School Cancelation

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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.

Well, it’s a bit more challenging when you’re the only adult in the house with young children. I did shovel. Many times. I went out every single chance I could so I could keep up with it and clear my long driveway. I was out there in sleet and freezing rain. Dang it… the weather won.

But I don’t expect sympathy or understanding from the “my driveway was cleared so quickly and easily” crowd. I’ve learned long ago that people generally just care about themselves.

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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.

Exactly.

Our roads still sucked though. Our county has been slow to clear the roads. There just isn’t anywhere to put a lot of the snow.

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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.

Well, it’s a bit more challenging when you’re the only adult in the house with young children. I did shovel. Many times. I went out every single chance I could so I could keep up with it and clear my long driveway. I was out there in sleet and freezing rain. Dang it… the weather won.

But I don’t expect sympathy or understanding from the “my driveway was cleared so quickly and easily” crowd. I’ve learned long ago that people generally just care about themselves.

It wasn’t quickly or easily but an incremental over a few days.

People who chose not to touch it until it solidified only have themselves to blame.

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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.

Well, it’s a bit more challenging when you’re the only adult in the house with young children. I did shovel. Many times. I went out every single chance I could so I could keep up with it and clear my long driveway. I was out there in sleet and freezing rain. Dang it… the weather won.

But I don’t expect sympathy or understanding from the “my driveway was cleared so quickly and easily” crowd. I’ve learned long ago that people generally just care about themselves.

It wasn’t quickly or easily but an incremental over a few days.

People who chose not to touch it until it solidified only have themselves to blame.

+1. I literally did it in 10-15 minute increments because I’m the only person in my household who can and also had work, spread out over 10 hours and eventually got through it on Monday. Not saying everyone else has to follow that exact same path. But by the end of Tuesday, what’s your excuse (unless you live in one of those mansions with a 50+ yards driveway)?

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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.

Well, it’s a bit more challenging when you’re the only adult in the house with young children. I did shovel. Many times. I went out every single chance I could so I could keep up with it and clear my long driveway. I was out there in sleet and freezing rain. Dang it… the weather won.

But I don’t expect sympathy or understanding from the “my driveway was cleared so quickly and easily” crowd. I’ve learned long ago that people generally just care about themselves.

It wasn’t quickly or easily but an incremental over a few days.

People who chose not to touch it until it solidified only have themselves to blame.

+1. I literally did it in 10-15 minute increments because I’m the only person in my household who can and also had work, spread out over 10 hours and eventually got through it on Monday. Not saying everyone else has to follow that exact same path. But by the end of Tuesday, what’s your excuse (unless you live in one of those mansions with a 50+ yards driveway)?

Perhaps some of us aren’t so quick to judge others, seeing as how we don’t know their challenges or circumstances.

I’ll never understand why it is so easy for people to assume that their circumstances are universal. I tend to offer people more grace in order to balance out the ignorant judgment projected by others.

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No reports of disasters as schools opened today? Luckily the close the schools folks have local options as MCPS is closed again tomorrow.

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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

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So glad our school opened today and tomorrow (located in MoCo). What a joke to be paying for private and have to go by MCPS closures.

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Anonymous wrote:So glad our school opened today and tomorrow (located in MoCo). What a joke to be paying for private and have to go by MCPS closures.

It’s ok. I don’t mind. Why do you care? Your school is open, why do you care about what the other schools do?

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I would be annoyed paying for a premium product that cannot deliver. Multiple days off for some snow should only be happening in public schools.

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Anonymous wrote:I would be annoyed paying for a premium product that cannot deliver. Multiple days off for some snow should only be happening in public schools.

Well it sounds like you don’t pay for it, so why do you care?

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Anonymous wrote:I would be annoyed paying for a premium product that cannot deliver. Multiple days off for some snow should only be happening in public schools.

My kid had 2 days off. The third was virtual. Today she went in.

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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.

Well, it’s a bit more challenging when you’re the only adult in the house with young children. I did shovel. Many times. I went out every single chance I could so I could keep up with it and clear my long driveway. I was out there in sleet and freezing rain. Dang it… the weather won.

But I don’t expect sympathy or understanding from the “my driveway was cleared so quickly and easily” crowd. I’ve learned long ago that people generally just care about themselves.

It wasn’t quickly or easily but an incremental over a few days.

People who chose not to touch it until it solidified only have themselves to blame.

+1. I literally did it in 10-15 minute increments because I’m the only person in my household who can and also had work, spread out over 10 hours and eventually got through it on Monday. Not saying everyone else has to follow that exact same path. But by the end of Tuesday, what’s your excuse (unless you live in one of those mansions with a 50+ yards driveway)?

Perhaps some of us aren’t so quick to judge others, seeing as how we don’t know their challenges or circumstances.

I’ll never understand why it is so easy for people to assume that their circumstances are universal. I tend to offer people more grace in order to balance out the ignorant judgment projected by others.

Exactly. As long as these people don't complain when they need to take leave from work or can't get their kids to school. I worked on my iceblock driveway over the entire week, because I was unwell. Luckily for me, schools were closed and I could work from home.

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Anonymous wrote:No reports of disasters as schools opened today? Luckily the close the schools folks have local options as MCPS is closed again tomorrow.

Shockingly, I successfully drove from Gaithersburg to Potomac. Dropped my kid off. Drove back home, worked, and then picked her up later on.

Roads were fine.

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Anonymous wrote:No reports of disasters as schools opened today? Luckily the close the schools folks have local options as MCPS is closed again tomorrow.

Shockingly, I successfully drove from Gaithersburg to Potomac. Dropped my kid off. Drove back home, worked, and then picked her up later on.

Roads were fine.

Going into DC, River road was great until it became one lane and then I had to stop to let another car pass by coming opposite direction once I got closer to Wisconsin and then turning on Van Ness was a disaster because part not fully plowed on right lane.