buses

Have you ever gotten word that your child's school was closed, and the temperature was 41 degrees outside?

Well, that happened to me this morning.

I blinked at the auto responder email in my inbox--"this does not compute" sounding in my brain.

What in the world?

So I verified. Yes indeed, there were several school districts here in the hinterlands of the metro area who share the commonality of dirt roads where buses would not travel well because the ground is still frozen, and the now-frozen recently-melted snow on top of that frozen ground would make those buses slide like huge hippos on ice should they attempt such a thing. That's the theory.

It reminded me of a morning way-y-y-y-y-y back in 1987 in South Carolina where I was teaching at the time. The news was broadcast that there was no school that day because a dusting of snow had accumulated and the overpasses in the area would be treacherous for the buses. I was astounded, being a girl from northern Minnesota, where school in my day was rarely called because of weather. Delighted, but astounded.

Buses control the world at the moment, is the lesson I'm taking away from all of this.

And yes, that looks funny with only one "s". But I'm sticking with it, since the dictionary says it will approve of either.

Comments

[Lori]

I read this earlier and almost gasped out loud. hehe I am posting about the same thing! lol