Wait for it... wait for it... wait for it..... CLOSE EVERYTHING!!!

[Zacharine]

Snow is the norm here. There is no 'snow day', there are no temperature limits. 0C, -15C, -35C, makes no difference - you'd just better dress warmly for the journey and we've already had the pin tires be mandatory in cars for close to two months.

Looking out the window, it's pretty much what this pic looks like at this time - and has been for the past three weeks, and I'm hoping it'll keep looking like that for at least two months to come.

 

[snakeakaossi]

Dude, your way of spelling looks like you would be better of if your school didn't close.

Anyway, around here it never closes no matter how much snow. It took me 5 times as long to reach college to finally do an exam. Just left a bit early from home and everything was OK.

 

[(name here)]

I live in north VA. We seem to vary wildly between:
1. Snow is predicted later. SHUT! DOWN! EVERYTHING!
2. Wusses. Half an inch of ice isn't that bad!

 

[Vohn_exel]

Hello dear Escapist, a little background information 1st. Live in the southern united states, just north enough to get snow/sleet, but just south enough for the shcool board to *Pun not intended* freeze up when it does finally hit. Today, December 17, we had less than an inch of solid snowfall. The school system shut down all schools in about 10 counties.

So here is the question, my friends, how do those in positions of authority near you react to snow? Do you live in an area where you never recieve it and dont have to worry about it? Do you live where snow is a constant, something that simply becomes part of the norm? Do you live where any amount of snow causes almost complete sociotal breakdown? Share with us your tales of intrest!

EDIT: Huh, didn't know there were so many N.C. member around here.

I live in Dallas, and when I went to school, it took a white Armageddon for them to close the schools. I mean, it's not like you see snow down here that often, we usually think of it as mana from Heaven, cause we're not sure of the difference.

Now my work, UPS, doesn't seem to close at all for bad snow. I guess it makes sense, but when we had like two or three feet of snow everywhere, and pretty much all of Texas closed down, they stayed open. I mean, here we have so much snow that trees and houses are collapsing, and they expect everyone to just come in to work just fine. ...wait, most people did.

 

[scar_47]

I live in west MI snow isn't a big deal we got maybe 1 snow day a year and it usually wasn't on the day we got 2 feet of snow it would be the next day after everything was plowed. Hech they don't really even bothe with plowing or salting now so the toads get pretty bad but I'm running a rear wheel drive with no ABS so it has little affect on me.
ps rear wheel drive with no ABS is about the worst thing you could possibly drive in the winter it fish tails like hell and doesn't like to stop

 

[harvz]

i live in a hot city in Australia, ive never seen snow in my life

 

[zombiesinc]

I live in northern BC. So, we've got snow more often than not, and as far as I can tell (just moved to this city) everything just keeps on running.

And it always surprises me how easily and quickly other places in the world practically shut down when a little (relative, I know) snow falls.

 

[SirCannonFodder]

Are you secretly the president of Madagascar?

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought of Pandemic when I saw the title
Anyway, as I've lived in Australia pretty much my whole life, I've never had the pleasures of a snow day. I have, however, had a few days where the schools were closed due to the heat (they tend to do that when the temperature's 45C/113F). There was that time 2 years back when I was living in London and we got about 2 inches of snow, the whole city pretty much shut down for that one.

 

[Starke]

I'm in eastern Washington. We had literally record snow fall for November, but the campus never shut down. Not even night classes. My girlfriend's car got literally buried, but business as usual. Hell, I got stuck trying to get back IN to my parking space one day. (I'd had to ram my way out.)

 

[Vault101]

I imagine if it snowed here...especially now everyone would freak out

I'm in australia and its really really hot right now

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

I'm in New Jersey so we get out fair share of snow each year. When I was in school though the School Board hated canceling school, and only did so if the roads were really bad.

 

[Caspertjuhh]

I am from holland, and it is snowing rather heavily at the moment, but we still all have to go to school (by bike I might add)

 

[TheScottishFella]

I live in Britain, as I see it when someone see's a snow flake you might as well say it's the fucking end of days.

P.S That movie sucked

 

[Yeager942]

I live in L.A. so the fluffy white miracle known as snow is seldom (i.e. NEVER) seen.

That makes me sad.

 

[Sn1P3r M98]

In New Mexico, if there's a rare bit of snow, any snow at all, school will at least be delayed. Guaranteed.

This likely change when I move to Montana next year...

 

[Hlain]

I'm from Sweden, and I've never heard of a school closing because of snow...
My mom is teaching 8 year olds, and they got to skip school yesterday since the heating didn't work and it was 40 ºF, or 4 ºC, inside.

Otherwise, you just go to school like on every other normal day. Don't really see why snow would force people to stay home...

 

[Nazz3]

I live in Vermont. In the hilly/mountainous parts, and we get lots of snow. If its below 4 feet, there's school.

I've heard Finland takes a hardcore approach to it though. Like if there's 10 feet of snow, bring skies.

Yup, this.

It doesnt fit in to my head on how schools can be shut down because of an inch of snow...

 

[MintyNinja]

Central BC is where I went to school. School would only shut down at -32 C (that's -25.6 F) And buses stopped running when the roads had a foot of snow on top of an inch of ice (You had to call dispatch and find out or just wait in the cold for an hour). So ya, a few years ago I think we missed an entire week of classes before Christmas and even more in January so we had to cancel Spring Break.

 

[GeorgW]

I live in Sweden. We're used to snow here, so nothing close because of it. There really is no difference, except for that on the first day of snow accidents usually increase and some public transportaion gets delayed.
On my way to school today I had to climb a mountain (Yeah, really) and it was like half a metre/15 feet of snow or something. It just made it more of a challenge, and therefore more fun.

 

[OneOfTheMichael's]

I live in edmonton alberta, Canada so it never seems to affect us.
Only when it hits-35 degrees celsius without windchill we actually stop school which very rarely happens.
But we have to put up with cold temperatures all winter.
Looking at the weather it seems that today will have a low of-27....better go dress up....