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[Cadence]

Standard operating procedure in South Carolina is that state government offices and universities follow the lead of the county they are in for closing down in the case of bad weather.

Yesterday (Monday) the county we're in (the one with the state capital) announced it was shutting down at noon today (Tuesday) because of potential snow. Our county has very little snow removal and even less experience driving in it. So yesterday afternoon the University announced that classes ending after that were done today too.

And then yesterday evening the governor said not so fast. State offices and universities in this county are staying open Tuesday until I tell them.

And then just a few minutes ago (a bit after 11:30am Tuesday) the governor called it and said go home at 2:30. Which means everyone will be on the road at the same time and it will take forever to get home.

[Current forecast is 10% chance at noon, 15% at 1 and 2, 40% at 3,.... 1.4" total expected. More and earlier in the neighboring county many employees working here live in.]

Update: It looks like maybe the governor didn't change his mind. The University might be trying to thread the needle by keeping the University open... but cancelling later classes and telling supervisors to be flexible.

 

[Ryujin]

Update: It looks like maybe the governor didn't change his mind. The University might be trying to thread the needle by keeping the University open... but cancelling later classes and telling supervisors to be flexible.

I don't know about down there, but up here universities don't get their government funding for a day unless they're open to at least 10:00am. So guess how long they try to hold off announcing until?

 

[Scribe]

I started working again this year on the 5th. I've worked every day since.

I have people assigning me work, with absolutely no clue what they are assigning, what's been sold, what's working or isn't, and how to bridge the gaps.

2025. Not winning.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Standard operating procedure in South Carolina is that state government offices and universities follow the lead of the county they are in for closing down in the case of bad weather.

Yesterday (Monday) the county we're in (the one with the state capital) announced it was shutting down at noon today (Tuesday) because of potential snow. Our county has very little snow removal and even less experience driving in it. So yesterday afternoon the University announced that classes ending after that were done today too.

And then yesterday evening the governor said not so fast. State offices and universities in this county are staying open Tuesday until I tell them.

And then just a few minutes ago (a bit after 11:30am Tuesday) the governor called it and said go home at 2:30. Which means everyone will be on the road at the same time and it will take forever to get home.

[Current forecast is 10% chance at noon, 15% at 1 and 2, 40% at 3,.... 1.4" total expected. More and earlier in the neighboring county many employees working here live in.]

Well, apparently your Governor follows the wisdom of Mama Snarf - if you can't be part of the solution, become a part of the problem.

 

[Cadence]

Well, apparently your Governor follows the wisdom of Mama Snarf - if you can't be part of the solution, become a part of the problem.

That does seem to be traditional

The map of counties closing early keeps expanding (the south of the state will get hit worse than the north). The two counties in question are slowly getting surrounded.

 

[DrunkonDuty]

I had to google "us states by shape" to work out which state that is.

 

[Mad_Jack]

We also can't leave out the folks who gather the pineapple, or the wheat to make the dough and how unfairly they are all treated.

Random tangent: The only difference between pizza dough and pretzel dough is the amount of sugar added to it. So, if you purchase both the marinara sauce and cheese sauce toppings for it, you are now eating a pizza...

I have grievances like the Sahara has grains of sand.

They've all been turned over and over again so many countless times they've completely lost all their edges?

 

[prabe]

Standard operating procedure in South Carolina is that state government offices and universities follow the lead of the county they are in for closing down in the case of bad weather.

Yesterday (Monday) the county we're in (the one with the state capital) announced it was shutting down at noon today (Tuesday) because of potential snow. Our county has very little snow removal and even less experience driving in it. So yesterday afternoon the University announced that classes ending after that were done today too.

And then yesterday evening the governor said not so fast. State offices and universities in this county are staying open Tuesday until I tell them.

And then just a few minutes ago (a bit after 11:30am Tuesday) the governor called it and said go home at 2:30. Which means everyone will be on the road at the same time and it will take forever to get home.

[Current forecast is 10% chance at noon, 15% at 1 and 2, 40% at 3,.... 1.4" total expected. More and earlier in the neighboring county many employees working here live in.]

There was a thing in the DC area that was afterward referred to as "Commutageddon," when the snow A) was preceded by rain, to wash the melt-treatments off and B) arrived just as evening rush hour was starting. It took like eight hours for my friend and I to get home--and we knew someone who didn't make it home until late the next morning.

May the gawds have mercy on your souls.

 

[RealAlHazred]

There was a thing in the DC area that was afterward referred to as "Commutageddon," when the snow A) was preceded by rain, to wash the melt-treatments off and B) arrived just as evening rush hour was starting. It took like eight hours for my friend and I to get home--and we knew someone who didn't make it home until late the next morning.

May the gawds have mercy on your souls.

I was once driving back to NJ from upstate NY when they closed the George Washington Bridge just ahead of us. There was no exit we could get to, at that point the approach is a funnel to push the traffic to just the two lanes they had open. This was late on Saturday evening, just as the snow was starting to fall. The radio said they were closing it for anti-icing operations to take place, but were waiting for the crew and equipment to get there.

I don't know what exactly happened, but we were stuck in that snowed-in car until 8AM the following morning.

At no point did I see a single utility vehicle. They might have come by another route, like, say, the opposite side of the bridge, but it's hard to imagine we would have missed the hazard lights, even with the snow -- the whole area is constantly lit.

 

[prabe]

I was once driving back to NJ from upstate NY when they closed the George Washington Bridge just ahead of us. There was no exit we could get to, at that point the approach is a funnel to push the traffic to just the two lanes they had open. This was late on Saturday evening, just as the snow was starting to fall. The radio said they were closing it for anti-icing operations to take place, but were waiting for the crew and equipment to get there.

I don't know what exactly happened, but we were stuck in that snowed-in car until 8AM the following morning.

At no point did I see a single utility vehicle. They might have come by another route, like, say, the opposite side of the bridge, but it's hard to imagine we would have missed the hazard lights, even with the snow -- the whole area is constantly lit.

Yeah, anything that leaves people stuck overnight seems like a bad situation.