Interesting responses...

Only -22 yesterday morning.. got up to -9 as a high
My kid doesn't take the bus.. it is only 16 mile drive to school.
Roads were still iced under the light snow from monday's frozen drizzle.
I think school closings here are a good idea.
BTW wind chill put temps between -50 and -60 most of the day

Today.. warmer
-16 this morning... wind chills are warmer too, only -28
I can't see making the kids wait for a bus in that weather, when they are usually late in weather like this. I'm glad our school leaders put the kids safety priority in front of parents work.

Plus, most Colorado school districts put extra days on the school calendar for snow days. These days get taken or the kids end up doing fluff work in school which benefits nobody. I'd rather my kid in school learning or at work with me working/learning.


To put this in perspective I did most of my schooling in Canada. minus 35 and lower was a common temp all winter. I lived NNE of the Great Lakes and 6' of snow a week was not at all uncommon due to lake effect. There were no buses. We walked to school. The difference here is the warmer temps in the summer we get used to and acclimate to. In Canada we didn't wear a jacket when it was around freezing... the shorts started to come out. People started to sunbathe when temps got close to freezing.

I also remember that in school they weren't teaching global warming, but the opposite... the next ice age was coming. Wonder what happened to that idea?