Last night, betweeen 1 and 3 A.M. about a foot fell over the five bouroughs (another ten inches to come today). After waking early and determining that I would not have to go to work, I turned on NY1. Joel Klein, New York City School Chancellor sounds despondent. After "deliberation deep into the night," Joel and co. chose to close schools, a thing that's happened twice in the past 20 years (for much larger blizzards). Evidently people in Manhattan are miffed, because this is really an outerbourough and commuter issue. The Staten Island Ferry is closed; there are train delays and suspensions, tricky bridges. I find this dourness and uncertainty really nutty, because in Memphis, literally everything shuts down at the least sight of snow, our school-closers quick-to-action, our citizens happy. So, Pat Kiernan (who gets dishier with each repeated news segment) is surprised that schools are closed, but I'm not. Snow days are made for pausing. And, in the first week of March, we are SICK of winter, and none are equipped to trudge and argue with it.
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Mar 2, 2009
Snow Day
Last night, betweeen 1 and 3 A.M. about a foot fell over the five bouroughs (another ten inches to come today). After waking early and determining that I would not have to go to work, I turned on NY1. Joel Klein, New York City School Chancellor sounds despondent. After "deliberation deep into the night," Joel and co. chose to close schools, a thing that's happened twice in the past 20 years (for much larger blizzards). Evidently people in Manhattan are miffed, because this is really an outerbourough and commuter issue. The Staten Island Ferry is closed; there are train delays and suspensions, tricky bridges. I find this dourness and uncertainty really nutty, because in Memphis, literally everything shuts down at the least sight of snow, our school-closers quick-to-action, our citizens happy. So, Pat Kiernan (who gets dishier with each repeated news segment) is surprised that schools are closed, but I'm not. Snow days are made for pausing. And, in the first week of March, we are SICK of winter, and none are equipped to trudge and argue with it.
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