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no_hypocrisy

(46,104 posts)
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 08:09 AM Mar 2019

Dang! Snow Day Issues

The school that's located one-half block away from where I live is closed. Unfortunately that's not where I'm scheduled to work as a substitute.

I have to drive 7+ miles to the school where I *am* scheduled to work. And it has a delayed opening for one hour (9:30)

Plus now I have to dig out my car.

Yeah, I could call in and say I'm stuck, but I'm going anyway.

I'm checking to make sure that this isn't a fake-out, where I drive to my assignment to discover administrators have closed the school for the day after the fact.

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Dang! Snow Day Issues (Original Post) no_hypocrisy Mar 2019 OP
Luckily today and tomorrow are my days off sazemisery Mar 2019 #1
Took me over an hour on the driveway and walkway janterry Mar 2019 #2
Minus 6 real and minus 15 (feels), so for first time in a long time, no 6:30 AM long walk for dog hlthe2b Mar 2019 #3
Only an inch or so, and it's not sticking, but... TreasonousBastard Mar 2019 #4
Ouch. Where do you live? Clash City Rocker Mar 2019 #5
Prospect Park, NJ (Passaic County) no_hypocrisy Mar 2019 #7
All districts around here closed but ours Freddie Mar 2019 #6
 

janterry

(4,429 posts)
2. Took me over an hour on the driveway and walkway
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 08:14 AM
Mar 2019

It's fluffy on the top, but it has started to get heavy and it was hard to move off of the shovel.

I guess that's a pretty good workout for the day, though

Good luck on getting to your job! My daughter has a teacher planning day and everyone is off tomorrow for town meetings.

hlthe2b

(102,276 posts)
3. Minus 6 real and minus 15 (feels), so for first time in a long time, no 6:30 AM long walk for dog
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 08:21 AM
Mar 2019

We've skipped our early morning four-mile walk only rarely, but she won't tolerate booties and I think it is too cold for my "spray PAM" trick to work. We'll do a quickie around the neighborhood, but tough times for pup today.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
4. Only an inch or so, and it's not sticking, but...
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 08:26 AM
Mar 2019

tonite that cold front in the Midwest will be here and it'll drop from 35 to the teens.

Another but-- today I have to drive about 30 miles one way and 60 miles the other. And take a ferry.

Gonna be a long day.

Clash City Rocker

(3,396 posts)
5. Ouch. Where do you live?
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 08:40 AM
Mar 2019

We’re in New Jersey. We got a ton of snow dropped on us last night. Everything is opening late.

Freddie

(9,265 posts)
6. All districts around here closed but ours
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 09:25 AM
Mar 2019

Has a 2-hour delay. I think the storm wasn’t as bad as predicted. Heavy wet snow but streets are just wet. PITA cleaning my car off.

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