OT-Snow Day
December 4th, 2009 at 7:17 AM ^
for Glenn Winston.
December 4th, 2009 at 7:18 AM ^
WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!111!!!!!1!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
srsly
December 4th, 2009 at 7:54 AM ^
Damn, Dallas had snow before Michigan.
December 4th, 2009 at 7:56 AM ^
1. Snow falling
2. Or school being canceled?
December 4th, 2009 at 8:31 AM ^
It is simply the first snow of the season, bouje.
Just a light dusting here...
December 4th, 2009 at 9:23 AM ^
I go to the same school as the OP and he's probably mostly happy for #2 but #1 is okay too.
December 4th, 2009 at 8:10 AM ^
there ever being snow days (as in canceled classes due to weather) when I was a student at U of M... i heard it had something to do with law students sueing the U for the tuition costs lost through missed days.
December 4th, 2009 at 8:14 AM ^
If that is actually true, where is Glenn Winston when you need him?
Too soon?
December 4th, 2009 at 8:16 AM ^
CPU issues...
December 4th, 2009 at 10:28 AM ^
This is true on both counts, however, my LSA friends tell me some of the kinder professors inform their classes on really bad days that they have no intention of going to class.
December 4th, 2009 at 8:16 AM ^
Not a light dusting here in Traverse City. A good 3-5 inches fell overnight and it's still coming down.
December 4th, 2009 at 11:13 AM ^
Never thought I'd see another TC local on the boards.
December 4th, 2009 at 8:19 AM ^
http://www.michigandaily.com/content/why-doesnt-university-have-snow-da…
But contrary to campus legend, there is no policy forbidding the University from cancelling classes.
The myth that classes can't be canceled because a distraught Law School student sued the University for a day's tuition following a snow day in the 1970s is unfounded, said Dave Reid, the University's director of human resources communications.
December 4th, 2009 at 4:17 PM ^
Interesting. That legend was so widespread that I remember even a few GSIs repeating it.
December 4th, 2009 at 8:24 AM ^
We have been getting it pretty hard (that's what she said) in GR since last nite, and it is continuing this morning. Reports around the area have anywhere from 8" to 12" of snow.
December 4th, 2009 at 8:30 AM ^
That is some serious lake effect! As I mentioned above here in Chicago we have almost nothing.
December 4th, 2009 at 8:37 AM ^
It was really coming down over the course of the nite. None of this half-ass, sort of snow for the first snow of the season - it came and promptly dumped on west Michigan.
December 4th, 2009 at 10:04 AM ^
The snow has stopped and the sun is out.
edit: Sun gone, snow resumed. Let darkness reign.
December 4th, 2009 at 8:37 AM ^
I'm one of those people who absolutely love the winter. I woke up to a dusting on the ground this morning and I was completely way to excited to be a man. Oh well.
December 4th, 2009 at 10:00 AM ^
8", huh? You westsiders always get slammed hard in the winter, huh? ;)
December 4th, 2009 at 10:07 AM ^
What can I say - we have a lot of sex here in west Michigan during the winter months.
Wait, you meant snow?
December 4th, 2009 at 8:37 AM ^
Its funny any time my friends from up north (I live in Lou. KY) come to town here in the winter because snow is a common occurance where they live and they get a laugh out of how most people here react. Here, any time the word snow is said you can count on all of the grocery stores to be a riot scene and there will be no bread or milk on the shelves for days.
It started because about 12 years ago the forcast was for 1 inch overnight and when we woke up the next morning there were 18 inches on the ground with another 4 still to fall. The city completely shut down for a week. Now everyone freaks out at the first hint of snow. Weather here in the Ohio Valley region is very hard to predict but that seems a little too off base when you miss by 20 + inches.
December 4th, 2009 at 9:13 AM ^
day of school because of snow when i lived in windsor. and the only reason why it happened is because like a one and a half feet fell over night and the city wasn't ready for it.
December 4th, 2009 at 5:17 PM ^
Snow Days in Windsor dont exist. Although most of the time students didnt want to show up and classes would just end up with 6 kids and would watch movies. Schools pretty much just dont close for snow that much (at least my schools didnt)
December 16th, 2009 at 6:13 PM ^
got the massive ice storm that one year. remember how it knocked out power to most of windsor for 3+ days. my piranha nearly died because of it.
December 16th, 2009 at 7:01 PM ^
back when I lived in LaSalle, I remember we got snow days all the time. I also remember a freak snow storm in May or late April . . .
December 17th, 2009 at 10:00 AM ^
live in lasalle??? i lived in windsor from 1982 to 2005, and i don't remember a freak snow stom. i know that the majority of the kids in windsor walked to school so thats one of the main reasons why we didn't get snow days, so did the kids in the county take buses???
December 4th, 2009 at 9:40 AM ^
I'M A MAN! I'M 40! I DON'T GET SNOW DAYS!
December 4th, 2009 at 10:41 AM ^
If it had started any earlier, we might have had a snow day here in Houston today. We can't drive for shit when the sky is falling. Seriously? Snow in early December? It's supposed to be 70 degrees out!
December 4th, 2009 at 11:18 AM ^
you can take your complaints about not enough 70 degree days in December and shove it. /tongue and cheek
January 7th, 2010 at 6:12 PM ^
They just announced the first snow day of the season for these parts is tomorrow. And by snow day, I mean "cold out." There isn't any snow in the forecast, but apparently 20 degree weather is enough to cancel classes.
Calcasieu Parish Announces School Closure
I love living in the South. Now, you guys just take this weather back with you.
December 4th, 2009 at 5:09 PM ^
It's currently 73 degrees with a threat of severe thunderstorms in lovely South Florida.
Next week it's supposed to be as hot as 85.
I fully expect to be negbanged for this post, but I couldn't care less. I have a pool!
December 16th, 2009 at 11:04 PM ^
But I digress
December 4th, 2009 at 5:27 PM ^
Do south quad and west squad still square off on the first snowfall? In 97 we (south) were really kicking butt until Dhani and some other football players crossed the road and pummeled us. I actually felt sorry for some of the geeky engineers that got whitewashed.
December 8th, 2009 at 10:46 PM ^
My friend is studying in SQ right now and just informed me he saw DeathRoh chase Shoelace through the SQuad basement wielding about 3 snowballs... apparently it is on!
December 8th, 2009 at 11:49 AM ^
Here comes the blizzzzzard!!
December 8th, 2009 at 10:14 PM ^
snowfall in Omaha--per the King of Belch, who tells me about booze, bimbos and blizzards.
December 10th, 2009 at 11:57 AM ^
For the second day in a row, GRCC is closing early due to inclement weather. Yesterday at 3:00, today at 1:00.
Sometimes working in education has its benefits.
December 10th, 2009 at 12:03 PM ^
Is it icy/sleety or just crazy snow? I'm jealous--WSU has only closed once for weather since I've worked here.
Also, I'm serious about the MGoSnowman.
December 10th, 2009 at 12:31 PM ^
It's a combination of icy roads from slush and sleet freezing overnite with snowfall and gusting winds creating whiteout conditions.
Frankly, I was surprised they didn't cancel school from the get-go. But, that seems to be CC's SOP - get everyone to campus for part of the day, then when things get really shitty, send 'em all home.
We'll see about the snowman, my bed is looking pretty good when I get home...
December 10th, 2009 at 1:04 PM ^
Are west side winters always this bad?
December 10th, 2009 at 2:12 PM ^
I've been going to school out here for the past 4 years, and they say that 3 of these winters have been the snowiest in Grand Rapids history (or since they started keeping records of snowfall).