School has been cancelled for 3 days. Bold north? NOT.

They just cancelled school in grand rapids Tuesday and Wednesday

you cant get any heat going in those diesel buses thats if they will even run in that cold. bus gells up in a rural area it can get serious in a hurry.. especially how they dress to ride the bus. as a rural bus driver I think this is wise..

eyeguy54 wrote:

minus 60 windchill in the morning. go stand out there for a while tuesday and wednesday morning and wait for a bus. LOL kinda funny that a buncha you think its cuz of a whopping 3 inches of snow. LOL

Today it was because the snow. Not the cold. Unless 9 degrees is now to cold

Bearcat89 wrote:

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minus 60 windchill in the morning. go stand out there for a while tuesday and wednesday morning and wait for a bus. LOL kinda funny that a buncha you think its cuz of a whopping 3 inches of snow. LOL

Today it was because the snow. Not the cold. Unless 9 degrees is now to cold

I bet ya a dollar it wasnt soly cuz of 3 inches of snow.

eyeguy54 wrote:

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minus 60 windchill in the morning. go stand out there for a while tuesday and wednesday morning and wait for a bus. LOL kinda funny that a buncha you think its cuz of a whopping 3 inches of snow. LOL

Today it was because the snow. Not the cold. Unless 9 degrees is now to cold

I bet ya a dollar it wasnt soly cuz of 3 inches of snow.

It’s the medias fault

I get the cold cancel. But today were snow cancellations. Unless they only said that to hear them selves talk.

Yep, we are getting close to everyone’s favorite time of year on IDO. Buckle up!

It’s a smart move. In this day and age where everyone is looking for a reason to file a lawsuit or blame someone else, the schools are simply protecting the kids and themselves.

For those saying it was regularly this cold 30-40 years ago, you’re lying. Go back to catching your “10# walleyes” on a daily basis. This type of cold doesn’t make it to MN very often.

Wednesday high here in sw mn -18
Saturday high same place +38

I don’t know what Minnesota is like, I live in central Michigan. In my area we have a ton of dirt backroads and big open farm fields. The county neglects those roads a lot and most of our cancelations are due to those road conditions being absolute crap. 6” of wet snow on top of half frozen sand mix makes for sloppy, rutty, frozen mess. That’s what we are currently dealing with now. At least a foot of heavy wet snow that those guys out in the boonies won’t have cleared for another day. Most everyone’s vehicles aren’t the greatest either. School was closed today (called on Sunday) and it was called today for tomorrow.

Today, it’s mostly a liability issue. Whether it’s a genuine concern from the school or a legal decision, nobody wants hurt kids. A stranded bus full of kids in -30 on top of wind and snow is a bad day. Not to mention that parents today hardly dress their kids in anything resembling warmth to begin with. It’s just better to avoid the entire situation all together. It’s not like these kids are going to learn anything anyways lol.

No way it can be the parents fault! Don’t you know it’s always somebody else’s fault!

$hit just got real for B-man…..

Daycare is closed for the next two days

Normally not a big deal, but I just spent three days in a 6.5’x16′ shack with the monsters, then today at home since they had their 4 year check up.

Two more days will make six days straight of daddy daycare…..this is dangerous and unprecedented territory we’re delving into here.

My wife is laughing her ass off….Here I was trying to be a good Dad and give her a break over the weekend….and it bit me hard

critterhouse 75 wrote:

you cant get any heat going in those diesel buses thats if they will even run in that cold. bus gells up in a rural area it can get serious in a hurry.. especially how they dress to ride the bus. as a rural bus driver I think this is wise..

Our school is closed for the next 2 days for this reason. Can’t have school if you can’t bring the kids to it. -25 tomorrow morning and -36 Wednesday morning at 8 o’clock. Saying -60 wind chill…no way a bus would run

B-man wrote:

$hit just got real for B-man…..

Daycare is closed for the next two days

Normally not a big deal, but I just spent three days in a 6.5’x16′ shack with the monsters, then today at home since they had their 4 year check up.

Two more days will make six days straight of daddy daycare…..this is dangerous and unprecedented territory we’re delving into here.

My wife is laughing her ass off….Here I was trying to be a good Dad and give her a break over the weekend….and it bit me hard

Oh man I can see it now
Dang wrestling is canceled and it’s to cold to go out side. How will I burn energy off of the kid.

We seem to accept and consider normal what the media and social media dictates. Think about that for a little while.

I’ll still do 90 miles with 1 arm out the window tomorrow. I have 2 back up plans for myself to be inconvenienced. People should prepare more for life’s realities. I wonder how many people actually do that?

riverruns wrote:

We seem to accept and consider normal what the media and social media dictates. Think about that for a little while.

I’ll still do 90 miles with 1 arm out the window tomorrow. I have 2 back up plans for myself to be inconvenienced. People should prepare more for life’s realities. I wonder how many people actually do that?

What’s 90 miles with one arm out the window mean??

Is your back up plan your right arm after your left arm dies and falls off?

Can I ride with and watch??

Canceling today because of 3-4 inches of snow was just stupid. No excuse for that in Minnesota. 2 hours late would have been PLENTY.

