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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ready to sent this email.

I am writing because the decision to close schools over barely any snow was extremely frustrating and, frankly, unreasonable. Many of us have attended school in real snowfall before with no issues, so shutting everything down for a trace of snow feels like an overreaction.

This kind of decision disrupts families, throws off schedules, and makes it hard for students to stay on track. I’m asking that future closures be based on actual hazardous conditions, not minimal flurries, and that communication is clearer and more thoughtful.

Please do better going forward. Students and families deserve decisions that make sense.[/quote]

Welcome to northern Virginia.

I assume, based on your letter, that you have never experienced snowfall in this area?

It is not quite as bad as Texas, where cars start sliding off the road at the first sign of frost.  At least Texas drivers know their limitations and mostly stay home.  That is why Garza cancelled for frosty sidewalks in Herndon.  She knew her limitations.

This area has a significant number of imports from warm climates who don't know how to drive on snow so they drive on idle, plus an even larger number of jerks who think that you can go as fast as you can on snow, not realizing that just because you can drive on snow doesn't mean you can stop on snow.

When it snows, these 2 drivers always seem to converge on the Beltway, 395 and I95 at exactly the same time, right as trucks are trying to treat the roads.

They turn those 3 highways into a parking lot within an hour of the first snowflake.  Fast drivers crash info those going too slow, or slide across lanes when they slam on their breaks
  Cars run out of gas, and now we have the added issue of electric car batteries dying.

The first real snowfall always goes like this in DC.  It is why the term Snomaggedon was coined.

Once you live hear for 1-2 snow storms, you will quickly learn that letters like you wrote just get scoffed at and tossed.

The first snowfall here does not mean a run on toilet paper and wine.

It means hours of people sitting in their cars on the highways waiting for roadside assistance. [/quote]

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