weatherpruf

the impact of the heavy sleet on top of the snow makes it as impactful as a deeper snow; it was a very hard cleanup with crews still working locally even last week. i've never seen cleanup efforts take so long, not even march 93, which was even icier...but it warmed up after a few days.

schools are where peoples' taxes and children come together. it is among the most important beats a reporter can have.

suburban districts absolutely care about state funding and will not chance losing it; i once taught all the way to june 30, in 1994, and gave up most of spring break, then started summer school. and i was in grad school. i was totally burned out.

the size and impact of that storm has to put it on the list.

they just posted 9 forecasters on nj.com....most were very low, some said we gotta wait, but none predicting a lot, most said south jersey and the coast to jackpot, and one said passaic co.....so that's a selection of pros.....my friend just said to me, it isn't gonna snow is it?

its usually half a day and counts as a whole day; they have plenty of time to head out. at least in nj. some districts lost a lot of days so they are not gonna call if they can help it, as it starts to come out of april break, when teachers and kids are less likely to show up because they have other plans. a district i worked in tried to make the teachers pay for their substitutes if they showed they had tickets to go away already; only the nontenured went for it. me, i just went to work. i rarely travel. as half the kids were out, it was an easy week...think this was 96.

actually the superintendent. i walk with a retired one and he said he used to get up at 4 am and drive to 3 different schools with the head of maintenance; if that dude said no way, he called a snow day. and, he's a total weenie.

tough when working full time...you get exhausted. he's still young; i told him go for an advanced degree. even steve d had to sell suits at macy's for awhile. guy's gotta earn a paycheck.

i tell people if nothing else, follow him or nj 12. forget the guy's name at nj 12 as i don't have cable, but he is pretty good. or there's the kid at wegman's with the met degree from rutgers, or my neighbor with his met degree who works the window at micky d's....its' tough out there....i've known that kid since he was in grade school with my daughter. he's actually doing alright at mcdonalds, been there a decade.....of course he'd like to take lee goldberg's job....

viewers do not like hearing snow. they want to hear no snow.....i have friends right now saying it won't snow, it can't snow...not because of facts, but because they do not want it to snow....and those are the ones who are willing to even say the word...i know people who won't even say it.

i'm 63 and haven't watched in decades. 60 is young enough to have seen the rise of phones and social media.....

when i see you getting serious, and i believe you used to do the play by plays back in the day, before you had kids and mine were still little, i tend to check on the condition of my snow removal equipment. i need a tire on one of them....

ewww

i was wondering about that

thanks don

a major factor for sure

he's not out to lunch, but he is nothing special either. in that business, no one should expect you to be bullseye on anything; i personally don't care for his forecasts but he is far from terrible. its probably ok to have a little skepticism this time of the year.

still looks like 2/6/10 to me....i remember the dt maps with 8-12 for us, we got close to bupkiss....this just wants to be a south jersey and south event for the time being....however, i'm not seeing all the confluence that happened back then....which some mets thought would not be enough to stop the storm in its tracks...we've seen it happen a few times since....i never like to see the south getting the brunt for us up here; we actually do a little better when the bulk is north of us. but hey, we'll see.....it is always heart breaking to see those bands stop at mid monmouth or skirt east. but we do not know that yet.....

lundberg def did not seem happy about snow, saying no one really wants it but what ca n you do....hard for people here to digest that most others feel that way.

just heard joe lundberg on 1010 saying the same thing; rt 1 in woodbridge closed both ways since this morning, what a mess. glad i'm retired. still got stuck in it at 630 on my way to walk; by 8 they were closing the northbound side as well. accident investigation. people can't drive in the rain, it seems. hope no one was killed.

Why trash anyone? Let it go.

A little harsh, tri…we’ve all been there.

Then take the good with the bad. You are always going to have whining here. And not everyone defines it the same way.

You can follow just the facts at nws. But it won’t be nearly as much fun.

And there is always a post like this too.