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    From Joe Mackey@1:123/140 to Daryl Stout on Mon Jan 6 07:19:02 2020
    Daryl wrote --

    But, around here, they wait until the very last minute to "evacuate downtown", and by then, the roads are iced over.

    I live only a few blocks from campus.
    One day we had a big snow and it was on a two hour delay. (In theory its
    so the streets can be plowed, sidewalks on campus cleared, etc).
    It was a wet, slick mess out there.
    I rode my bike and people exclaimed "You rode your bike in that?"
    I replied Well I wasn't about to walk through all the snow and ice. :)
    Joe
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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to Joe Mackey on Mon Jan 6 12:52:00 2020
    Joe,

    I live only a few blocks from campus.

    I think I'm just 2 to 3 miles from the local campus. I lived at home,
    but working at Burger King, paid my way through college. Back then (40
    years ago), tuition was $400 a semester, with $100 for books, and a $20
    yearly parking sticker...but there were no dorms on the campus back
    then (it was a commuter campus)

    Today, dorms are all over the place, and it costs BIG BUCKS...plus,
    the freshman students are REQUIRED to live there.

    One day we had a big snow and it was on a two hour delay. (In theory its
    so the streets can be plowed, sidewalks on campus cleared, etc).
    It was a wet, slick mess out there.

    I'd prefer a forecast like that, instead of what we have for Thursday
    through Saturday of this week (tornadoes, large hail, damaging winds,
    and significant, flooding rain). I'll be offline those 3 days.

    I rode my bike and people exclaimed "You rode your bike in that?"
    I replied Well I wasn't about to walk through all the snow and ice. :)

    Good point. What was their reaction??

    Daryl


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