“Although some older people like it really warm.”
Yes, old people can be funny like that. They’re either lizards and keep their thermostat at 82 degrees or they die when the temp hits 90. Weird.
But you’re never really sure which is which and it’s not a chance I’d want to take with my grandma…
FWIW, where we are right now (mom’s house in very upstate NY), they wouldn’t even do anything to the roads for just one inch of snow predicted with 39 degree temps. The snow will melt.
If that’s the correct temperature, I’m not really sure why even a southern city like Atlanta is closed. It will melt there too. Snow doesn’t really know where it’s supposed to be bad at one inch vs where it’s the norm during the winter. Our area (PA) will delay for an inch or two if the snow is going to stay, but not when it’s above freezing by a bit with warm ground where it isn’t going to stick or become ice.
^^ they are worried about black ice more than snow.
Atlanta, despite having a fair share of residents originally from other areas, has more people unfamiliar with the gig than the northeast or upper midwest. It’s a different context. When Ilived near enough to Creekland, we didn’r close for 3", even if all the roads hadn’t been plowed. We just put on our coats, scarves, gloves, boots and crunched down to the bus stop. Same here in New England, except when something about the snow is unusual- particularly icy or strong winds or public transortation is affected. Or the actual temps.
It is officially going to be cold Wednesday. The Chicago public schools have announced that they will be closed. Some amtrak trains will not be running. Some city, state and federal offices will be closed.
Many eons ago we visited both Bard and Vassar the same February weekend. At one campus the sidewalks were pristine at the other they were covered with ice and we saw a student land flat on her back right in front of the tour. One stayed on the list, the other didn’t. 
My family is from upstate NY and one of my nieces went to a college (can’t remember which one) close to one of the lakes. The weather was so bad at times, they had ropes strung between dorms and classrooms due to the windy and icy conditions.
It was never the cold that bothered me, it was the length of winter. I enjoy the more temperate weather in the PNW.
^ Not sure which school got the boot, @mathmom, but back in the day at Vassar, the steam heat that was sent to all the buildings from the powerhouse behind Main used to melt the snow and create natural pathways to the buildings!
ND is closed from 7pm Tuesday through 1PM Thursday. Daughters dorm is making homemade pizza’s and watching movies so the girls don’t have to head across the quad for dinner. Predicting a high of -17 and a low of -25 (colder with wind chill). Sounds like an old fashioned slumber party to me.
Clarifying above (in case its not clear)-- the steampipes that sent the heat to all the buildings from the powerhouse were huge underground pipes. They did a great job of creating natural paths in the snow. That building, I believe, now houses the Powerhouse theater (had to think long and hard for that name 
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It very much depends on a student. Different aspects are more important to different individuals. While beautiful campuses were very nice to visit it didn’t mean much for my student. Same with weather. The transition from CA to New England went more smoothly then I expected but luckily lead to a decision to settle on West Coast after graduation.
I am with a group of 40 educational consultants visiting campuses in Alabama…except everything is closed today due to a prediction of brief flurries and 37 degrees. So everything’s cancelled and we’re sitting in the hotel amidst bright sunshine well above freezing. >:(
I know a young man at Florida Institute of Technology, in his third year. He loves the weather there, but I believe he’s had to evacuate three times for hurricanes.
My undergrad college had the heating steam pipes under the paved sidewalks. Never a drop of ice or snow on them. Good thing, because it was a hilly campus. Good planning!
University of Michigan closed Wednesday and Thursday! Wow. Third time in 40 years. A bus accident yesterday on campus and the governor issuing a state of emergency probably contributed to the closing.
MSU in Lansing Mi is also closed due to the weather for a few days.
A friend’s son is at College of Charleston. When he moved in last January, all the roads closed - including the bridges in and out of the city - because of an ice/snow storm. Then this past fall the college closed and the kids had to evacuate for hurricane Florence.
you never know…
@OHMomof2 I live in SC and my son attends CofC. Ice storms are extremely rare in Charleston. Plan to evacuate at least once a year for hurricanes. The school does provide a place for students to evacuate
At Case they cancelled school today because of the extreme cold…so colleges take that into account.
I’m concerned about the weather at UCLA. When my S18 came home for winter break, he complained that Northern California was too cold and wet. If he’s that spoiled by SoCal weather already, he’ll never want to work anywhere else in the country after college… :))