Anonymous
12/15/2025 07:46
Subject: APS Dec 15 - will it ice over and 2 hr delay
I went to school in the Midwest. Maybe I’m wrong but I don’t remember there being up to 1.5 mile walk zones. DD walks a mile to MS and our side street and sidewalks are pretty icy today. We drove her, as I’m guessing many parents did since the drop off line was quite long.
Anonymous
12/14/2025 23:59
Subject: APS Dec 15 - will it ice over and 2 hr delay
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How does it work in Midwest? Are counties stricter to enforce sidewalk honors who don’t clean by school start?
I’m going to answer this like a serious question. The way humans work is they experience something and maybe have a bad outcome and then learn and adapt. In the winter it was slippery and snowy and as a kid you fell a couple times and figured it out. How to walk on it. How to avoid it. Remember kids are not really that fragile like we are as adults. I think some folks reacting so fearfully to snow and ice think it’s like falling as an adult. They are fine. They get up and figure it out.
Correct. Serious concussions only matter when it’s 4 ft to concrete; a 3 ft tall on ice just can’t be serious; there isn’t enough energy. Probably same for broken arms etc too, and everyone wears puffy clothes.
Drama. No one’s getting a concussion. If you’re that worried, have your kid wear a helmet. They slip once and learn to tread carefully. Added bonus of learning that school is important.
That’s what I said, they won’t get a worrisome concussion, they are too close to ground. Adults slipping on ice often kills them, it’s different for kids. The vast majority of the 17000 annual slip and fall from ice and snow deaths are adults.
Anonymous
12/14/2025 20:09
Subject: APS Dec 15 - will it ice over and 2 hr delay
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How does it work in Midwest? Are counties stricter to enforce sidewalk honors who don’t clean by school start?
I’m going to answer this like a serious question. The way humans work is they experience something and maybe have a bad outcome and then learn and adapt. In the winter it was slippery and snowy and as a kid you fell a couple times and figured it out. How to walk on it. How to avoid it. Remember kids are not really that fragile like we are as adults. I think some folks reacting so fearfully to snow and ice think it’s like falling as an adult. They are fine. They get up and figure it out.
Correct. Serious concussions only matter when it’s 4 ft to concrete; a 3 ft tall on ice just can’t be serious; there isn’t enough energy. Probably same for broken arms etc too, and everyone wears puffy clothes.
Drama. No one’s getting a concussion. If you’re that worried, have your kid wear a helmet. They slip once and learn to tread carefully. Added bonus of learning that school is important.
Anonymous
12/14/2025 19:42
Subject: APS Dec 15 - will it ice over and 2 hr delay
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How does it work in Midwest? Are counties stricter to enforce sidewalk honors who don’t clean by school start?
I’m going to answer this like a serious question. The way humans work is they experience something and maybe have a bad outcome and then learn and adapt. In the winter it was slippery and snowy and as a kid you fell a couple times and figured it out. How to walk on it. How to avoid it. Remember kids are not really that fragile like we are as adults. I think some folks reacting so fearfully to snow and ice think it’s like falling as an adult. They are fine. They get up and figure it out.
Correct. Serious concussions only matter when it’s 4 ft to concrete; a 3 ft tall on ice just can’t be serious; there isn’t enough energy. Probably same for broken arms etc too, and everyone wears puffy clothes.
Anonymous
12/14/2025 19:34
Subject: APS Dec 15 - will it ice over and 2 hr delay
Anonymous wrote:How does it work in Midwest? Are counties stricter to enforce sidewalk honors who don’t clean by school start?
I’m going to answer this like a serious question. The way humans work is they experience something and maybe have a bad outcome and then learn and adapt. In the winter it was slippery and snowy and as a kid you fell a couple times and figured it out. How to walk on it. How to avoid it. Remember kids are not really that fragile like we are as adults. I think some folks reacting so fearfully to snow and ice think it’s like falling as an adult. They are fine. They get up and figure it out.
Anonymous
12/14/2025 19:31
Subject: Re:APS Dec 15 - will it ice over and 2 hr delay
It’s over folks. They are opening. Quiver in your beds overnight about all the ice out there and what will become of the children.
Anonymous
12/14/2025 19:25
Subject: APS Dec 15 - will it ice over and 2 hr delay
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If it got really bad, we stepped onto the snowy grass. Even the dumb kids figured it out.
In our neighborhood there are lots of fences and retaining walls that hem in sidewalk between wall and street.
High drama.
Anonymous
12/14/2025 19:21
Subject: APS Dec 15 - will it ice over and 2 hr delay
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How does it work in Midwest? Are counties stricter to enforce sidewalk honors who don’t clean by school start?
I’m from the Midwest and walked on many icy sidewalks as a kid going to school. You take them slowly and it’s fine. FFS.
You can’t cross 20 ft of icy sidewalks safely, esp carrying backpacks.
Well… we did. But you do you, teaching your kid to be a wuss. That’ll serve them well in life.
Anonymous
12/14/2025 19:18
Subject: APS Dec 15 - will it ice over and 2 hr delay
They haven’t announced anything at all, it’s opening on time.
Anonymous
12/14/2025 19:17
Subject: APS Dec 15 - will it ice over and 2 hr delay
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How does it work in Midwest? Are counties stricter to enforce sidewalk honors who don’t clean by school start?
I’m from the Midwest and walked on many icy sidewalks as a kid going to school. You take them slowly and it’s fine. FFS.
You can’t cross 20 ft of icy sidewalks safely, esp carrying backpacks.
Anonymous
12/14/2025 19:17
Subject: APS Dec 15 - will it ice over and 2 hr delay
“Bend your knees, Little Timmy! Have fun at school today!”
Anonymous
12/14/2025 19:16
Subject: APS Dec 15 - will it ice over and 2 hr delay
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If it got really bad, we stepped onto the snowy grass. Even the dumb kids figured it out.
In our neighborhood there are lots of fences and retaining walls that hem in sidewalk between wall and street.
That’s great. Again, we mostly walked on the ice. We’d oftentimes pretend we were ice skaters. But this was back when parents didn’t teach their kids to be victims of every bad thing that came their way.
We even *gasp* went out to play on days like this.
Anonymous
12/14/2025 19:15
Subject: APS Dec 15 - will it ice over and 2 hr delay
Anonymous wrote:As of about 4pm, the steps and entire walkway in front of DHMS were not shoveled. So, I don't see how they go on time given that.
If APS can’t open buildings a full day after 1 inch of snow, that’s pathetic.
Anonymous
12/14/2025 19:14
Subject: APS Dec 15 - will it ice over and 2 hr delay
Anonymous wrote:If it got really bad, we stepped onto the snowy grass. Even the dumb kids figured it out.
In our neighborhood there are lots of fences and retaining walls that hem in sidewalk between wall and street.
Anonymous
12/14/2025 19:10
Subject: APS Dec 15 - will it ice over and 2 hr delay
If it got really bad, we stepped onto the snowy grass. Even the dumb kids figured it out.