Kudos to those schools in the surrounding area for giving their students, teachers and staff a snow day (in some instances .. two) well before there was even one flake of snow in the air.
There is still not a flake in the Humboldt area (that is not entirely accurate .. I've dealt with quite a few over the course of ten years) at 5:30 AM (this was also the case at 1:30, 3:00 and 4:15 .. when I got up to peer out the window), so the powers that be in the Humboldt City School system made the right call .. technically (the students, teachers and staff might not agree).
There is just no way to win.
If you make the call early (the night before) to cancel school and it doesn't snow .. you get criticized.
If you wait until the next morning, send all the kiddos on to school and it starts snowing while they are there .. you get criticized.
There is no way to escape the sharp tongue of those who know how to do your job better than you do (by the way .. that's everyone).
Pro football is not the only profession with its share of "arm-chair quarterbacks."
They're everywhere. They're everywhere.
So, Mr. Weatherman .. hold your head up high knowing you did the best you could with the information you had.
However, while you're holding your head up high .. you might want to turn your neck and watch your back.
I know a few families with five loaves of bread and three gallons of milk that don't look too happy at the moment.
"She is not afraid of the snow for her household."
- Proverbs 31:21a
UPDATE: It is snowing at the moment (6:25 AM). Too little .. too late
UPDATE UPDATE: Humboldt City Schools .. closed
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