School has only been closed once during all the time I've gone to one, it's was late october 1996 I believe, about 30ish cm of snow came during one night. Way earlier than anyone had expected snow to come.
That was not a direct insult to your father, it was a generalization. Although, I suppose if you don't get much snow at all, it is a little different. Around where I live, despite the fact that we too don't get much snow at once, if you don't know how to drive (any) vehicle in poor weather, you don't deserve the privelage of having a license. That's just my opinion, though.
I realise the reasons your dad chose the range rover, I would have picked it, too, were I in his situation. That doesn't change the fact that you should be able to drive in conditions of light snow, in nearly any vehicle. Buddy of mine's father had a 911 which he drove all winter long for several years, never an issue with it, even in conditions of 8 or 9 inches of snow. But, like I said, you don't get much snow so I guess I can see the difference. Either way, I'm entitled to my opinion.
I'm not an internet noob, only a dialup user at home. Didn't want to take the time to load up another webpage .
Again, about the cold and school closings. At the beginning of the week, schools closed for the -5 F temperatures. An article was in the newspaper about school closings and winter weather and there was quotes from Michigan (US) about how they don't close schools until they see -30 to -35 F temperatures (-34.444 to -37.222 C, I'm at work and have my conversion proggy ).
I have ever got day off from school because of snow or cold weather, when it was enough cold we were allowed to stay indoors while between lessons, but that had to be really cold weather, normally it was not allowed to stay inside.
But of course here everyone has to be prepared for cold and snow as at normal winter we have snow for 5-6 months, this winter however has been bit shorter and temperature changes have been more extreme, global warming issue that is not so much of warming, but making changes of weather being more extreme.
Still snowing in Oxford...getting heavier now...
Biggest problem is that I'm halfway through having my house renovated and have only got 50% of my walls!
4-5 hours of heavy snow still falling, 2-3 inches fallen so far, busses going sideways down hills, car accident outside my house, all roads pure black ice with a blanket of snow over it.
Well in here, the snow unfortually didint come yet, but instead we got this awfull worm weather, with a horrible blue sky, and a sun that is so ugly, and those togheter with the bea(bit)ches, makes a letal combination... so i guess you guys are lucky fellas....
Picture from my garden. Im quite amazed at how much snow has settled.
The table shows how deep the snow is lol, i measured it and it was 5.5 inches, but then within about 30 mins it had snowed enough to cover my foot prints so who knows how deep it is now. lol.
N.B. If you look half way down the picture on the very right - can yous see the car
Funny this global warming, you guys at UK get similar amounts of snow as we.
I'm bit worried, in 30 years if weather goes even wilder at this rate we need to go to bunkers when there is storm etc.
Gota say I prefer having a 40c degree day than snow. I like my snow in small doses preferably on weekends and when I've got a snowboard strapped to my feet.
Snow was on the big cable news channels tonight. Wife was watching so I had no choice in the matter (I don't normally watch TV). I saw something like areas of northern New York state here in the US was buried under like 8 feet of snow!!!
if it makes you feel any better it hasn't stopped snowing here since about 4.30pm... that's almost 10 hours straight without it stopping! Got well over 6 or 7 inches here and the worst isn't due until the end of tonight