Is That Legal?

Eric,

I don't have a probelm with the cancelation (ice is beginning to form on the roads here).

And the oft heard argument of "I'm from the North, they would never cancel up there for this" falls on deaf ears. This is the South.

What I don't understand is why are'nt the schools, University and government in lockstep? If one closes, all should be closed.

As far as I'm concerned, you are in the north. Down here in Georgia I haven't seen a decent snow in more than 10 years. We used to have at least a dusting of snow every year, and we could usually count on a nice, deep snow (for down here) every three or five years. So much for the convergence of moisture aloft and cold air below.

However, if someone mentions snow on TV, most of the schools close and the grocery stores are cleared of milk and bread within two hours.

I think the difference from University and government may be the school bus factor. At any rate, how many school children in this particular district have lawyer parents or parents with lawyer friends? I don't think I would ever be open if I were a school around here. Stokes County, for example, is another story.

On a related note I remember a couple years ago after one of the big ice storms, while I was a law student at UNC, and I noticed that there was much more ice and salt, etc. at the law school, on the sidewalks and steps, etc., than elsewhere on campus.

I don't mind the cancellation either. Normally I would, since I'm a UNC law student and missing classes may mean difficulty at the end of the semester w/ makeup classes or missed content. However, the chaos that happens on the roads here (in the triangle) is unjustafiable. If anyone remembers how many Wake Co. school kids were trapped in school busses for 10-12 hours 2 yrs. ago b/c of the light, but unexpected snow you may feel the same way I do about this. I just heard that this "storm" (if you can call it that) has just had a traffic fatality.

We got a seemingly pointless two hour delay here in SOUTH Carolina, where we don't use sand or salt, we just wait for the sun to melt the ice.

We just went through the same kind of thing here in southwestern Texas. But here the schools opened two hours late (even though the forcast was for a high temperature below freezing so the snow would still be on the roads), then closed again at 12:30. That way they caused the maximum amount of disruption.

The Onion nailed it:

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/northeast_stunned_by_freak_january