS all over this thread. We all know that is who is complaining.

It wasn't ice when it first came down.

What do you think sleet is? The whole problem with this storm and the reason it has been publicized as the worst in 30 years was that it was a few inches of snow followed by inches of sleet, which is ice.

It didn’t come down in a sheet of ice.

I’m old and out of shape and had no problem shoveling it in phases before it solidified. It was like tiny sonic ice. While heavier than the first rounds of fluffy dry snow, it was still easy to move.

If you stayed on top of it, as recommended, it wasn’t a problem.

I do think many of the roads still aren’t great though and my kids’ school should have done another virtual day or delayed start.

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pick up and drop off was a mess today at our private.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it impossible to believe there are still streets that are not drivable. There has to be tire paths you can drive on by now, that you can access with a little shoveling of the path out of your driveway. Trucks and SUVs are just driving wherever they want.

There is no point trying to reason with them. Most of the posters on this thread want schools closed until the last of the snow melts.

Our street has seen two plows come through (NW DC) over the entire storm. Most folks do not have driveways, if they do they are accessible from the alley. It took three days to dig out one car on the street and the alley hasn’t had a plow come through nor will it ever. I have a car that is low to the ground and not 4 wheel drive as do most of my neighbors. What about this is so difficult to understand. We are not within walking distance of school.

I mean, honestly how is this not your fault? Have you never seen snow in your life?

My street had one plow come through and we are fine.

You need to invest in solutions like a car that can handle snow. Professional snow removal or a snowblower. Or at the very least learn how to use a shovel.

Neither a snowblower nor a shovel works on this stuff. It's blocks of ice on top of compacted snow.

People need to figure out a way to get themselves out but those that didn't do it themselves need to STFU because this wasn't normal snow.

I am shocked that our private was open today given the temps and road conditions, but…

You should have been keeping up with the shoveling early on as everyone recommended. If you waited until it became blocks of ice that’s on you.

I shoveled snow on Sunday, cleared the sidewalk on Monday and the car on Tuesday. Just because you paid someone doesn't mean you have any idea what the situation was like.

Temperatures haven't been above freezing yet

I know exactly what it it's like. My DH, teen, and I all took turns shoveling - including the 3' wall formed by the county plow. Now our sidewalks and driveway are clear and dry.

If you shoveled early and often you would have been fine. Don't get pissy at others - you only have yourself to blame.

DP. That’s so nice you had help. My DH is a first responder and wasn’t home, so I got to do my LONG driveway all by myself. (My children are too young to make much of a dent.) So while you were taking turns, I had nobody to rely on but myself. I also had to shovel during my pauses from work, because I was also working online.

I know it’s hard to be empathetic. I really do. But not everybody has your resources, nor do they live on your street. My street is STILL down to one lane for both directions, as is the access road to our community. Can I get out? Yes, but I won’t pretend it’s easy. I can also see how the road can’t handle normal two-way traffic in its current condition.

We tend to think rather myopically on this site. “If I have it easy, clearly everyone else is just lazy.” I recommend trying to see past that view, however. Your experiences are just YOUR experiences.

Anyone who didn’t even attempt to touch it until it solidified made a bad choice.

My street sucks too. Which is why I said I didn’t think my kids’ school should have gone in person today. Virtual was working just fine.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it impossible to believe there are still streets that are not drivable. There has to be tire paths you can drive on by now, that you can access with a little shoveling of the path out of your driveway. Trucks and SUVs are just driving wherever they want.

There is no point trying to reason with them. Most of the posters on this thread want schools closed until the last of the snow melts.

Our street has seen two plows come through (NW DC) over the entire storm. Most folks do not have driveways, if they do they are accessible from the alley. It took three days to dig out one car on the street and the alley hasn’t had a plow come through nor will it ever. I have a car that is low to the ground and not 4 wheel drive as do most of my neighbors. What about this is so difficult to understand. We are not within walking distance of school.

I mean, honestly how is this not your fault? Have you never seen snow in your life?

My street had one plow come through and we are fine.

You need to invest in solutions like a car that can handle snow. Professional snow removal or a snowblower. Or at the very least learn how to use a shovel.

Neither a snowblower nor a shovel works on this stuff. It's blocks of ice on top of compacted snow.

People need to figure out a way to get themselves out but those that didn't do it themselves need to STFU because this wasn't normal snow.

I am shocked that our private was open today given the temps and road conditions, but…

You should have been keeping up with the shoveling early on as everyone recommended. If you waited until it became blocks of ice that’s on you.

Screw off.

