School closures during snowy conditions
@sprite1950 (30453)
Corsham, England
March 1, 2018 1:16am CST
The UK has snow at the moment. Although it's worse north of the country we have a slight covering where I live in the south west of England but because we are not used to these conditions we are never prepared. I'm sure other countries must find it amusing that we panic at a few flakes when they are knee deep in the white stuff.
Yesterday my granddaughter came home with a letter telling us that her school might be closed today which I really can't believe as there isn't enough to make a snowball this morning. I can understand when it gets thick and people do not want to be cut off but it's quite laughable here.
What happens where you are when it snows? Do they close your schools or is it business as usual?
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@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
1 Mar 18
they practically close it on rumor of snow anymore.
spoiled kids.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
1 Mar 18
@scarlet_woman yes it's like that here. I'm just waiting for the text to arrive saying it's shut today.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
1 Mar 18
@LadyDuck My granddaughter's school closed early today and is closed tomorrow. It's not really heavy snow but some of the teachers who live in the nearby villages can't get in or out. We just aren't prepared for this kind of weather.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
1 Mar 18
@LadyDuck I don't think I've ever seen a snow plough in my part of the country although Scotland and the north have them
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@LadyDuck (457918)
• Switzerland
1 Mar 18
@sprite1950 The snow plows start early in the morning to clean the roads. The little road that leads from our home to the main road is private and we have to clean it.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
1 Mar 18
@marlina Definitely no driving. I panic if I feel the wheels sliding.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
1 Mar 18
@marlina It's quite bad here tonight and very windy causing blizzards. Makes me quite nervous as we're not used to it.
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@marlina (154166)
• Canada
1 Mar 18
@sprite1950 Stay indoor, no driving, it's an order!
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
11 Apr 18
Yes I really don't enjoy it when it snows although the kids love it.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
11 Apr 18
@nela13 No I should imagine Portugal is warm most of the time.
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@nela13 (55698)
• Portugal
11 Apr 18
@sprite1950 I hardly remember the last time it snowed here, my kids haven't seen real snow yet.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
1 Mar 18
@Raj7779 I would give anything for a little sun right now.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
1 Mar 18
@aureliah I don't like it although the kids do. We've just heard my granddaughter's school will close at 1 pm today and all day tomorrow.
@aureliah (24319)
• Kenya
6 Mar 18
@sprite1950 Its good they are home when its snows heavily. How long is it usually around?
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
7 Mar 18
@aureliah Even though it was quite deep this time it thawed really quickly and only lasted about 3 days. Looking out of the window yesterday you wouldn't have known we had snow and the temperatures are quite mild. The last lot we had turned to ice and slush and was around for weeks but in my part of the country we don't get it often. Sometimes we can go years and not see any.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
1 Mar 18
It is very rare when schools close but we can get storms where they have no choice as things get get really bad and dangerous, especially the ice storms.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
1 Mar 18
@sprite1950 It can be!
No one was badly injured. Raw footage of the pileup in Montreal on Dec 5. Buses, Truck, Police and Snowplow all crashing into each other on icy day. My Faceb...
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
1 Mar 18
@1hopefulman Wow that reminds me of why I don't drive in the snow!
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
1 Mar 18
@1hopefulman That must be scary. It isn't too bad here at the moment but they still close everything based on the forecast.
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@Tina30219 (81540)
• Onaway, Michigan
1 Mar 18
That is funny you say that I use to live in Tennessee and even for a light dusting of snow they close school because people freak out they don’t know how to drive in it.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
1 Mar 18
@Tina30219 I don't like driving in snow. My partner drove my car tonight and he said the wheels were sliding. That would have scared me.
@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
2 Mar 18
@sjvg1976 It's not that far for us but some of the teachers might not have been able to get home if they had come in as they lived a car journey away. My granddaughter doesn't care about cold. She's been playing in it all day today!
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@sjvg1976 (41131)
• Delhi, India
2 Mar 18
@sprite1950 yes that's the reason they decided roto close the school for a day. Also not all the student may not live nearby the school.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
1 Mar 18
we don't have snow but classes are suspended during typhoons.
i remember some mylotters saying they used to ski to school.
@JESSY3236 (18925)
• United States
2 Mar 18
When it snows here (which is rare), schools and businesses close.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
2 Mar 18
@JESSY3236 I hate the roads when we have snow. We don't have enough gritters here so they're often treacherous
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
1 Mar 18
It doesn't snow here, so I have no idea what they'd do! I'm sure everything would shut down, as there's just no infrastructure in place for dealing with that sort of thing.
A few hours from here, they're getting ready to have 12 inches of snow! The town is not prepared at all.
@manikarnika (3222)
• India
2 Mar 18
Yes...My niece also suffering because of snow.Her children's too unable to go to School because of heavy snow
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
2 Mar 18
@manikarnika my granddaughter loves it. She has been out with our neighbour playing in the snow.
