March Snow by allie912

March Snow

After being told for days by the weather service and other crack meteorologists that Richmond would only get rain today, I left for school at my usual 7:15 departure time. At first, as I drove through a heavy rain it seemed the weathermen had gotten it right. However as I continued driving west to school, the rain changed to snow and the condition of the road deteriorated. Fortunately the traffic was lighter than usual. When I got to school I figured out why. The parking lot was unplowed and empty except for a few tire tracks that were rapidly filling in. I pulled out my iPad and checked my email and sure enough school was cancelled. Unfortunately the decision had been made at 7:30, when I was already on the road. I turned around and made my way back home. When I checked my email from home, I learned my colleague Susan and about 15 other teachers had converged in the parking lot just a few minutes later.
To make up for today's late decision, the school has already announced a 2 hour delay for tomorrow!
This was an amazing storm! To think that it caused us both to have snow days on the same day and we are miles apart!
March 7th, 2013  
Beautiful photo! I'm glad you made it back and forth to school safely; shame they had to make the decision so late. The school I work at usually robocalls around 5:30. We were supposed to have 2-4 inches of snow but it ended up just being rain. I'm okay with that because we've already lost three days of our spring break to Hurricane Sandy.
March 7th, 2013  
Awesome shot
March 7th, 2013  
You got my snow! We were predicted to have a major snowfall but received the good old wintry mix and now have slush everywhere.
March 7th, 2013  
Sorry Allison, you guys ended up getting what they were predicting for us.
March 7th, 2013  
You just can't trust those silly weathermen. Nice shot though
March 7th, 2013  
Crazy weather! I love this photo!!
March 7th, 2013  
Like your shot, just a dusting of snow on the fence.
March 8th, 2013  
Bummer! You didn't get to sleep in AND you missed a party in the parking lot. Nice photo op, though. Love the composition. Meteorologists have the best job don't they - zero accountability!
March 9th, 2013  
@barbsmith You totally get it! Thanks for the sympathy.
March 9th, 2013  
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