Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 21:57     Subject: Chance of delay Tuesday for cold temps?
Next week looks promising for weather related closures…
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 21:55     Subject: Chance of delay Tuesday for cold temps?
Anonymous wrote:I notice things are getting pretty cold for tomorrow morning. Thankfully not too much wind, but definitely cold. I am seeing 9 degrees at sunrise on wunderground.com

Also, as of Monday afternoon models are feeling out a possible ~10 inches of snow for Saturday and Sunday.


They should give off for the two week mark after everyone returned from winter break circulating whatever it is they caught over the break. Oh and to control whatever the skiers of MLk Jr weekend bring back from the slopes.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 21:54     Subject: Re:Chance of delay Tuesday for cold temps?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:In 2014, we had a polar vortex. Temps were below 0 and the wind chill was something like -20. Meteorologists were warning that uncovered skin could develop frostbite in as little as 5-10 minutes. MCPS opened on time. Things have changed in the last 12 years, but I’d still be surprised if we had a delay due to these temps with no precipitation.


It turns out you can wear jackets, hats, and gloves and still be outside in 0F temperatures. How do you think kids in Minnesota survive?


To be fair some people around here aren’t used to those kind of temperatures or may not have appropriate clothing.


The government can't be in charge of everything.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 21:46     Subject: Chance of delay Tuesday for cold temps?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I notice things are getting pretty cold for tomorrow morning. Thankfully not too much wind, but definitely cold. I am seeing 9 degrees at sunrise on wunderground.com

Also, as of Monday afternoon models are feeling out a possible ~10 inches of snow for Saturday and Sunday.


Buy winter jackets. You can probably get them at a thrift shop for $10-20.


Have you been to a thrift store recently? Anything warm enough for 9 deg will either be UN-gently used or $40. Influencers have ruined them for low income people.


A few months ago I got a brand new lands end puffer for myself at goodwill (normally $240) for $14.99. Kids coats are less than that.


I don't think the PP is willing to shop at actual thrift stores.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 21:44     Subject: Chance of delay Tuesday for cold temps?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I notice things are getting pretty cold for tomorrow morning. Thankfully not too much wind, but definitely cold. I am seeing 9 degrees at sunrise on wunderground.com

Also, as of Monday afternoon models are feeling out a possible ~10 inches of snow for Saturday and Sunday.


Buy winter jackets. You can probably get them at a thrift shop for $10-20.


Have you been to a thrift store recently? Anything warm enough for 9 deg will either be UN-gently used or $40. Influencers have ruined them for low income people.


A few months ago I got a brand new lands end puffer for myself at goodwill (normally $240) for $14.99. Kids coats are less than that.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 21:44     Subject: Re:Chance of delay Tuesday for cold temps?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:In 2014, we had a polar vortex. Temps were below 0 and the wind chill was something like -20. Meteorologists were warning that uncovered skin could develop frostbite in as little as 5-10 minutes. MCPS opened on time. Things have changed in the last 12 years, but I’d still be surprised if we had a delay due to these temps with no precipitation.


It turns out you can wear jackets, hats, and gloves and still be outside in 0F temperatures. How do you think kids in Minnesota survive?


To be fair some people around here aren’t used to those kind of temperatures or may not have appropriate clothing.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 21:40     Subject: Re:Chance of delay Tuesday for cold temps?
Anonymous wrote:In 2014, we had a polar vortex. Temps were below 0 and the wind chill was something like -20. Meteorologists were warning that uncovered skin could develop frostbite in as little as 5-10 minutes. MCPS opened on time. Things have changed in the last 12 years, but I’d still be surprised if we had a delay due to these temps with no precipitation.


It turns out you can wear jackets, hats, and gloves and still be outside in 0F temperatures. How do you think kids in Minnesota survive?
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 21:35     Subject: Chance of delay Tuesday for cold temps?
Wear. A. Coat.

Jesus you pussies.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 21:34     Subject: Chance of delay Tuesday for cold temps?
Schools have indoor recess if the wind chill/temp goes below 32. We had a delay a few years back when the wind chill was 2 at around 6:30 when my kid would've gone to the bus stop, and rose to a balmy 7 two hours later.

A delay for extreme cold is not unheard of, but it's not going to be for temps in the teens.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 20:57     Subject: Chance of delay Tuesday for cold temps?
It seems like if there were going to be a temperature related call, they would have done so already (no reason to wait and see, presumably?).
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 20:53     Subject: Re:Chance of delay Tuesday for cold temps?
In 2014, we had a polar vortex. Temps were below 0 and the wind chill was something like -20. Meteorologists were warning that uncovered skin could develop frostbite in as little as 5-10 minutes. MCPS opened on time. Things have changed in the last 12 years, but I’d still be surprised if we had a delay due to these temps with no precipitation.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 20:42     Subject: Chance of delay Tuesday for cold temps?
Anonymous wrote:Mcps should definitely delay if its going to be 5 with the wind chill.


Dream on and buy your kids jackets and hats.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 20:40     Subject: Chance of delay Tuesday for cold temps?
Mcps should definitely delay if its going to be 5 with the wind chill.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 20:21     Subject: Chance of delay Tuesday for cold temps?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I feel like MCPS has delayed for cold temps a few times in recent years... can folks remember when/what the temps were?


Last year we had like 3 2 hour delays in a row because of cold temps.


No, those were ostensibly due to concerns with refreezing, not the cold itself.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2026 20:20     Subject: Chance of delay Tuesday for cold temps?
Anonymous wrote:I feel like MCPS has delayed for cold temps a few times in recent years... can folks remember when/what the temps were?


Those cases almost always had snow/ice from a storm a day or two before. Since I've had kids we haven't had a delay absent precipitation. At least, not that I can remember.