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Comments (27)
Sure enough, my daughter's bus is on a snow route today.
What's the difference between our regular route and a snow route, you ask? Weeeelll...here on the east side (for her bus, anyway), it's one and the same stop...
Posted by Betsy | January 16, 2007 5:43 AM
Oregon Live: "Sorry kids. If you live in Portland, get ready for school. Buses are running on snow routes this morning, but schools are opening on time. Lake Oswego, Forest Grove and Hillsboro, however, are closed."
Those wussy suburbs...
Posted by Morgan | January 16, 2007 6:01 AM
I wouldn't be so fast about waking the PPS kids up - last week, they changed their minds at 7:25 am, and this week's notice explicitly said 'changes possible pending a.m. conditions'.
Posted by Betsy | January 16, 2007 6:03 AM
I'd say the next thing you'll hear is "opening two hours late." It's not supposed to be much of a storm -- probably melt off by late afternoon. But hey, we closed for cold, why not for snow?
Posted by Jack Bog | January 16, 2007 6:42 AM
I tied a rope around my waist so I could find my way back to the house this morning when I went out to get the newspaper. It's gone beyond a trace. It's a freaking Willamette Valley Blizzard.
Posted by tom | January 16, 2007 6:53 AM
It probably has reached the point where things around here customarily shut down. And the latest I've heard is that it won't get warm enough to melt it down today. Sounds like a Portland snow day.
Posted by Jack Bog | January 16, 2007 6:58 AM
We (KPAM) just got off the phone with Vicki Phillips. They are in now in the process of determining what they're going to do regarding closure. 7:18 am
Bob Miller
Posted by Bob | January 16, 2007 7:14 AM
The tension is building.
Pull the trigger, Super Vicki!
Posted by Jack Bog | January 16, 2007 7:15 AM
Awesome up-to-the-minute updates! Thanks, Jack and Bob!
Posted by Amanda Fritz | January 16, 2007 7:20 AM
This is so funny.
Posted by Jack Bog | January 16, 2007 7:20 AM
Not the snow noooooo...
Posted by Scott | January 16, 2007 7:34 AM
Portland Schools now closed. Its official. Just got off the phone with Vicki Phillips.
Posted by Bob | January 16, 2007 7:36 AM
There you have it people. The phone!
Posted by Jack Bog | January 16, 2007 7:37 AM
Awesome! My daughter and I are bundled up ready to go; got all the "too many connections" reports on the official sites, so refreshed here and got the info. Thank you so much!
Posted by Amanda Fritz | January 16, 2007 7:38 AM
bojack.org Storm Center -- at your service.
Posted by Jack Bog | January 16, 2007 7:39 AM
P.S. "Awesome!" is the word of the day here at our home, since it looks certain we will have enough snow to sled on.
Posted by Amanda Fritz | January 16, 2007 7:44 AM
Sigh. Life in the lowlands.
Posted by Shelley | January 16, 2007 7:50 AM
It's eight o'clock and Channel 2 still doesn't seem to have the Portland school status.
Posted by Allan L. | January 16, 2007 7:59 AM
Heh - I'd already pulled the plug on my own kids' attendance at 7:16 am...
Posted by Betsy | January 16, 2007 7:59 AM
From my vantage point overlooking I-5 near the Terwilliger Curves, traffic is at a crawl going into Portland. I truly feel for those commuters today. I was grudingly prepared to take two little girls to elementary school and one to day care but now we can't even do that. Its time to build snowmen! whoooo hoooo! Good call (however late), Vicki.
Posted by Moses Ross | January 16, 2007 8:05 AM
My work place is closed! It's a snow day for dad! Too bad I lost the good old Yankee Flyer during some move long ago.
Posted by tom | January 16, 2007 8:37 AM
Bummer. We retirees get nothing out of these work/school closures. I don't even get any vacation time.
Posted by Allan L. | January 16, 2007 8:44 AM
Bummer. We retirees get nothing out of these work/school closures. I don't even get any vacation time.
Get, get, get.
Look out the window, go outside, enjoy it!
kwitcherbitchin'
Posted by rr | January 16, 2007 8:54 AM
"From my vantage point overlooking I-5 near the Terwilliger Curves, traffic is at a crawl going into Portland. "
That means you can probably see the tram too! Oh, let's pray that the doctors don't get stuck in the PHART!
Posted by mark | January 16, 2007 9:11 AM
I thought the white stuff out there was just an unseasonably bright sunlight reflecting off of dust particles. I totally would have walked to my office this morning wearing only a tanktop and flip flops if I hadn't turned on the news this morning.
Posted by kyle | January 16, 2007 9:16 AM
That means you can probably see the tram too!
It'll be a good day to test the heater.
Oh wait...
Posted by Chris Snethen | January 16, 2007 9:17 AM
Okay, that's a hell of a funny post. Good job. Sadly, I'm afraid most Portlanders miss the humor...
Posted by Jeff | January 16, 2007 2:07 PM