"bundle up and use caution"
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With zero chance of this ice melting before Tuesday I would expect additional cancellations Monday. I predict the Big School will announce closure around 8-9 pm tonight.
befitter said:jac4 said:befitter said:
If I hear or read "abundance of caution" one more time.....
"In an abundance of recklessness, we have decided to wait until 5:00 pm on Sunday to decide what we are going to do Monday morning."
Naw. Waiting until Sunday to make a decision on school for Monday based on reality and facts is rational.
I was trying to make a joke about the overuse of "an abundance of caution."
Near Wellborn, some ice accumulation on trees and landscaping. My driveway is very slippery and I almost busted my *** so I didn't go all the way to the street but it looks just as icy.
FlyRod said:
With zero chance of this ice melting before Tuesday I would expect additional cancellations Monday. I predict the Big School will announce closure around 8-9 pm tonight.
I'm guessing by 6pm if not earlier.
jac4 said:befitter said:jac4 said:befitter said:
If I hear or read "abundance of caution" one more time.....
"In an abundance of recklessness, we have decided to wait until 5:00 pm on Sunday to decide what we are going to do Monday morning."
Naw. Waiting until Sunday to make a decision on school for Monday based on reality and facts is rational.
I was trying to make a joke about the overuse of "an abundance of caution."
Maybe "abundance of recklessness" should be a new term. Way more fun!!
doubledog said:
Lots of ice on the roads. I hate driving on ice. I grew up driving on snow, which is do able, ice is another matter. Stay safe and stay home.
My husband and I were talking about this yesterday. The difference between snow packed road and ice roads is crazy.
Have someone flying into iah tomorrow around 5pm and taking the shuttle to bcs….
Should roads be ok to get back to bcs in the evening tomorrow or better to push flight back a few days?
Should roads be ok to get back to bcs in the evening tomorrow or better to push flight back a few days?
I believe "paucity of recklessness" would be the replacement phrase for abundance of caution, which I agree is way overused. Administrators love to drop the "abundance of caution" phrase. It's like they have a quota for it.
Took a quick drive around Tower Point.
Surface roads not bad. Elevated and overpasses are a little slippery.
Roads are drivable though as long as you have a little common sense.
Having said that I fully expect A&M and CSISD to cancel, they really don't need to but younger kids have hard enough time driving on normal road conditions.
Looks like Our neighbors to the east ( Caldwell, Rockdale area) got hit much harder than we did in BCS.
Surface roads not bad. Elevated and overpasses are a little slippery.
Roads are drivable though as long as you have a little common sense.
Having said that I fully expect A&M and CSISD to cancel, they really don't need to but younger kids have hard enough time driving on normal road conditions.
Looks like Our neighbors to the east ( Caldwell, Rockdale area) got hit much harder than we did in BCS.
aggies4life said:
Have someone flying into iah tomorrow around 5pm and taking the shuttle to bcs….
Should roads be ok to get back to bcs in the evening tomorrow or better to push flight back a few days?
Most everything south of CS got mainly rain and the roads should be fine . Just drive with caution , maintain speed and be extra careful on bridges and overpasses and you should be fine.
Ran errands this morning. Copperfield down Boonville to highway 6. Definitely recommended staying home and off the roads. Remember, it's not your ability to drive in these conditions I would worry about but the ability of others who will smash into you for driving too fast and careless.
Tomorrow evening should be fine. It'll be above freezing in the afternoon.
kevmiller said:
Took a quick drive around Tower Point.
Surface roads not bad. Elevated and overpasses are a little slippery.
Roads are drivable though as long as you have a little common sense.
Having said that I fully expect A&M and CSISD to cancel, they really don't need to but younger kids have hard enough time driving on normal road conditions.
Looks like Our neighbors to the east ( Caldwell, Rockdale area) got hit much harder than we did in BCS.
There are a number of faculty, staff, and students that don't live in B/CS and drive a fair distance each day to campus. Those people will be impacted.
kevmiller said:
Took a quick drive around Tower Point.
Surface roads not bad. Elevated and overpasses are a little slippery.
Roads are drivable though as long as you have a little common sense.
Having said that I fully expect A&M and CSISD to cancel, they really don't need to but younger kids have hard enough time driving on normal road conditions.
Looks like Our neighbors to the east ( Caldwell, Rockdale area) got hit much harder than we did in BCS.
Pretty sure I saw where Blinn canceled tomorrow.
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befitter said:jac4 said:befitter said:
If I hear or read "abundance of caution" one more time.....