I can see the argument for canceling the next two days, however…

Joe Scegura wrote:

I’m not saying I agree or disagree with the school cancelations but if it’s all about the kids safety why do many of the schools up north (where its colder!) still have school? Are those kids just tougher? Or just less important?

Right on. This is exactly what I was thinking. Schools up north routinely have school in temps where the softie southern schools cancel because of cold. So how is this about child safety? Either it’s safe for the kids or it ain’t. If this cancellation is really about child safety than NO school in MN should have school if bus-time temps are below a certain temp.

I see kids getting off the bus at school every day wearing friggin shorts at 10 degrees and colder. If districts say it’s all about child safety nowadays why not ban shorts on the bus during the winter full stop? How can anyone argue that it’s safe to let kids on the bus wearing a sweatshirt and shorts at 10 degrees? Any parent that allows this is a total retread and should be fined for every day it happens.

I’m not against canceling school because of cold, but IMO there should be a uniform standard AND enforcement of common sense clothing requirements.

Grouse

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

I see kids getting off the bus at school every day wearing friggin shorts at 10 degrees and colder. If districts say it’s all about child safety nowadays why not ban shorts on the bus during the winter full stop? How can anyone argue that it’s safe to let kids on the bus wearing a sweatshirt and shorts at 10 degrees? Any parent that allows this is a total retread and should be fined for every day it happens.

I’m not against canceling school because of cold, but IMO there should be a uniform standard AND enforcement of common sense clothing requirements.

Grouse

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I completely agree with this. I see kids at bustops constantly wearing shorts n t-shirts when it’s below freezing. Total failure on parents part. Who cares if the kids say they’re warm enough. Who put them in charge?

Just about everyone was about ready to hang some guy by his nuts for (legally) passing a bus because he should have been more safe around kids going to school. Then, when school is cancelled for unsafe roads/weather for these same kids, people freak and wonder who could possibly making such a decision. Interesting!

FishBlood&RiverMud wrote:

Kids? Had plenty of adults not show up to work today.

In the small hospital I work at there were over 90 sick calls of nurses yesterday alone. I think Dutchboy is right, the daycare service called school has a lot to do with all of these people suddenly falling ill.

For those of you who say busses won’t run in the cold, does that make the northern busses magic? Does that make my kenworth magic? Why wouldn’t a Bus run in that cold. Diesel additive is used in fuel. My old 97 powerstroke would start in this weather if she was prepped right.

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

Joe Scegura wrote:
I’m not saying I agree or disagree with the school cancelations but if it’s all about the kids safety why do many of the schools up north (where its colder!) still have school? Are those kids just tougher? Or just less important?

Right on. This is exactly what I was thinking. Schools up north routinely have school in temps where the softie southern schools cancel because of cold. So how is this about child safety? Either it’s safe for the kids or it ain’t. If this cancellation is really about child safety than NO school in MN should have school if bus-time temps are below a certain temp.

I see kids getting off the bus at school every day wearing friggin shorts at 10 degrees and colder. If districts say it’s all about child safety nowadays why not ban shorts on the bus during the winter full stop? How can anyone argue that it’s safe to let kids on the bus wearing a sweatshirt and shorts at 10 degrees? Any parent that allows this is a total retread and should be fined for every day it happens.

Getting a 30-40 ft school bus around unplowed city streets is far more difficult than driving around a town like Alexandria.
Throw in traffic gridlock with 1000’s of buses full of kids trying to navigate through it all.
So that being said no you are not tougher because you were a kid 20- 30 years ago,and no kids and people who live up North are not tougher today either.

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You folks forgot the cost of running a school day. Our district saves a pile not heating the building or paying cook staff bus drivers and others for the day. Helps with the bottom line a little.

mike

I got the text around 3pm. I looked at the boy who was already staying home for his first ever snow day and said, “Dude, you just got a bonus weekend. Let’s get packed.”

You guys are looking at this wrong.

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Best part for me, grandkids! I could care less if they cancel school everyday cause my kids are long grown.

I had to walk to school back in the day. Don’t remember ever getting school cancelled for cold temps. Heck, we weren’t allowed to be in the house unless it was time to eat or the street lights came on. We stayed warm by playing outside a lot. We had an underground fort, boones farm wine & Marlboro reds……in grade school!

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tbro16 wrote:

Just about everyone was about ready to hang some guy by his nuts for (legally) passing a bus because he should have been more safe around kids going to school. Then, when school is cancelled for unsafe roads/weather for these same kids, people freak and wonder who could possibly making such a decision. Interesting!

Everything up here is closed down for 2 days in the Duluth area. Even UWS, UMD and St Scholastica are closed today and most likely tomorrow. This kind of sustained 50-65 below wind chill doesn’t come around very often.
And to top it off my furnace blower motor took a dump last night at 8pm.
My guess is that many will also either close or run late Thursday, as the temp is supposed to be -33 here in Cloquet that morning.

So people are mad because school was closed on the notion there was high potential for a lot more snow than what actually fell? A system like that one easily could have dumped 10″ on areas that only received 3″. It’s a tough call to make. The school decision makers rely on NWS forecasters, and this was a tough storm to forecast.

As far as the cold, I remember Gov. Carlson canceling school statewide numerous times in the 90’s for subzero/windchill events.