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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's dumb, but at least they're not closing.

Are the buildings at least staying open for child care?[/quote]

It’s a school system, not a child-care provider. The goal is getting kids home before the severe weather hits.[/quote]

Get over yourself. Our aftercare provider is staying open.[/quote]

Your aftercare staying open isn’t the flex you think it is. Managing a handful of kids indoors isn’t the same as getting an entire district home safely. 
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Keeping kids (and staff) inside a school building is safe and reasonable in the conditions expected. Much better than being on a bus or walking around outdoors, which is what we are trying to avoid with early dismissal.[/quote]

Right, let’s just keep thousands of kids trapped in classrooms until normal dismissal while a Level 4 storm hits outside. Totally reasonable.[/quote]

You don't seem to understand what level 4 means here.[/quote]

Well, the level 4 level means we will have a good chance to see tornadoes in our area tomorrow afternoon and we will most likely be put under a tornado warning by 1pm tomorrow. According to Doug Kammerer, the storms will move through between 2-6pm and into the metro area between 3-5pm. Damaging winds are likely to occur and you don’t want to get caught outside when the storms roll through.

All of this supports the early dismissal that MCPS (and multiple other counties) has announced. [/quote]

It's a 10-15% chance of tornadoes. That's certainty not "most likely."

Yes, we'll be under a tornado watch, but that doesn't mean much. They don't call a warning until they see one visually or on radar.[/quote]

The Central Maryland Weather Authority Facebook page responded to someone yesterday that made this very same comment.  This was their reply. “Please do not downplay this risk. 15% is exponentially higher than our average risk. About 6x higher. It is reserved for tornado outbreaks that post a threat to life and property. No, the sky isn’t falling, but this is an exceptionally rare and high end threat. We haven’t had a risk this high in over a decade.”

Sounds to me like this could be a little more severe than you are making it out to be.  [/quote]

You can take it seriously without exaggerating the risk. 15% is not "most likely." And 6x is not "exponentially higher."[/quote]

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