Ice is heavy. Not everyone can keep shoveling.

Roads are still blocked in areas.

No place for kids to wait for buses. Buses getting stuck all over the county.

If you didn't want to take care of your kids you should not have had them.

I am tired of the BS on these threads complaining about schools not opening. It is called ice get a god dammed dictionary already and shut the hell up. Ice is not snow.... For the MAGA morons or the Mom4Liberty BS all over this thread. We all know that is who is complaining.

It wasn't ice when it first came down.

What do you think sleet is? The whole problem with this storm and the reason it has been publicized as the worst in 30 years was that it was a few inches of snow followed by inches of sleet, which is ice.

So it wasn’t ice when it first came down; it was a few inches of snow.

There was snow that came down as snow and then turned to packed down snow. Then there was sleet which came down as sleet and became compacted. Then there was rain which came down as rain and froze immediately.

The sleet and ice were not snow when they came down.

They were all easily moved before they solidified. Which you’d know if you made any attempt to shovel early on.

The biggest issue that we had was the plow wall. Took 3 rounds to make a path through that.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it impossible to believe there are still streets that are not drivable. There has to be tire paths you can drive on by now, that you can access with a little shoveling of the path out of your driveway. Trucks and SUVs are just driving wherever they want.

There is no point trying to reason with them. Most of the posters on this thread want schools closed until the last of the snow melts.

Our street has seen two plows come through (NW DC) over the entire storm. Most folks do not have driveways, if they do they are accessible from the alley. It took three days to dig out one car on the street and the alley hasn’t had a plow come through nor will it ever. I have a car that is low to the ground and not 4 wheel drive as do most of my neighbors. What about this is so difficult to understand. We are not within walking distance of school.

I mean, honestly how is this not your fault? Have you never seen snow in your life?

My street had one plow come through and we are fine.

You need to invest in solutions like a car that can handle snow. Professional snow removal or a snowblower. Or at the very least learn how to use a shovel.

Neither a snowblower nor a shovel works on this stuff. It's blocks of ice on top of compacted snow.

People need to figure out a way to get themselves out but those that didn't do it themselves need to STFU because this wasn't normal snow.

I am shocked that our private was open today given the temps and road conditions, but…

You should have been keeping up with the shoveling early on as everyone recommended. If you waited until it became blocks of ice that’s on you.

Screw off.

Ice is heavy. Not everyone can keep shoveling.

Roads are still blocked in areas.

No place for kids to wait for buses. Buses getting stuck all over the county.

If you didn't want to take care of your kids you should not have had them.

I am tired of the BS on these threads complaining about schools not opening. It is called ice get a god dammed dictionary already and shut the hell up. Ice is not snow.... For the MAGA morons or the Mom4Liberty BS all over this thread. We all know that is who is complaining.

It wasn't ice when it first came down.

What do you think sleet is? The whole problem with this storm and the reason it has been publicized as the worst in 30 years was that it was a few inches of snow followed by inches of sleet, which is ice.

So it wasn’t ice when it first came down; it was a few inches of snow.

There was snow that came down as snow and then turned to packed down snow. Then there was sleet which came down as sleet and became compacted. Then there was rain which came down as rain and froze immediately.

The sleet and ice were not snow when they came down.

So the PP who said it was snow and not ice when it first came down was correct.

DP. This is getting silly. Yes, it was INITIALLY snow. Then Mother Nature decided to dump 3 inches of ice and freezing rain on us. Some of us realize that for the very real challenge it is. Some of us, however, feel so inconvenienced that we need to take it out on others.

Are you my neighbor? They are very physically capable adults who have no problem going sledding with their kids but somehow shoveling snow from their driveway is too much work. Anyone who shoveled on Monday after the snow already ended knows that it was more difficult then the usual fluffy snow but still very much manageable. Even on Tuesday, it was fine in the afternoon when the sunlight melted the top layer a bit. On Wednesday and today, it’s really damn hard but that’s on you or anyone else for letting the snow thaw and refreeze for over 2 days before trying.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it impossible to believe there are still streets that are not drivable. There has to be tire paths you can drive on by now, that you can access with a little shoveling of the path out of your driveway. Trucks and SUVs are just driving wherever they want.

There is no point trying to reason with them. Most of the posters on this thread want schools closed until the last of the snow melts.

Our street has seen two plows come through (NW DC) over the entire storm. Most folks do not have driveways, if they do they are accessible from the alley. It took three days to dig out one car on the street and the alley hasn’t had a plow come through nor will it ever. I have a car that is low to the ground and not 4 wheel drive as do most of my neighbors. What about this is so difficult to understand. We are not within walking distance of school.

