It’s snowing again! It’s accumulating on the ground tonight. Ugh! Not yet on the roads though. Probably in the higher elevations. So far, schools haven’t called it off yet. I hope they don’t.
This winter has been bad. One person said it’s the worst winter in a long time. My mother reminded me that every time I moved to a new area or state, the first winter I was there was always the “worst” winter ever. I don’t know why. To my own eyes, it was a normal winter regardless of where I moved. I guess winters in Cleveland helped. I’ll agree with that person on one note: that terrible ice storm that paralyzed most of the state in January. Now that was bad.
Two school districts that I work for have had many snow days, most of them were due to that ice storm. Luckily here, we were spared of the ice storm; the ice storm moved north to the next county. We had rain and freezing rain. Then snow. And snow. Home school district were closed on and off due to snow and ice. One week, there were two days of school. Next week, one day. The following week, three days. On and off. It was crazy.
However, students and colleagues in the Farthest school district were not so lucky. They did not have any electricity from 3 days to a week. Lines and trees were down. They were closed for almost a month in January to early February. When I returned there, I saw the damaged trees and limbs in the fields and on the sides of the mountains. It was a mess.
Farthest school district will not be out until June 10th, while Home school district will get out on May 28th. So please no more snow days!!! Such is the life in rural area.
Update: I just saw the weather report. It doesn’t look promising. We shall see. Home school district just closed, and that’s where I’m supposed to be working tomorrow. Am waiting to see if the Farthest school district is open or not. May try to go out there if the roads are clear.
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