want a snow day? stop those silly rituals and move to virginia. why virginia? because it's not so far south that it will never snow, but it isn't located in the northern mid-atlantic / new england area where snow is common and therefore, snow days are less common.
when i was growing up in north carolina, we'd have snow days even if there was only the *threat* of snow. this happened a few times a year. sometimes, the threat never materialized into actual snow, so everyone would have a day off at the movies. but these days were few and far between. the further south you go, the lesser the chance of school-closing flurries.
once you hit new jersey / new york, snow days are less common. and when you hit new england, you wouldn't get a snow day if it snowed three feet.
virginia sounds like the best bet for maximizing the number of snow days. :)
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
how to conjure snow
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i beg to differ. the maximum number of snow days occur in eastern kentucky and west virginia in coal country. it snows a lot, and the roads are in bad condition. many are unpaved or barely paved, and it's not uncommon for a hard rain to wash a bunch of them out. try driving a school bus through that.
one year, the state of kentucky declared that we didn't have to make up a couple of weeks of school because we missed so much. we had a few half-days on saturdays and a late start to summer vacation to make up for the rest. all told, i think we made up for about seven or eight days of school. maybe they even made us make up a whole two weeks.
the reason for that is that the state of kentucky and many of its citizens are dirt poor, and paying for an extra month of school for an entire county is no small budget shock.
however, in return for the snow days, you have to live in eastern kentucky or west virginia -- snow like boston, but without the removal equipment and well-maintained roads.
okay, you win. :)
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