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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I would not say DC routinely gets light snow. 3-4 delayed openings for MCPS is average, many years with none, and multiple years with no snow days at all, so maybe five snowfalls a year? I believe it's actually been two years without an inch of measurable snow. So a blizzard every five years doesn't create a routine. There's a difference between "shutting down" and making efforts (such as DELAYING opening, not closing) to reduce traffic on the roads during rush hour. On my commute from Gaithersburg to Silver Spring, I passed 11 accidents and disabled cars. Some were obviously high school students. My neighborhood roads and some of the not-quite-major streets (2-3 lanes each way) were untreated. You can drive on three or four inches of snow once it's packed down--driving in an inch of falling snow is a different story.
 
MCPS etc should have delayed opening today. Two hours to let traffic clear and roads get treated would have made everything much smoother. [/quote]

You are out of your mind. There is no need for clearing snow because it was an inch or less - snow plows are neither necessary nor useful with such small amounts of snow.

If your HS student can't drive in an inch of snow, which is perfectly reasonable for a new driver, then don't let them drive to school today. MCPS does still have school buses, you know.

And sorry to burst your bubble, the DC area does routinely get small amounts of snow. Historically Washington DC averages about 15 inches of snow per year (based on records dating back to the late 1800s, source NOAA.) [/quote]

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