Reply #15: I have to back-up Turtle on this one. [View All]

[madinmaryland]

The weather forecasters are notoriously horrible here. That is in good part because from the I-95 corrider and east, the weather systems will often pull in warmer air off the Atlantic, thus changing snow to either sleet or rain.

As far as the drivers go, they just don't know how to drive in the snow. After living in CT for 20 years, I know what real snow is like.

OTOH, my wife is in the school system her and they do take seriously the matter of cancelling school. It's a difficult situation for the schools. The decisions typically need to be made by 4am based on sketchy weather reports. Google "Norm Lewis" for our typical weatherman.