2007-01-28 16:14:07 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
is 3 inches enough?
2007-01-28 16:22:50 · update #1
is 3 inches enough?
2007-01-28 16:22:52 · update #2
flurries in florida, two feet in Vermont
2007-01-28 16:17:34 · answer #1 · answered by JMBC 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This has a lot of factors to this. First, it depends on the factor ability of roads still not safe for the school buses to travel upon such as dirt roads and secondary roads. These roads are normally the last to be cleared by the Dept of Transportation and the subcontractors that handle snow clearing of the roads. Also, it depends on the safety of getting in and out of school without accidents occurring. Most school systems have a plan in which they use to determine if they need to have a snow day.
Now for the 3" of snow. If the conditions outside are going to be below freezing for most of the day then snow removal will take longer because of the cold temperatures. So in my opinion if these factors are occurring then yes 3" is enough snow to have a snow day.
2007-01-29 14:49:23 · answer #2 · answered by M K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends where you live.
I used to live in Ottawa, Canada, and school wouldn't be cancelled unless there was a HUGE amount of snow. Here in California, I've heard that a couple of inches in enough to guarantee a snowday.
2007-01-29 00:18:01 · answer #3 · answered by F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not always just the amount but the conditions of the weather that goes with it. Is it very cold windy and icy. Would the visibility of a bus driver be hindered in such a manner it would be unsafe for them to carry children to school? These are all questions to be considered. Ive seen school cancelled for a few inches, but school stay on for over a foot. Is it so cold that if the bus got stuck, would the children freeze to death or lives in danger. It is afterall the security and safety of the child that comes first
2007-01-29 00:21:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A snow day requiers more thne just a snow accumilation.
If the streets are in such a condition that it would be hazardest for teachers and students to travel, if a predicted storm could coause either a shutdown of roads or prevent travela fter school starts, if tempitures are belwo a point in which students who must walk woudl be in health dangers are just a few conditions which could slose a school.
2007-01-29 00:20:31 · answer #5 · answered by theaterhanz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really depends where you live. In the deep south I've seen 2 inches shut down the entire state (no snow removal equipment). Further north, it really depends if the buses can safely move about.
2007-01-29 06:04:10 · answer #6 · answered by USAFret 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in oklahoma 8 inches is needed for a snowday
2007-01-29 00:19:07 · answer #7 · answered by donald t 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
6 inches
2007-01-29 00:19:04 · answer #8 · answered by DaNeCoOk Is HiLaRiOuS 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on where you live...if the roads are bad or icy, you should get a snow day..but hey where I live the roads don't even have to be bad, we just have to get a little bit of snow and everything shuts down :)
2007-01-29 00:22:34 · answer #9 · answered by ♥Catherine♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on where you live. I live coastal in California, and it snowed like 2" for the first time in like 20 years a couple years ago... the schools freaked out and all shut down for the day.
2007-01-29 00:19:55 · answer #10 · answered by auDREE 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the weatherman,did he or she give the right forcast? If the community was only ready for a blizzard from the icecream parlor and not from mother nature then you may have a snow day.
2007-01-29 00:28:36 · answer #11 · answered by coffeemate 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