Anonymous
Post 02/26/2014 08:17     Subject: Shocked there's no delay
I had a bid skid even in my four wheel drive car. And DD's bus never came. We live far from school (it's a magnet bus) and I hear at least one of the roads we'd use is blocked by a multicar accident. so DD's staying home and working on schoolwork here.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2014 08:14     Subject: Shocked there's no delay
Anonymous wrote:I just got into work and the commute was dangerous. A 2 hour delay would have given road crews time to clear the roads. Bikers were skidding into traffic, snow was limiting visibility and the roads were really slippery.


Probably not the best day to be biking
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2014 08:10     Subject: Shocked there's no delay
Anonymous wrote:I'm in Bethesda too and it is a dusting - which is what normal people call a half inch to an inch or snow. Yes roads are "covered" but not with enough accumulation to prevent or endanger normal transit. if people in this area are afraid to leave their homes when there is an inch of snow on the ground, there is something wrong - either move to Florida or learn to cope. And yeah, PP, if your New Englander husband spun out in this and told you to hunker down for your own safety, he is an unsafe driver. And a tool, as us former New Englanders would say.


It isn't the amount of snow - which i agree is not something to get excited about - but the fact that it is coming down smack in the middle of the commute. A 2 hour delay would have made the "rush hour" commute much more safe.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2014 08:09     Subject: Shocked there's no delay
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My teenagers were really shocked and annoyed that there was school this morning. The roads are pretty bad here in Rockville. To be fair though, I think my kids just have unrealistic expectations about weather closures and delays because of precedent set earlier this season. Thanks MCPS (eye roll).


So even when MCPS makes the right call, in your opinion, they're still doing something wrong?

Good grief.


Look, it's not that big of a deal, but yes, I do lay some of the responsibility at their doorstep. MCPS was so quick to cancel or delay school early in the winter when the conditions didn't really justify it. By doing so, they created an expectancy that they can't live up to now because they've run out of snow days. This places pressure on MCPS to not call a delay today when they legitimately should have.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2014 08:07     Subject: Shocked there's no delay
I'm in Bethesda too and it is a dusting - which is what normal people call a half inch to an inch or snow. Yes roads are "covered" but not with enough accumulation to prevent or endanger normal transit. if people in this area are afraid to leave their homes when there is an inch of snow on the ground, there is something wrong - either move to Florida or learn to cope. And yeah, PP, if your New Englander husband spun out in this and told you to hunker down for your own safety, he is an unsafe driver. And a tool, as us former New Englanders would say.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2014 08:07     Subject: Re:Shocked there's no delay
My husband, also a New Englander driving a solid winter car, said the roads are horrible and our kids will be 30 minutes late to school. This is a DC school--driving from Bethesda.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2014 08:05     Subject: Shocked there's no delay
I just got into work and the commute was dangerous. A 2 hour delay would have given road crews time to clear the roads. Bikers were skidding into traffic, snow was limiting visibility and the roads were really slippery.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2014 08:03     Subject: Shocked there's no delay
Anonymous wrote:My teenagers were really shocked and annoyed that there was school this morning. The roads are pretty bad here in Rockville. To be fair though, I think my kids just have unrealistic expectations about weather closures and delays because of precedent set earlier this season. Thanks MCPS (eye roll).


So even when MCPS makes the right call, in your opinion, they're still doing something wrong?

Good grief.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2014 08:01     Subject: Shocked there's no delay
My teenagers were really shocked and annoyed that there was school this morning. The roads are pretty bad here in Rockville. To be fair though, I think my kids just have unrealistic expectations about weather closures and delays because of precedent set earlier this season. Thanks MCPS (eye roll).
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2014 07:59     Subject: Shocked there's no delay
Just got back from taking my DD to high school(MCPS). The main road was completely snow covered on the way but treated by the time I got home. But a school bus got stuck in the hilly drive out if the school backing up traffic all over.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2014 07:58     Subject: Re:Shocked there's no delay
My DD first class had no teacher and more than 2/3's of the class put do it seems like there was more than a dusting in some places. Good call MCPS!
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2014 07:53     Subject: Shocked there's no delay
In silver spring it is definitely more than a dusting. It's slippery and a lot of snow.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2014 07:48     Subject: Shocked there's no delay
I am wondering what the criteria is for not passable in Bethesda. I think the kids will be in fine at school today. More shocking is OPM offered unscheduled leave when the schools are open.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2014 07:47     Subject: Re:Shocked there's no delay
Here in Bethesda it is not a dusting. There is accumulation and it is slippery. I am looking outside and am incredulous that there is not at least a delay. This would have been a full day off at the start of winter.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2014 07:37     Subject: Shocked there's no delay
PLEASE tell me you are all trolls and not this bad in real life. It is a DUSTING of snow.