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Posted on 3/17/21 at 10:21 pm to Gorilla Ball
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It seems like it more frequently
It’s purely anecdotal, but it seems like there a lot more business/school shutdowns over weather predictions that end up being busts.
This post was edited on 3/17/21 at 10:22 pm
Posted on 3/17/21 at 10:24 pm to rumproast
Some time in the 1990s.
Posted on 3/17/21 at 10:33 pm to FairhopeTider
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It’s purely anecdotal, but it seems like there a lot more business/school shutdowns over weather predictions that end up being busts.
I would imagine it has something to do with modern modeling. We know about weather events in the future now more than ever. They don’t all pan out, but there is a reasonable risk 3-5 days out now that didn’t exist a generation or two ago. A few days of everyone knowing the weather might be bad will influence schools more than they would have in the 70s, for instance.
Posted on 3/17/21 at 10:46 pm to rumproast
Predicting weather isn’t an exact science? Here in Mandeville was watching the radar and looked like we were just a few miles from getting trained on by the front. School boards have to make a call that can affect thousands of students not to mention faculty and staff if they might be on the road during these times.
And when a school bus carrying 50 gets wrecked from one of the many ways a dangerous storm can bring, who’s arse is in the ringer?
And when a school bus carrying 50 gets wrecked from one of the many ways a dangerous storm can bring, who’s arse is in the ringer?
Posted on 3/17/21 at 10:47 pm to rumproast
2017
Posted on 3/17/21 at 10:49 pm to Ticketthrowaway1
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If one school didn't close, and others did, and a kid got struck by lightning, an attorney could use the other schools' closure as evidence that the lightning strike school was negligent in remaining open.
The decision isn’t made on a per school basis, it’s the school system overall.
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Thanks Gordon.
Has there ever been such a lawsuit brought? Serious question.
Posted on 3/17/21 at 10:51 pm to squid_hunt
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Lawyers and insurance companies are a plague on this country.
What are some of the big lawsuits involving kids being at schools during storms?
Posted on 3/17/21 at 10:56 pm to slackster
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A few days of everyone knowing the weather might be bad will influence schools more than they would have in the 70s, for instance.
To that end, a lot of Birmingham businesses didn’t start shutting down until today....when they saw other Birmingham businesses post that they were closing. It becomes a domino effect because no business/school/etc. wants to be the lone a-hole opened. Not to go full MAGA here but you saw it on a larger scale during the Covid shutdowns a year ago.
Posted on 3/17/21 at 10:57 pm to FairhopeTider
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There is a plague of meteorologists who love to overhype severe weather
fricking this man. These guys live for days like today. You could hear James Span’s disappointment as the front passed and regular programming was to be resumed.
Posted on 3/17/21 at 11:01 pm to rumproast
If we thought the participation trophy generation was pampered I can’t imagine what this generation will be like
Posted on 3/17/21 at 11:02 pm to squid_hunt
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Lawyers and insurance companies are a plague on this country.
Nailed it.
That is the answer to the OP.
Posted on 3/17/21 at 11:45 pm to squid_hunt
Posted on 3/17/21 at 11:54 pm to squid_hunt
Just lawyers. Insuance companies are dragged by the lawyers.
Posted on 3/18/21 at 12:20 am to rumproast
Since 2016, when we were told it was gonna rain for a couple hours and instead my house looked like a sunken ship and lost everything. I’m damn glad my kid wasn’t in a frickin school bus that day driving around looking for a usable road. I’m okay with taking a day off here or there anytime there’s a chance of it being bad.
Posted on 3/18/21 at 12:30 am to rumproast
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Schools in Ouachita Parish closed, as did the Courthouse, because of the "threat" of bad weather. And then it sprinkled for like 30 minutes and the sun came out
I can tell you that getting kids already in buses back home after ebr's late cancelation of school the day of the 2016 floods was a cluster. But the answer to your question is "idk, since forever?" You sound old, so we can probably chalk up your "walked 30 miles in tornadoes" embellishment to a faulty memory.
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Now they have "flex days" once a week where kids don't go to school. Have yet to figure that one out. What the frick is going on around here????
These two things don't sound related at all. Are you maybe talking about a hybrid schedule due to the pandemic, or the school district in question cutting a day to save costs? The latter is happening in some places around the country.
Posted on 3/18/21 at 12:35 am to rumproast
I feel like y’all have been bitching about this for years now.
To cold schools close
To much rain schools close
To much wind schools close
hurricane hitting within 6 hours landfall schools close
Covid lol fricks your world
The fact that schools closed early today blows my fricking mind.
I’ve literally been dropped off in the worst weather today by the bus and had to walk home down my drive way that’s a least a 1/4 mile.
To cold schools close
To much rain schools close
To much wind schools close
hurricane hitting within 6 hours landfall schools close
Covid lol fricks your world
The fact that schools closed early today blows my fricking mind.
I’ve literally been dropped off in the worst weather today by the bus and had to walk home down my drive way that’s a least a 1/4 mile.
This post was edited on 3/18/21 at 12:46 am
Posted on 3/18/21 at 12:39 am to rumproast
I think after the one in Moore, Okla hit the schools.
Posted on 3/18/21 at 12:46 am to Mr.Perfect
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Insuance companies are dragged by the lawyers.
I'm of the opinion that insurance companies are tools of social engineering. I assume they're complicit.
Posted on 3/18/21 at 4:49 am to Havoc
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And when a school bus carrying 50 gets wrecked from one of the many ways a dangerous storm can bring,
Has this ever happened?
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