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  1. mattie g
    That's what I'm saying. I prefer that organizations use prior experience to make decisions, and I can only assume that Fairfax County decided to open on time today because there were no issues with the buses on the two previous cold days. Of course, this assumes that the reason they opened late was because of concerns about buses getting started on time, so without saying anything other than "it's cold so we're opening late" I can only make assumptions based on my own logic. The issue with this is that schools would be closed far more often if these were major concerns. I'm not dismissing what you're saying, but there needs to be some level of give and take when it comes to making decisions in these situations.
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    I wore gaiter for a bit on my walk this morning. The steam from breathing collected on my eyelashes, which then froze pretty solid.
  3. mattie g
    I prefer to think that they made a decision based on how things played out during the two days prior, i.e., that there was no issue with the buses and so school could start on time.
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    Got down to 7F, I think. Going out for a couple-mile walk along the Trail after bus stop. Should be pretty chilly!
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    Same. Three full weeks of snowcover is super impressive!
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    In-laws reporting 2-3" of snow in Hilton Head. That's just wild!
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    There's certainly something to both of these issues. Lack of fresh deeper snowcover hurts a ton and we kept getting at least some cloudcover in the early morning hours IMBY.
  8. mattie g
    10 here. It's chilly, but honestly...meh.
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    I've started to mellow a little bit in the last year or so, but I'm still willing to make it know that I'm pissed off if Fairfax County makes a lame decision. We're two hours late today, but I've been told that they'll do that for cold mostly because the buses often take a lot longer to get going in colder conditions. We only got to 12, but I think that's because of the clouds that MN Transplant mentioned. Understandable call by the county to delay even if it didn't get as cold as expected.
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    11/21: T - grauplets 11/22: T - SnowTV for an hour or so, followed by drizzle 12/1: T - on-and-off small snow showers for about an hour 12/24: T - some light sleet in the morning left a coating 1/3: 0.75” - squall/thundersnow 1/5-1/6: 9.0" - bumped a little based on local spotter reports 1/11: 1.0" - pretty little weekend thing 1/14: T - light snow shower late in the evening 1/16: T - very light, quick snow shower 1/19: 1.0" - missed morning rates but flipped later when rates increased (light flurries on 1/20, as well) Seasonal Total: 11.75"
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    Interesting stuff. Thanks, folks!
  13. mattie g
    Interesting. We’ve still got up to 3” of glacier in many spots (plus a little fluff on top), so i wouldn’t have thought it’s just about who got snow yesterday.
  14. mattie g
    What is this image showing?
  15. mattie g
    I guess we need to move north…
  16. mattie g
    16 here in Burke. About to take pup for a little neighborhood walk!
  17. mattie g
    What about your place in Organic Valley?
  18. mattie g
    Two closest reports were 1.0” from the public and 1.3” from a trained spotter. Tempted to go with 1.25”
  19. mattie g
    Flurries just came through Burke. Snow on snow on snow on snow on snow on snow(?)
  20. mattie g
    Maybe we can trust that it can get the general idea right, but when gametime comes we go with some of old reliables to provide specifics.
  21. mattie g
    You bastard. Every time you post shit like this it makes me want to make a bad financial decision and plunk down on a house at the top of the mountain out there.
  22. mattie g
    Not so much the thermals as the precip (at least for MBY).
  23. mattie g
    Sorry man…that sucks.
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    For you…
  25. mattie g
    I’m at Shadowland in Alexandria for a 7-year-old’s birthday party and they don’t even have beer available. If things pick up in the next hour, it’ll make the time minimally bearable.
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