Early release Monday?

[Anonymous]

“ it becomes more widespread by late lunch time in the mid-afternoon and through the evening, when a line of stronger storms will roll in with widespread rain, damaging winds (with gusts up to 65-75 mph), and the highest chance for severe weather and tornadoes. “

I hate to say it but I think they need to close.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are we for sure that it is going to one of those historic diaster storm unlike just a common big rainstorm tomorrow Monday? The weather forecast is not always reliable.

It's not warm enough to get a "historic" storm. I think the poster in this thread is a troll.

Read the forecast analysis from NOAA's SPC, which clearly explains why the environment will be ripe tomorrow.

Yes, we may get a thunderstorm, similar to the many other thunderstorms we get each year. Temperature still limits the energy of the storm.

“We may get a thunderstorm” is quite the understatement. Local meteorologists are calling this one of the greater severe weather risks we’ve had in several years. The National Weather Service doesn’t start talking about tornado potential in the DC area in March because it’s just another routine thunderstorm.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This will be a hard call with complaints no matter what is decided. The timing and ensuring ES can get home before it starts makes it even harder to call.

It's really not. Sorry, you're going to have to stick around for your meeting.

Love that being rude seems to be your only personality trait. For the rest of the adults here, Capucci posted this about 15 minutes ago

“ DMV school districts – as we said Thursday/Friday, it's imperative you have a severe weather plan and don't try to "wing it." Nobody has any excuse to be caught with their pants down.

Ask yourselves the following:
– If a tornado warning is issued, where will the kiddos shelter?
– If kiddos are on the bus, do the bus drivers know what to do?
– How will bus drivers be notified of warnings?
– Will dismissal occur if storms are approaching? Will dismissal be delayed?
– Have parents been clued in about the approaching severe weather?”


So not only are you rude, you’re wrong.

I know you will call me rude and I suppose I am but when you use "kiddos" repeatedly in an otherwise well thought out post, you are minimizing your impact. It just sounds juvenile.

Well if you could read, you’d see that I was quoting Matthew Capucci. He used the term, not me. Try again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“ it becomes more widespread by late lunch time in the mid-afternoon and through the evening, when a line of stronger storms will roll in with widespread rain, damaging winds (with gusts up to 65-75 mph), and the highest chance for severe weather and tornadoes. “

I hate to say it but I think they need to close.

Troll.

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Anonymous wrote:Are we for sure that it is going to one of those historic diaster storm unlike just a common big rainstorm tomorrow Monday? The weather forecast is not always reliable.

It's not warm enough to get a "historic" storm. I think the poster in this thread is a troll.

Read the forecast analysis from NOAA's SPC, which clearly explains why the environment will be ripe tomorrow.

Yes, we may get a thunderstorm, similar to the many other thunderstorms we get each year. Temperature still limits the energy of the storm.

“We may get a thunderstorm” is quite the understatement. Local meteorologists are calling this one of the greater severe weather risks we’ve had in several years. The National Weather Service doesn’t start talking about tornado potential in the DC area in March because it’s just another routine thunderstorm.

No, it's not. What is unusual is that we know of the risk early.

The tornado part of this is new to forecasting. They didn't use to report on tornado risk days in advance because the models were too inaccurate.

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Anonymous wrote:Deal with your anxiety and stop worrying about the schools.

Pretty sure she just doesn't want to work.

DP. The OP said she wanted to get out of an after-school meeting. Not that she doesn’t want to work. Teachers know that meetings keep us from our work.

In this case, the meeting is the work.

Again: meetings keep teachers from work. They aren’t actually “work.”

On topic: I can see an early release. Years ago, I was held at work to shelter students. It was disastrous. Parents were trying to pick up their kids, teachers wanted to get to their own children, etc. I can see us trying to avoid that.

Meetings are work you don't want to do.

Clearly you’ve never taught. Being pulled from your work to be reminded to do your work isn’t actually work. It’s a waste of time, and it happens far too often.

Clearly you've never had any jobs outside of teaching.

I have, actually. And so we agree! Meetings aren’t actually work. They simply stall it.

They're part of work, even if you don't find them particularly productive.


Enjoy your meeting tomorrow night.

It’s not my meeting. I’m not the OP. But I know what work actually looks like, and it’s not sitting around and getting nothing done. I may be at work, but I’m not doing work.

You could say that about a lot of the time you spend at work. Do you bring your laptop with you to the toilet?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:“ it becomes more widespread by late lunch time in the mid-afternoon and through the evening, when a line of stronger storms will roll in with widespread rain, damaging winds (with gusts up to 65-75 mph), and the highest chance for severe weather and tornadoes. “

I hate to say it but I think they need to close.

Troll.

Yes, clearly the National Weather Service is trolling too with that severe weather outlook.

[Anonymous]

Its crazy to talk about this a whole day beforehand
School will be on time as far as release time
If its high winds and storms they may cancel after school activities.

