https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:45:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today/page/2#post-2795304 Fri, 05 Jan 2018 20:00:25 +0000 farawayyama 2795304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ladybee: Ha! Small world :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795254 Fri, 05 Jan 2018 13:15:08 +0000 Mama Bird 2795254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: oh no! Thank goodness for that awesome plumber and the mom group!</p> <p>I'm working from home for the second day straight... really bad delays on public transit. If one of us was going to pick up the kids after work, we'd have to leave an hour early (and lose an hour in the AM to the commute). I'm impressed the system kept running through the storm yesterday, because we had a few hours of intense show and wind. Still, not getting on a train if I can help it... would rather spend the extra two hours working. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795249 Fri, 05 Jan 2018 12:35:34 +0000 YogiRunner 2795249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: I'm sorry you had to deal with that last night! Sounds pretty stressful, but I'm glad you were able to find a plumber so quickly- smart thinking to tap the Facebook group! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795244 Fri, 05 Jan 2018 12:06:57 +0000 Alba4 2795244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Snow day #2 over here! Lots of black ice on the back roads and it is unsafe for bus travel. My inlaws were stuck with us too. Lots of fun. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795238 Fri, 05 Jan 2018 11:45:00 +0000 Chuckles 2795238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: I'm a teacher in Chicago and we have issues with school buses not starting when the weather is really cold. The buses that are working have to do multiple routes so kids often get to school really late. Not sure if that's also related to schools closing but maybe. In Chicago even when school is closed, they usually try to have some schools open for kids who need a warm place to go and who rely on school meals. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795234 Fri, 05 Jan 2018 11:36:27 +0000 ladybee 2795234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: this. I’m in a low income building from the early 1900’s. The boilers can’t can’t keep buy and most of our students walk. With -20 windchill it’s a hazard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795233 Fri, 05 Jan 2018 11:29:24 +0000 ladybee 2795233@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@farawayyama: I’m a teacher in Cleveland too! Parma :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795210 Fri, 05 Jan 2018 09:22:06 +0000 looch 2795210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: American schools are grossly underfunded. Some areas haven't built new schools in decades, so you're dealing with boilers from 1960 and old distribution systems.</p> <p>And don't forget, we have a lot of poverty in the US. In some areas, 50% of kids are on free or reduced lunch programs, which means there isn't a lot of disposable income for cold weather gear. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795206 Fri, 05 Jan 2018 09:12:53 +0000 NorthStar 2795206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: Yeah, I agree with others regarding waiting for the sub. I live in northern MN and it's been averaging -20 degrees for over a week and upwards of -40 windchill at night. It's been insane! But, they haven't closed schools as we are probably used to it and parents just bring in their kids if they don't want them waiting for the bus. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795203 Fri, 05 Jan 2018 09:08:40 +0000 yin 2795203@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Schools are closed again today. We didn't get a lot of snow, but the wind is brutal. Today's real feel temperature is -7. I thought last week's single digit temps were bad. Ugh. The kids went back to school for one day this week, and I'm going slightly crazy at home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795202 Fri, 05 Jan 2018 08:54:45 +0000 erinbaderin 2795202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: @petitenoisette: @catgirl: Thanks for clarifying! That makes sense, it just never occurred to me before this - there are so many things about how other regions handle weather that I never thought about. I have a friend in South Carolina who said that they didn't sell snow shovels in their stores, which...yeah, I guess that makes sense. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795200 Fri, 05 Jan 2018 08:50:11 +0000 catgirl 2795200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: I know in the district I grew up in about 50% of students walk to school so they close if it is too cold. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795198 Fri, 05 Jan 2018 08:38:13 +0000 petitenoisette 2795198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: @Foodnerd81: probably all of the above re: closing for cold. My school didn’t close for cold, but Tues/Wed it was freezing in many parts of the school bc the old boilers couldn’t handle the low temps (or were not even working...)</p> <p>@Foodnerd81: Sorry for the pipe chaos but it sounds like it turned out ok considering. </p> <p>I have snow day 2 today, but my daughter’s preschool is open so I just dropped her off. Now I gotta try to be moderately productive so I don’t feel bad sending her! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795194 Fri, 05 Jan 2018 08:28:34 +0000 Foodnerd81 2795194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: I think it’s more like kids waiting for the bus outside or walking if they are walking distance. At least that’s what I had heard from my MIL who grew up in Chicago. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795191 Fri, 05 Jan 2018 08:09:30 +0000 erinbaderin 2795191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In places where schools are closed because of the cold, why? Is it because the schools heaters can't deal with it? They don't want to ask kids to go outside in the cold temperatures when they probably don't have appropriate clothing? I get snow closures but I don't understand cold closures. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795189 Fri, 05 Jan 2018 07:00:27 +0000 csross217 2795189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Still snowed in today in Maine! We got about 16 inches and everything was closed down yesterday. My office is opening late today, so DH is outside trying to clear out our driveway so that I can get to work. Of course, this is coming on the tail of 2 weeks of subzero temps (has been -24 in the morning most days), and it's supposed to be back down into the negative numbers over the weekend. I'm ready for a view like @youboots!