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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a high school south of Annapolis. https://twitter.com/robbmdwxmedia/status/1433151120575246337?s=21[/quote]

You are correct. We should definitely close anytime there is a risk of bad weather in the midatlantic. Or any time something bad happens to another school in a different location, even if no injuries occurred. Like, I heard there was a school that partially flooded overnight in NW Montgomery County. Therefore, we should all close. Simple equity.[/quote]

Obviously we shouldn’t do that, but the forecast called for the likelihood of tornadoes in the region including DC. If the storms had gone further south the tornadoes could’ve happened here. I don’t think they should do early dismissals for every tornado watch, but it sounds like there was more certainty of tornadoes in this case; they just couldn’t predict the location with more precision. [/quote]

We can’t close every time there’s a flash flood or tornado watch. These happen with surprising regularity here. It’s just that this particular watch got more press than usual. Tornadoes in DC are historically almost harmless. [/quote]

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