It's about the same where I am, but we only have a delay.Here it is 6 degrees, wind chill I think is between -10 and -15.
Overnight the air temperature is expected to drop to -1. (not sure what the expected wind chill is though)
The difference is, in Minnesota they EXPECT this. In NW Ohio, we don't! The normal high this time of year is 17 degrees! I can only remember 2 times in my 19 years at CHS that we have closed for cold until now. It just doesn't get like this. If it was like this all the time I'm sure we'd be more ready for it, have shelters so the diesel fuel works, etc.
It's like in Buffalo they would never close for 6 inches of snow, but it would close us down--we'd never close for 2-3 inches, but one inch would paralyze Cincinnati. It's what you are used to.
Robin M.
It's about the same where I am, but we only have a delay.

Beth- I'm sure I've spoken to you before but I can't remember where you are. Our school -Madison-waits until everyone else in the county closes, I'm sure. Why can't they just list it on the 6 oclock news?!?
Some of the moms were talking at dd's school today and one of them said they had problems starting the busses this morning. That could be why some schools closed.Yeah, I was shocked that they cancelled it altogther. Maybe there are some issues (due to the cold) that I am unaware of, I dunno.![]()
I just don't want to lose other vacation days for this.Well,Madison has shown closed for about an hour already. My kids are in Mentor, and they are now showing closed as well (finally). DH teaches in Wickliffe, and they are, I believe, the ONLY district left in LAke County to not be closed for tomorrow yet. We're expecting windchills more than 20 below most of the schoolday tomorrow, I guess...1pm or so.
Waiting......waiting...........waiting.
I do agree that it is all relative to what each region is realistically prepared for. Here, it gets cold but not THIS cold every winter. Usually we close because of the lake effect snow "machine."
And we only have one more snowday left before make-ups are required. EEK.
Beth