"In an abundance of recklessness, we have decided to wait until 5:00 pm on Sunday to decide what we are going to do Monday morning."
Naw. Waiting until Sunday to make a decision on school for Monday based on reality and facts is rational.
Agreed. Not sure what it changes for someone to know now versus 6 hours from now if they have to go to work/school Monday. Now I see if they were waiting until 5AM to make the call it could be a little more impactful to folks.
totally up to the ground shuttle folks to decide what they are doing........
FlyRod said:
With zero chance of this ice melting before Tuesday I would expect additional cancellations Monday. I predict the Big School will announce closure around 8-9 pm tonight.
Alot has already melted and roadways have improved just in the last couple hours.
Surface temp vs air temp are completely different things.
Roads will be fine by tomorrow , but " out of an abundance of caution" I expect Schools that have not already will cancel.
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Drove around town this am around 8:15 and it wasn't bad at all.
Supposed to possibly get sun break through this afternoon. That will help matters for tomorrow.
Supposed to possibly get sun break through this afternoon. That will help matters for tomorrow.
For sure! Would mean I would have to drive to get them if they aren't working. I checked and it looks like they cancelled today and won't resume till 8:30 tomorrow (possibly)
I have a much different definition of safety for driving vs some of y'all.
Folks around here don't have the experience, knowledge, tires, or vehicles to safely drive in these conditions. Ice isn't something to fool around with for 99% of drivers in BCS.
Folks around here don't have the experience, knowledge, tires, or vehicles to safely drive in these conditions. Ice isn't something to fool around with for 99% of drivers in BCS.
Roads around Carter Creek are fine. Defrosted the car and took a little trip around. Might see if Tim Horton's is open and grab some TimBits.
FlyRod said:
Roads around Carter Creek are fine. Defrosted the car and took a little trip around. Might see if Tim Horton's is open and grab some TimBits.
If Tim Horton's is closed due to weather, that would be embarrassing for a Canadian company...
CSISD has cancelled tomorrow.
Followed by in-person for A&M. We are authorized to work remote.
TAMU classes cancelled for tomorrow. Employees to work remotely.
bushytailed said:
TAMU classes cancelled for tomorrow. Employees to work remotely.
Code Maroon: B-CS classes canceled and non-essential operations suspended Jan. 26. Eligible employees work remotely. Visit emergency.t https://clq.io/m84OQ72
Thought about pizza for the football game. Dominos is closed. Oh well, sandwich it is!
Tried to walk my husky this morning but there was way too much ice on the sidewalks to be safe for me. Hasn't been over 30 so far at 330 pm. This was the first time I've gone out front and it sounded cold due to the wind cracking the ice on the tree branches. Kind of creepy.
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KidDoc said:
Tried to walk my husky this morning but there was way too much ice on the sidewalks to be safe for me. Hasn't been over 30 so far at 330 pm. This was the first time I've gone out front and it sounded cold due to the wind cracking the ice on the tree branches. Kind of creepy.
The temperature never got above 24 according to my weather app.
CoCS trash pickup delayed by one day this week. Monday pickup now on Tuesday, etc.
michellecan said:
Thought about pizza for the football game. Dominos is closed. Oh well, sandwich it is!
Same here! Hope you a variety for several kinds.
i keep thinking of that old Snickers commercial "Not going anywhere for a while?" I could use a bag of those now.
Just took my stir-crazy boy on the shortest walk of his life. It's cooooooold out there.
Drove to HEB on southside of town. Roads were perfect nearly everywhere. Enough icy spots to catch the overconfident morons.
Getting my car ready took about thirty minutes. If you plan on driving tomorrow, I'd get a head start on windows, doors and windshield. Doors were frozen shut and ice was really thick on windshield.
Getting my car ready took about thirty minutes. If you plan on driving tomorrow, I'd get a head start on windows, doors and windshield. Doors were frozen shut and ice was really thick on windshield.
Need to share this somewhere but I had this idea to earn some points with the wife tonight by taking her car and filling it up with gas (was practically on E) and go ahead and get all the ice and everything off the windows this evening to save her time in the morning. Well this was all a great plan until I got to HEB and realized I forgot to de-ice the gas cap panel.
So I ended up running inside HEB and getting a bottle of water and scraping the ice off of it with an old card in my wallet freezing my butt off at the HEB gas thing cursing myself the entire time.
So I ended up running inside HEB and getting a bottle of water and scraping the ice off of it with an old card in my wallet freezing my butt off at the HEB gas thing cursing myself the entire time.