I mean, honestly how is this not your fault? Have you never seen snow in your life?

My street had one plow come through and we are fine.

You need to invest in solutions like a car that can handle snow. Professional snow removal or a snowblower. Or at the very least learn how to use a shovel.

Neither a snowblower nor a shovel works on this stuff. It's blocks of ice on top of compacted snow.

People need to figure out a way to get themselves out but those that didn't do it themselves need to STFU because this wasn't normal snow.

I am shocked that our private was open today given the temps and road conditions, but…

You should have been keeping up with the shoveling early on as everyone recommended. If you waited until it became blocks of ice that’s on you.

Screw off.

Ice is heavy. Not everyone can keep shoveling.

Roads are still blocked in areas.

No place for kids to wait for buses. Buses getting stuck all over the county.

If you didn't want to take care of your kids you should not have had them.

I am tired of the BS on these threads complaining about schools not opening. It is called ice get a god dammed dictionary already and shut the hell up. Ice is not snow.... For the MAGA morons or the Mom4Liberty BS all over this thread. We all know that is who is complaining.

It wasn't ice when it first came down.

What do you think sleet is? The whole problem with this storm and the reason it has been publicized as the worst in 30 years was that it was a few inches of snow followed by inches of sleet, which is ice.

So it wasn’t ice when it first came down; it was a few inches of snow.

There was snow that came down as snow and then turned to packed down snow. Then there was sleet which came down as sleet and became compacted. Then there was rain which came down as rain and froze immediately.

The sleet and ice were not snow when they came down.

So the PP who said it was snow and not ice when it first came down was correct.

DP. This is getting silly. Yes, it was INITIALLY snow. Then Mother Nature decided to dump 3 inches of ice and freezing rain on us. Some of us realize that for the very real challenge it is. Some of us, however, feel so inconvenienced that we need to take it out on others.

So we agree.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it impossible to believe there are still streets that are not drivable. There has to be tire paths you can drive on by now, that you can access with a little shoveling of the path out of your driveway. Trucks and SUVs are just driving wherever they want.

There is no point trying to reason with them. Most of the posters on this thread want schools closed until the last of the snow melts.

Our street has seen two plows come through (NW DC) over the entire storm. Most folks do not have driveways, if they do they are accessible from the alley. It took three days to dig out one car on the street and the alley hasn’t had a plow come through nor will it ever. I have a car that is low to the ground and not 4 wheel drive as do most of my neighbors. What about this is so difficult to understand. We are not within walking distance of school.

I mean, honestly how is this not your fault? Have you never seen snow in your life?

My street had one plow come through and we are fine.

You need to invest in solutions like a car that can handle snow. Professional snow removal or a snowblower. Or at the very least learn how to use a shovel.

Neither a snowblower nor a shovel works on this stuff. It's blocks of ice on top of compacted snow.

People need to figure out a way to get themselves out but those that didn't do it themselves need to STFU because this wasn't normal snow.

I am shocked that our private was open today given the temps and road conditions, but…

You should have been keeping up with the shoveling early on as everyone recommended. If you waited until it became blocks of ice that’s on you.

Screw off.

Ice is heavy. Not everyone can keep shoveling.

Roads are still blocked in areas.

No place for kids to wait for buses. Buses getting stuck all over the county.

If you didn't want to take care of your kids you should not have had them.

I am tired of the BS on these threads complaining about schools not opening. It is called ice get a god dammed dictionary already and shut the hell up. Ice is not snow.... For the MAGA morons or the Mom4Liberty BS all over this thread. We all know that is who is complaining.

It wasn't ice when it first came down.

What do you think sleet is? The whole problem with this storm and the reason it has been publicized as the worst in 30 years was that it was a few inches of snow followed by inches of sleet, which is ice.

So it wasn’t ice when it first came down; it was a few inches of snow.

There was snow that came down as snow and then turned to packed down snow. Then there was sleet which came down as sleet and became compacted. Then there was rain which came down as rain and froze immediately.

The sleet and ice were not snow when they came down.

So the PP who said it was snow and not ice when it first came down was correct.

DP. This is getting silly. Yes, it was INITIALLY snow. Then Mother Nature decided to dump 3 inches of ice and freezing rain on us. Some of us realize that for the very real challenge it is. Some of us, however, feel so inconvenienced that we need to take it out on others.

It was much more of a challenge if you sat inside and waited for it to solidify before trying to clear it.