Anonymous
Post 02/27/2014 12:25     Subject: You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
Anonymous wrote:People complain about the school calls no matter what. Delays for an inch of snow bring outcries from the northerners. No delay for an inch bring outcries from those not used to driving in snow. If your road is clear, you can't understand why they might delay/cancel. If you're road is icy, you can't understand why they wouldn't delay. It's a tough call for schools to make. And they won't always get it right. And it's a huge geographic area that staff and students come from. Cut the schools some slack.
Agree. And besides that, it's sunny outside, and the roads are dry. Move along, folks. Nothing else to see.
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2014 12:06     Subject: You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
People complain about the school calls no matter what. Delays for an inch of snow bring outcries from the northerners. No delay for an inch bring outcries from those not used to driving in snow. If your road is clear, you can't understand why they might delay/cancel. If you're road is icy, you can't understand why they wouldn't delay. It's a tough call for schools to make. And they won't always get it right. And it's a huge geographic area that staff and students come from. Cut the schools some slack.
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2014 12:05     Subject: You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
Anonymous wrote:Why can't people see that there may have been different conditions on some roads. I am a teacher at a fancy private and guess what many of us don't live right next to school. Took one of my colleagues two hours to get from Gaithersburg into town! Half the kids drifted in late because of traffic. Those of you who were not affected at all, be happy and consider yourself lucky but stop putting people down. That just sucks!! Why are people so mean here?


But the question is, do you close school because some roads are a mess? Or do you say, as my kid's school did, we're open but put safety first - no penalty for being late?

A delay wouldn't have helped, because the roads were better at 7:30 than at 9:30.
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2014 11:55     Subject: You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
If you can't drive safely in an inch of snow, consider surrendering your license.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2014 23:03     Subject: You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
Anonymous wrote:1 inch of snow and everyone is crying like idiots. A couple of skids and fender benders. That happens any day in DC. I have days where it takes an hour to get to work with one fender bender with no snow. You all have to add an hour to your commute when you know the snow is coming. My husband left at 6am instead of 7:30am knowing snow was coming. I dropped off my daughter at school 30min early to avoid a lot of traffic and snow. Everyone wants to just waltz right out and complain instead of preparing ahead of time. It was 1 morning, 1 inch of snow and you are all acting like it was a nuclear disaster.


But everyone rather complain than just do. It is just the new American way. There is always a reason for something.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2014 18:41     Subject: You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
Anonymous wrote:1 inch of snow and everyone is crying like idiots. A couple of skids and fender benders. That happens any day in DC. I have days where it takes an hour to get to work with one fender bender with no snow. You all have to add an hour to your commute when you know the snow is coming. My husband left at 6am instead of 7:30am knowing snow was coming. I dropped off my daughter at school 30min early to avoid a lot of traffic and snow. Everyone wants to just waltz right out and complain instead of preparing ahead of time. It was 1 morning, 1 inch of snow and you are all acting like it was a nuclear disaster.


It's been sometimes said that if the KBG had been more on the ball, the Soviets would have occupied DC during a snowfall, and we'd all be calling each other Tovarishch (comrade) now!
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2014 18:40     Subject: You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We drove from up 270 to Holton. No issues. And gasp, we have never lived in New England. I can't believe we could even navigate thru the "blizzard." Amazing.


Thanks for the input, Señora smug


Its also a lie.


I went from Gaithersburg to Norwood without inciddent. Why would it be a lie??
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2014 18:35     Subject: You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
1 inch of snow and everyone is crying like idiots. A couple of skids and fender benders. That happens any day in DC. I have days where it takes an hour to get to work with one fender bender with no snow. You all have to add an hour to your commute when you know the snow is coming. My husband left at 6am instead of 7:30am knowing snow was coming. I dropped off my daughter at school 30min early to avoid a lot of traffic and snow. Everyone wants to just waltz right out and complain instead of preparing ahead of time. It was 1 morning, 1 inch of snow and you are all acting like it was a nuclear disaster.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2014 18:32     Subject: You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
Anonymous wrote:Ode to the Weather Bitches:

There's nowhere I would rather be
Than in my honking SUV
When snow would stop a lesser car . . .
Why DO the peasants live so far
From school? They say the temp is rather low
Outside the District -- but I don't know,
I saw no accidents today
No sliding cars, so I say "NAY"
To those who seek two hours delay.



Bravo!
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2014 17:54     Subject: You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We drove from up 270 to Holton. No issues. And gasp, we have never lived in New England. I can't believe we could even navigate thru the "blizzard." Amazing.


For people in DC, the dusting we received is too much. I grew up in upstate NY and this was no big deal. DC gets snow every single winter. If you can't drive in it, do us a favor and move.


Fellow upstate NY here -- I dropped my kids off at 7:45 and then went to the grocery store. Roads were slippery but not unmanageable at a safe speed and distance. I didn't even invoke the 4WD.


What do you want, a cookie?


Nope. Just concurring that this mornings snowfall was a non-event.
It was a non-event for you, dearie. There were far more that were impacted by the dozens of accidents. It's not all about you.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2014 17:48     Subject: You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
Love it!
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2014 17:34     Subject: You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
Ode to the Weather Bitches:

There's nowhere I would rather be
Than in my honking SUV
When snow would stop a lesser car . . .
Why DO the peasants live so far
From school? They say the temp is rather low
Outside the District -- but I don't know,
I saw no accidents today
No sliding cars, so I say "NAY"
To those who seek two hours delay.

Anonymous
Post 02/26/2014 17:33     Subject: You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
Why can't people see that there may have been different conditions on some roads. I am a teacher at a fancy private and guess what many of us don't live right next to school. Took one of my colleagues two hours to get from Gaithersburg into town! Half the kids drifted in late because of traffic. Those of you who were not affected at all, be happy and consider yourself lucky but stop putting people down. That just sucks!! Why are people so mean here?
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2014 16:42     Subject: You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is 1 inch of snow! Come on!


People don't have snow tires, and the road is cold enough for the snow to stick. I've seen several Montgomery Schoolbuses stuck in traffic or pulled over, and there are a lot of reports of accidents. And the poster who mentioned the teachers is correct -- a high proportion of the teachers live further out where the road conditions are worse. I think the schools (a) were worried about all the prior delays/cancellations; and (b) thought it would be like yesterday -- snow flurries with no effects.


Do people still have snow tires?
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2014 16:30     Subject: You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
Anonymous wrote:if you didn't like the snow response in DC, then vote against Gray (and for anyone but Orange, who is a buffoon). And if Gray gets through the Democratic primary, then vote for Catania in the general election. Washington needs to become a grown-up city, finally.

I think DC is in danger of slipping back into Barry-era complacency. Remember when the Mayor for Life infamously said that his plan to deal with snow and ice was "spring"? (Of course, his real way of dealing with "snow" was with a mirror and a straw.)


Yet he is beloved by DC.

Sorry, northern states do not pretreat roads for 1" of snow. Neither should DC no matter how corrupt their politics are. Schools made a choice. All by 5:30am. That gave everyone ample time to get their precious ones to school or decide not to go in until later. It was 1 inch of snow for crying out loud and every weather forecaster announced it well ahead of time.