</p> <p>@Foodnerd81: It's terrible that all of that happened during the storm, but it's amazing that you found a plumber to come out and fix it!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795187 Fri, 05 Jan 2018 06:48:45 +0000 catgirl 2795187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got 16 inches of snow yesterday... I'm pretty much done with winter but know this is just the beginning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795167 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 23:12:38 +0000 missyoori 2795167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like farawayyama, we're in the Cleveland area too--no snow but schools closed citing negative temperatures. My kids are bouncing off the walls! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795146 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 21:14:20 +0000 Foodnerd81 2795146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well my night got crazier- the pipe started gushing hot water again, took us what felt like forever to find the water valve shut off (probably half an hour of water just gushing into the garage). Once we got it shut off, frantically trying to find a plumber who could come out since we didn’t want to leave the water off to the whole house all night, considering the sub zero temps coming in. Of course most plumbers are slammed right now. But Facebook moms group totally pulled through and recommended a very nice plumber who came out a few hours later, fixed the pipe, got the system up and running again, and it didn’t even cost a fortune. And that fact that the burst pipe was in the garage and not in the House was HUGE. </p> <p>So, all in all it totally sucked but could have been so much worse. School is closed again tomorrow, which is fine with me. My 4 year old has a crummy cold right now anyway so looks like a good movie day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795141 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 20:21:38 +0000 irene 2795141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are in Atlanta Georgia. Not bragging here but I am so unbelievably surprised (and thankful) that we dodged a major bullet. No snow no ice at all, just below-freezing-temperature-for-a-week-already cold! Otherwise our schools would have been closed for 2 weeks as we panic and overreact on everything. Even Savannah (4 hours south) is getting snow / iced-in and having major road close. I am still in disbelief. I am so thankful because I can not handle another week-long school close right after the 1.5 week holidays we have just gone through. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795123 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 17:35:50 +0000 Becky 2795123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Schools are closed now due to the cold actually! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795114 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 17:03:29 +0000 Becky 2795114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No snow here in Buffalo (other than what’s already on the ground) and it’s a balmy 16 degrees 😊 Huge improvement over the recent negative temps but we’ll be getting more of that tomorrow and Saturday. Our septic is in a terrible location and the lines started freezing January 1 🙄<br /> It takes a lot of snow to shut down things here—of course the bomb cyclone is hitting all the places not used to it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795107 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 16:24:58 +0000 erinbaderin 2795107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tinyperson: Also in Toronto and I checked the weather network before leaving work and it said -13, feels like -24, and “ice crystals”. What does that even mean?!?! Also -34 overnight, UGH. I’d take the snow if given the choice. (Not to downplay the dump of snow you guys are getting, especially in places that lack the infrastructure to clear it!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795106 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 16:24:10 +0000 Foodnerd81 2795106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bushelandapeck: I was afraid it was the roof at first! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795103 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 16:18:34 +0000 bushelandapeck 2795103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: oh no! Glad the damage wasn’t too bad but that’s such a pain! We are north of Boston and DH worked from home. He just started clearing off some of the roof where the snow drifts are severe feet high. The wind is just insane! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795098 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 16:00:12 +0000 Foodnerd81 2795098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hot water pipe just burst, gushing water into our garage :crying: But we got it to stop and the damage is minimal and we still have hot water so could be worse. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795097 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 15:51:50 +0000 snarkybiochemist 2795097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>home with a 2 month old and my husband, he works for a college so they close. we have about 5 inches and thank god our heater was replaced yesterday </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795095 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 15:45:38 +0000 SweetiePie 2795095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: I just read that they are saying NYC schools will be open tomorrow. </p> <p>Private preschool for us and they were open! I was shocked. So DS went and DH stayed home so he could drive us to and from (I’m 7mos pregnant and he didn’t want me walking or taking a cab on my own). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795092 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 15:37:33 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2795092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! 2 inches down south and we already have 2 snow days. With below freezing temps I'm guessing we will be out Monday too. We don't function down here until it melts 😋 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-snowed-in-today#post-2795091 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 15:33:51 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 2795091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup! Lots of snow in NY. Kids have been doing well all things considered. The wind is crazy! </p>