My kid has soccer practice at her MS, I can see that moving indoors

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Anonymous wrote:“ it becomes more widespread by late lunch time in the mid-afternoon and through the evening, when a line of stronger storms will roll in with widespread rain, damaging winds (with gusts up to 65-75 mph), and the highest chance for severe weather and tornadoes. “

I hate to say it but I think they need to close.

Troll.

Yes, clearly the National Weather Service is trolling too with that severe weather outlook.

They're not telling people to close schools and workplaces. Your reaction is wildly inappropriate with the risks.

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Anonymous wrote:Deal with your anxiety and stop worrying about the schools.

Pretty sure she just doesn't want to work.

DP. The OP said she wanted to get out of an after-school meeting. Not that she doesn’t want to work. Teachers know that meetings keep us from our work.

In this case, the meeting is the work.

Again: meetings keep teachers from work. They aren’t actually “work.”

On topic: I can see an early release. Years ago, I was held at work to shelter students. It was disastrous. Parents were trying to pick up their kids, teachers wanted to get to their own children, etc. I can see us trying to avoid that.

Meetings are work you don't want to do.

Clearly you’ve never taught. Being pulled from your work to be reminded to do your work isn’t actually work. It’s a waste of time, and it happens far too often.

Clearly you've never had any jobs outside of teaching.

I have, actually. And so we agree! Meetings aren’t actually work. They simply stall it.

They're part of work, even if you don't find them particularly productive.


Enjoy your meeting tomorrow night.

It’s not my meeting. I’m not the OP. But I know what work actually looks like, and it’s not sitting around and getting nothing done. I may be at work, but I’m not doing work.

You could say that about a lot of the time you spend at work. Do you bring your laptop with you to the toilet?

No, some people can’t say that about a lot of their time at work. The rare bathroom break, sure. But when you have 30+ students in front of you, you’re working.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its crazy to talk about this a whole day beforehand
School will be on time as far as release time
If its high winds and storms they may cancel after school activities.

My kid has soccer practice at her MS, I can see that moving indoors

I think soccer will be canceled. This isn't conditions that just warrant moving indoors. This will be strong winds and hail, possibly tornados. It's conditions that warrant staying off the road. Not only due to the risk of being on the road, but the risk of being stranded once you get there due to downed trees blocking roadways.

The forecast could change tomorrow, so I don't think anything should be called off now or even tonight. But unless they downgrade the threat, I predict schools will announce by 10 am that they are closing early.

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Anonymous wrote:“ it becomes more widespread by late lunch time in the mid-afternoon and through the evening, when a line of stronger storms will roll in with widespread rain, damaging winds (with gusts up to 65-75 mph), and the highest chance for severe weather and tornadoes. “

I hate to say it but I think they need to close.

Troll.

Yes, clearly the National Weather Service is trolling too with that severe weather outlook.

They're not telling people to close schools and workplaces. Your reaction is wildly inappropriate with the risks.

Since when does NWS tell schools and businesses to close?

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t believe how uninformed and glib the parents are here. Look at what happened in the Midwest. This is a derecho. There will be no ability to get your kids after it passes because the streets will be closed. Obviously, schools must at least close early and the office doesn’t need parents randomly getting kids.

Don’t derechos form suddenly? There a June 29 2012 derecho certainly wasn’t anticipated. It was also at 10pm after a 105 degree day. Not sure how that could be similar to tomorrow?

The 2012 storm was anticipated to be extremely severe. The environment was ripe for storms. While the derecho itself wasn't predicted, the true weather forecasters warned well in advance that conditions would be dangerous.

Not true at all. Thunderstorms were expected but not what happened at all.

This is not accurate at all. There were warnings for the potential for highly hazardous weather the days leading up the events in 2012. The derecho itself was not necessarily predicted.

No THERE WERE NOT. A monumental event happened in my life on that day and as a result I remember it extremely clearly. The storms were not expected to impact the DC area significantly at all. It took everyone by surprise. It was fast moving, intense and over in minutes. You can look it up - there is plenty of coverage that explains this, both from in 2012 and in retrospect as anniversary articles are common too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:This will be a hard call with complaints no matter what is decided. The timing and ensuring ES can get home before it starts makes it even harder to call.

It's really not. Sorry, you're going to have to stick around for your meeting.

Love that being rude seems to be your only personality trait. For the rest of the adults here, Capucci posted this about 15 minutes ago

“ DMV school districts – as we said Thursday/Friday, it's imperative you have a severe weather plan and don't try to "wing it." Nobody has any excuse to be caught with their pants down.

Ask yourselves the following:
– If a tornado warning is issued, where will the kiddos shelter?
– If kiddos are on the bus, do the bus drivers know what to do?
– How will bus drivers be notified of warnings?
– Will dismissal occur if storms are approaching? Will dismissal be delayed?
– Have parents been clued in about the approaching severe weather?”


So not only are you rude, you’re wrong.

I know you will call me rude and I suppose I am but when you use "kiddos" repeatedly in an otherwise well thought out post, you are minimizing your impact. It just sounds juvenile.

Do you understand the meaning of quotation marks?

[Anonymous]

It's sad how many people here are triggered by the potential for a weather emergency to impact their children's school day.