Today's Rant

Although it did not really affect me, many schools in Northern Virginia had a two-hour delay this morning. If you don't live in the DC area, you may be asking, how much snow did you get? None. Well, the roads must have been icy. No again. It must have been high winds that knocked power out. No one more time. So why were schools delayed this morning? Because it was cold. Oh, it must have been -10 or -2o. The actual low was 2. OK, I cheated. I just looked up that temperature on weather.com. I was thinking the low was 10-15. I didn't realize it was that cold, although that would explain why my feet were cold for 30 minutes after standing outside for 10 minutes this morning. Anyway, I still think it's silly that schools were delayed for it being cold. I'm sure people in upstate New York, Vermont, Minnesota, etc. are laughing at hearing this. When I was a kid, I remember walking 2 miles to school through cold weather and snow. Plus it was uphill. Both ways!