Does the staff have a backup plan for the imminent snow storm? I see it's predicted that Blacksburg will see 8-12" starting Friday at 2am and not stopping until Saturday at 7pm. A total of 11-15" through Sat if things go as predicted.
From what I saw they don't know where the "sweet spot" of the storm will hit just yet but further East had higher prediction totals.
I'm not sure what they could do; but now would be a good time to think outside of the box if you want to get those kids to Blacksburg this weekend. Perhaps have a few central locations in key areas that kids/parents could park and pick up groups in a bus or something better able to handle snow? I don't know, maybe there aren't any reasonable or rational options when it comes to 15" of snow.
I'm pretty sure many of these kids/parents (at least those from the South) don't know how to drive in the snow. I live by the beach and I can assure you that people here don't have a clue.
I hate to be a downer, but at this point I don't see a lot of kids making the trip this weekend. Would they entertain the 29th being a super weekend or would that be too taxing on the staff? Perhaps that's not even possible because the kids have other schools to attend on the 29th?
What luck. Hopefully this is one of those times where the meteorologists are way off and things don't develop like they predict. This just doesn't look like one of those times.
From what I saw they don't know where the "sweet spot" of the storm will hit just yet but further East had higher prediction totals.
I'm not sure what they could do; but now would be a good time to think outside of the box if you want to get those kids to Blacksburg this weekend. Perhaps have a few central locations in key areas that kids/parents could park and pick up groups in a bus or something better able to handle snow? I don't know, maybe there aren't any reasonable or rational options when it comes to 15" of snow.
I'm pretty sure many of these kids/parents (at least those from the South) don't know how to drive in the snow. I live by the beach and I can assure you that people here don't have a clue.
I hate to be a downer, but at this point I don't see a lot of kids making the trip this weekend. Would they entertain the 29th being a super weekend or would that be too taxing on the staff? Perhaps that's not even possible because the kids have other schools to attend on the 29th?
What luck. Hopefully this is one of those times where the meteorologists are way off and things don't develop like they predict. This just doesn't look like one of those times.
