***Official 2024 Weather Thread***

[Cytasticlone]

ISU is partially closing.

Dear Iowa State Community,


Iowa State University will partially
close on Friday, Jan. 12, due to a blizzard warning issued
through Saturday. All winter session classes will meet virtually as scheduled
at the discretion of the instructor.


Supervisors should provide maximum flexibility for employees to work
remotely or take leave. If remote work is not an option, consider potential
training opportunities that employees can complete remotely.


Supervisors in police, public safety, security, power plant, food service,
health care, animal care and critical maintenance should make arrangements for
team members to report safely to campus. Employees who cannot make it to campus
should contact their supervisors.


During the partial closure, all campus buildings will be locked. If you need
access, please contact the ISU Department of Public Safety at 515-294-4428.
Students moving back into the residence halls will still have access on
Friday.


Thielen Student Health Center will be open on Friday. The Student Counseling
Center will be open for crisis appointments.


For weather-related information and updates, employees should bookmark the
following links:

• 
  
• National Weather Service (Des

Moines/central Iowa)

• 
  
• 511

road conditions (statewide)


For questions, you can access this
FAQ or the university’s severe weather and
emergency closings policy.


Spring semester classes are scheduled to begin on Tuesday, Jan. 16.
University leaders will continue to monitor weather conditions and provide a
campus update on Monday.

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[NWICY]

bUsT iNCoMinG

I hope you are right.

 

[bawbie]

Holy crap. There were schools that still had a 2 hour delay today?? That’s wild.

We got ~3" of snow overnight and the roads are still a mess from Tues/Wed.

 

[Trice]

Holy crap. There were schools that still had a 2 hour delay today?? That’s wild.

There were a ton of schools in western Iowa that had delays today. Perhaps it was a combination of residual crappiness from two days ago plus the squall from last night.

 

[cyfanbr]

This sucks big time. Had kid's first birthday planned for this Saturday afternoon, but now looking at rescheduling as we would be coming from out of state as well as some other family.

Worth the inconvenience to not put us and other loved ones at risk.

 

[NWICY]

Cedar Rapids is the same:

Tuesday: Canceled
Wednesday: Canceled
Thursday (today): 2hr Delay
Friday: Canceled
Monday: Holiday
Tuesday: In-service day

That's a lot of learning going on.

 

[ISUTex]

We got ~3" of snow overnight and the roads are still a mess from Tues/Wed.

I drove about 20 mph to work this morning (rural highway into town). Roads were **** this morning.

 

[bradcyclone]

Unless Oklahoma State is in town already for the game, I will assume the game will be called off?

 

[Gunnerclone]

Unless Oklahoma State is in town already for the game, I will assume the game will be called off?

Doubtful, seems like the show almost always goes on.

 

[alarson]

Unless Oklahoma State is in town already for the game, I will assume the game will be called off?

Seems like there's plenty of time for them to get in. Game isn't until 5pm saturday, and the bulk of this snow will be over by noon Friday.

 

[Clonehomer]

So the teacher ‘work day’ that was scheduled for tomorrow was moved to Wednesday. Can’t teachers work virtually? So now we have kids home this week and already two days next week. Awesome!

Might as well cancel Tuesday because of the cold and get it over with. Year round school, here we come.

 

[bawbie]

That's a lot of learning going on.

 

[AuH2O]

Waukee is closed Monday and Tuesday and just canceled tomorrow so a 5 day stretch with the kids locked inside…

On an unrelated note - what’s the cutoff age for dropping kids in those Safe Haven boxes? Asking for a friend.

No cutoff age. I think if 40% of their body fits into the box you are good to go.

 

[wxman1]

Holy crap. There were schools that still had a 2 hour delay today?? That’s wild.

CR side streets are absolute trash for the most part. Going to be very rough after this next one and then a super hard freeze.

 

[wxman1]

 

[bawbie]

 

[stormchaser2014]

I'm not going to fret just yet.

 

[ClonerJams]

 

[3TrueFans]

I'm not going to fret just yet.

I’m fretting the **** out.

 

[MNCYWX]

I like the attempt to heighten awareness. But I question the accuracy of this statement in the state of Iowa. Back to back storms like this? That I can get behind.