Ridgefield Public Schools are Closed

[reefman13]

School is cancelled for me.

Everyone that is going to work...................drive safe, its gonna be one hell of a ride home.....

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM EST THIS EVENING.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT LATE THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE THEN EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...ENDING THIS EVENING AS LIGHT SNOW OR POSSIBLY FREEZING DRIZZLE.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION ENDS THIS EVENING.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

-http://www.weather.com/weather/local/06877?lswe=06877&lwsa=WeatherLocalUndeclared&from=whatwhere

[renogaw]

wow, last i heard it was only going to be around 4"

guess it doesn't pay to go to sleep...

[PL-Reef]

thanks kiddo.

[LRLS]

looks like someone wants to be a weatherman. Very well done!

[amcarrig]

Now they close schools BEFORE it actually snows? You kids got it too easy these days

[erickrm]

seriously! i remember walking to school and the roads would be white and i could not determine where the street met up with the curb! lol... aghh the good ol days no worries just fun.

[amcarrig]

Originally posted by erickrm
seriously! i remember walking to school and the roads would be white and i could not determine where the street met up with the curb! lol... aghh the good ol days no worries just fun.

Did you have to walk 3 miles uphill both ways too? I know I did!

[erickrm]

damn you had it bad hahahah not me just straight street... tell you what though if you ever heard of Fort Knox well they have hills that it even hurts going down them! hahah thankfully i never had to do a road march in the snow that would have been hell!! haha

[amcarrig]

Well, I am a bit older than you so they probably straightened out the hills for your generation

Road march with 50+ pounds of gear on your back beats my 3 mile uphill snow hike any day.

[erickrm]

lol yea but i only did it a couple of times lol you did it alot more than i did. I would much rather do a couple at fort knox than the snow! hahah

[tank o tang]

kids don't even walk to a bus stop anymore. the bus is now a door to door limo service

[erickrm]

no way!!! damn i still have to drive my son to school! hahah

[reefman13]

The funny thing, is that our superintendent of schools, is actually the most harsh superintendent there is in Fairfield County. Both of the last ice/rain storms she called nothing, and it ended up that the teachers at the HS that came down from Waterbury, could not even get to the school............

But, the thing is, it seems people in Ridgefield seem to make sure that their thoughts on almost everything are heard.....so she probably received a million (exaggerating -town of 35,000) telling her about how they all thought that she was making very irresponsible calls........I know that the last ice storm....she sent us to school on time and the bus slid while trying to stop at where on of the kids get on.......so this time I figure she decided she would avoid all the ridiculous e-mails

I have to agree though...........I think as this generation of kids.........we do have it much easier than people used to. Like all the old hills have been removed. Top of the line snow plows so we can see the curb.........yeah, its all good

[amcarrig]

Originally posted by erickrm
no way!!! damn i still have to drive my son to school! hahah

WHAT?! My parents NEVER drove me to school! The only time I was bussed was when they sent me to Catholic school.....which only lasted about 6 months

[J8851]

I'm gonna ****ed if my exams get pushed back. I'm going to be on 6 week break on friday. I really dont want to take a final at 8am Saturday.

[renogaw]

goodness, even during winter i was riding my bike or walking to and from school in wethersfield, and it felt like a good ten miles uphill both ways :P

[erickrm]

Originally posted by amcarrig
WHAT?! My parents NEVER drove me to school! The only time I was bussed was when they sent me to Catholic school.....which only lasted about 6 months

LAMO!! i am laughing so hard right now!!!! hahahhahahah ROFL!!!!! good times

[mikelaubach]

Originally posted by J8851 [/i]
I'm gonna ****ed if my exams get pushed back. I'm going to be on 6 week break on friday. I really dont want to take a final at 8am Saturday.

My Criminal Law exam just got pushed to Next Wed. So now I have Evidence one day, and Crim the next. I'm actually happy that it happened.

6 weeks? Shoot, I have 3, and I'm happy I have that!

[reefman13]

Glad everyone's having fun

Hope everything goes as planned for you J8851........

[amcarrig]

Looks like you could have gotten a good 3 hours of learning in

[erickrm]

WOOT WOOT we are proly leaving early you know what that means! from work i am going home and from home i am grabbing my gear and going to the bunny hill at ski-sundown! WOOT WOOT!!

[amcarrig]

Originally posted by renogaw
goodness, even during winter i was riding my bike or walking to and from school in wethersfield, and it felt like a good ten miles uphill both ways :P

I grew up in Long Island so you have to add avoiding the "criminal element" to my daily commute (which I was pretty good at until I got to high school age)

[fishieness]

what the hell?? a snowday announcement but no reef pictures?!
you kids are slacking :-P

[craiglanda]

Originally posted by amcarrig
I grew up in Long Island so you have to add avoiding the "criminal element" to my daily commute (which I was pretty good at until I got to high school age)

Crime in LI?? is that like crime in Avon? LOL!

[amcarrig]

Originally posted by craiglanda
Crime in LI?? is that like crime in Avon? LOL!

Probably