Let it snow
Last night and this morning, Columbia got historic amounts of snow. According to the Trib, the nearby airport recorded 15 1/2" of accumulation. MU cancelled classes today for the first time in over ten years.
This morning I went out and got a few pictures. It doesn't look like all that much snow, to me. The 1995 snowfall was definitely a lot more visually arresting. I remember going outside and seeing my car (a very large car) completely buried, as in, no part of the car was at all visible.
Snow day! Three day weekend! Woohoo. Except I do have a lot of work to do, because the magazine is going live this weekend, and I have a paper due Monday.
As far as the snow is concerned, I love it. We haven't had a good hard snow in years now. Granted it's a little early, but I am more than happy to live with it for a week or two, as long as the roads get cleared.
UPDATE: I turned on the TV while I was eating lunch. There was no broadcast, only an 'emergency message' advising everyone to stay off the roads so the utility crews could have time to clear them. Also, I-70 and highway 63 have been closed. I guess it's probably safe to say that other parts of the city got it a lot worse than we did here where I live. Anyway, I'm perfectly content to chill out in my apartment for the next few days.
This morning I went out and got a few pictures. It doesn't look like all that much snow, to me. The 1995 snowfall was definitely a lot more visually arresting. I remember going outside and seeing my car (a very large car) completely buried, as in, no part of the car was at all visible.
Snow day! Three day weekend! Woohoo. Except I do have a lot of work to do, because the magazine is going live this weekend, and I have a paper due Monday.
As far as the snow is concerned, I love it. We haven't had a good hard snow in years now. Granted it's a little early, but I am more than happy to live with it for a week or two, as long as the roads get cleared.
UPDATE: I turned on the TV while I was eating lunch. There was no broadcast, only an 'emergency message' advising everyone to stay off the roads so the utility crews could have time to clear them. Also, I-70 and highway 63 have been closed. I guess it's probably safe to say that other parts of the city got it a lot worse than we did here where I live. Anyway, I'm perfectly content to chill out in my apartment for the next few days.
posted by Craig J. at 10:26 AM
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Pretty! I should've taken some pics of the snow we got. I'm not all that sure how many inches fell here though. I was too busy scraping it off my car so that I could go to work this morning. There is no rest for those who work in travel...
Hope you enjoy your three-day weekend! :)
A friend of mine said that Mizzou actually closed one day in 1998. She was a freshman that year and remembers. Then she found the Maneater article to prove it... So apparently someone at the news in Columbia didn't have all their facts straight...
Blame the MU News Bureau .. here's their release:
MU Cancels Classes
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Due to severe weather conditions, University of Missouri-Columbia Chancellor Brady Deaton has cancelled classes at the University today according to the University’s policy which can be accessed at www.missouri.edu. The University maintains its teaching, research and service activities in accordance with established schedules and operational demands.
Employees and supervisors should use personal discretion in deciding whether or not they can safely report to work. If an employee is delayed, absent or leaves early under the University’s policy, he or she must account for the time missed, with the approval of the supervisor, by one of the following methods: Accrued vacation leave, accrued personal days or adjusted work schedule (wherever applicable) in the same work week.
The last time the University cancelled classes was in 1995.
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