The Polar Vortex is upon us. It's projected to fall in the single digits tonight with wind chills in the -10 to -15 region.
And school systems around us are closing or delaying opening due to the cold.
Seriously?
It's been this cold before in Maryland. It's been a while, but yes, it can get below zero. Add the wind and it sucks. I get that people don't want to be outside or send their kids outside in weather like this. I don't like going out when it's windy and cold. There are men and women that have to work in these conditions whether they like it or not.
When kids will be waiting for the bus tomorrow morning, it will be cold. It will be windy. And thousands of parents will freak out because they don't want their kids standing out in it. Yet kids do this all over the midwest and northeast every morning. They stand outside for the bus when it's below zero. They walk to school in snow and wind.
I don't get to go to work late because it's cold. Hell, I'm supposed to go to work if there's a blizzard - my office officially "never closes". We're supposed to use our "best judgement" about going to work in adverse weather conditions. So if it's cold and I'm getting ready to go to work, what do I do? Simple - I dress accordingly. I throw extra layers on. I pull out the hat and gloves.
The worst part is after a few days, we'll be back to the 30-40 degree range and people will go back to finding new things to complain about.
I love winter. I love this kind of weather. It'll be gone in a few days. Suck it up, buttercup!
And school systems around us are closing or delaying opening due to the cold.
Seriously?
It's been this cold before in Maryland. It's been a while, but yes, it can get below zero. Add the wind and it sucks. I get that people don't want to be outside or send their kids outside in weather like this. I don't like going out when it's windy and cold. There are men and women that have to work in these conditions whether they like it or not.
When kids will be waiting for the bus tomorrow morning, it will be cold. It will be windy. And thousands of parents will freak out because they don't want their kids standing out in it. Yet kids do this all over the midwest and northeast every morning. They stand outside for the bus when it's below zero. They walk to school in snow and wind.
I don't get to go to work late because it's cold. Hell, I'm supposed to go to work if there's a blizzard - my office officially "never closes". We're supposed to use our "best judgement" about going to work in adverse weather conditions. So if it's cold and I'm getting ready to go to work, what do I do? Simple - I dress accordingly. I throw extra layers on. I pull out the hat and gloves.
The worst part is after a few days, we'll be back to the 30-40 degree range and people will go back to finding new things to complain about.
I love winter. I love this kind of weather. It'll be gone in a few days. Suck it up, buttercup!
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