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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 11:43 AM Original message |
Obama is amused that his daughters' school closed today |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. I know a Chicago schoolteacher complaining about that very thing. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. I wonder if the public schools were closed. nt |
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countingbluecars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. The last I heard DC schools |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Monty Cty and PG County are closed for the day. nth |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Yes, most schools are closed in the area |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Here's a list of DC school closings today: |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. This is NOT list of DC school closings; |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Oh, OK... |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. I think not; |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
3. That's a whole lot better than what *'s girls did. Way to set an example!! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. There's just no budget to do so. And the icy stuff down here is harder to drive through... |
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kanrok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Hey! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. After having three feet in three weeks in Toronto last year, no, BUT... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. We up north get all kinds; wet, icy, snizzle, dry and powdery, etc., not only one kind. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. We get only one kind down here. Sloppy, and inadequate means to deal with it. |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. yeah but you guys have straight flat roads! eom |
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NikolaC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
36. We Moved Back to |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. It's slick in Oregon too |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
43. You're not kidding |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
13. I'm working from home today. No way I could get to downtown DC. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. It was tough in B-ChCh this morning. nt |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
38. Same thing in Seattle. I'm from Michigan too |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
45. Thank you faygo kid! |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
14. Ok, so now how are the kids going to get the backing for their stories when they grow up |
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katusha (592 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
15. did he just politely call the Villagers wusses? n/t |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Yes. He'll learn it's budget related. No SnowSWAT teams living in dorms to immediately... |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. No just a variant of Up hill in the snow on bloody stumps because we couldn't afford feet. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
16. People from all over the country live in DC |
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RedstDem (356 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. DC is a very transient area |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. But even if you know how to drive in it, this sloppy stuff is tougher than the powdery stuff. |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. Back during the blizzard of '78, our neighbor was a recent transplant from Florida. We lived in an |
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Bleacher Creature (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. Moved to DC from Upstate NY. He's totally right. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
20. What a Chicago elitist. |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
40. He will, once he ends up ass-over-teakettle on the South Portico |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
41. That would be funnier if it wasn't so easy to imagine some RW pundit *sincerely* making the claim. |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
21. Tulsa got hit with ice and snow as well |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
22. No offense, Mr President, but Dallas-Ft Worth would like a word with you about |
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demodonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
23. OMG you don't want to drive in D.C. when there is snow or ice. 1" and they go nuts, LOL. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
42. A close associate in NoVA calls it "the city of the snow wimps". |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
27. Does that mean they had to go to work with Dad today? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Not as cool as doing it on Dad's submarine in Groton CT! |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
31. At the price that school charges I'd be more than "amused" |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
33. It's about the snowplows and budget for snow removal. And, whether people have snow tires, etc. Up |
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qb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
35. It could have something to do with the 21 deaths attributed to the latest storm... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
37. Can I say a little something about "having a budget to take care of the snow"? |
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