this is the weather the way it was back in the 80s. we have just been spoiled the past few years because the weather has been so mild. if you have to drive in it slow down.

tnimmo It sure is a shame that you could not get to school today. It seems you would have benefited from spelling class and very possibly from anger management too.

evansville: or tornados!! :o)But really I feel bad for those people that got hit with the storms below us. I have friends in Tennessee and they are okay but not used to that kind of weather in February..

Let me qualify that statement- drinking TEA.

Oh, and now that global warming is so rampant, some of the receding glaciers in Canada and Iceland have revealed tree stumps from trees 30-55 years of age. So at one point, it was way warmer.
I'm not saying our CO emissions haven't had an effect, but we have been on the earth's surface for but a millisecond of time in the cosmic year. We;ll be extinct someday, and preserving mankind is not exactly an attainable goal.

The roads here are inpassable. They look fine, then you see a 4 foot high drift that goes for about 30 feet. Then ice.
We'll be drinking and reading a great deal today, methinks.
They don't even plow here until after the storm is over. It may be a good two days before I hike out of here.
That's OK. I'd rather have this than earthquakes and hurricanes.

Wasn’t it in the 1970s when there was global cooling. I wonder what happens after that.

nyconserv1 - Scientists say the beggining effects of global warming will be more extreme weather...more hurricanes, rain, snow, wider temperature swings, etc.

I could be wrong (it has been known to happen), but I don't think cancelling an early release day would help make up the snow day. Since the schools do not let out until afternoon, it already counts as a full day. They would need to cancel parent conferences or shorten spring break or extend the school year to make up the days.

If the Janesville schools close due to weather, they should switch a teacher inservice day to Saturday and schedule school for that weekday.

It's beautiful outside :) Of course I say this as I look out the window and I'm not leaving the house today at all....lol.

Remember the blizzard of 78? It was on my 8th birthday and my mom was stuck at work until late. I remember eating my birthday cake very late that night...lol.

where is the global warming that Al gore invented?

I agree with cheesehead I have lived here my whole life too and I am so sick of people complaining about oh there is too much snow or oh look at all the accidents from the snow. If you people live here year after year and can't figure out how to drive in snow or shovel, snowblow, or whatever else you do to clear snow either move out of wisconsin or hire somebody to do it for you. It's not that hard to figure out to slow down. Also, if your complaining about shoveling snow or clearing it in general I have been doing it since I was 5 and still do it before I go to work for 8 hours and after work, and guess what "I STILL LOVE SNOW!!!" That's why I live in Wisconsin.

HA HA kenser - everyone grab your AquaNet and let it go crazy !!

Some people are pathetic.. this past summer I have heard a lot of people saying I am ready for the snow no matter how cold it will get. We have high school kids complaining it's 12 degrees out. It's called a hat, gloves and jacket? they were made for a reason. People really need to get a grip if you don't like the snow or the weather then move. I've lived here my whole life, and I love Wisconsin. So people need to get a grip lol.

THINK SPRING!

Teachers have inservices on early release days, and the district won't be getting rid of them for the rest of the year! (We could only hope, haha, but it won't happen....)

I agree that the city workers have done as good as can be expected in a near record snowfall season! I can barely stand to keep digging myself out every morning before work much less looking forward to nothing but snow removal all day and night! Also, I do hope the decision to cancel school is made based on conditions for students who have to drive or walk to school, and parents who have to drop off kids in a big traffic and snow mess, and not on "how on earth will it be made up?" During my drive home tonight, it was horribly treacherous due to the layer of ice that was under the first couple of inches! Yes, last year the district had a make up day after exams, at the high school level, so it did not affect graduation. And then I agree that we should just extend the early release days in Feb, March, April and May - the extra six hours gained should make up for an additional snow day - or heck, use a Saturday. Hopefully people in charge will be prudent in this decision!

I hope there is a snow day if we get the 20" they say we are. I don't like having the kids have to be in school so late into the summer though. Maybe they can use spring break time or better yet keep the kids in school all day on the early release days to make up the time and work they miss on snowdays. But I don't think I'd go for school on Saturday. Yuck !! LOL

Nothin' on earth that'll get me hummin'
Like a heat wave comin' and I'll come runnin'
With her makin' that tan in the broad daylight
And every night is a Saturday night
And everything's right with the summer comin'
I'm the first one standin' in line
For my day in the sun I've been workin'
'Til the sun don't shine

Takin' off my hat leave it to the boys
Get that old work monkey down off my back
All I want's a little peace and noise
Hit the cruise control
Get me back on track
Let my old Ford treat me like a Cadillac

Nothin' on Earth that'll get me hummin'
Like a heat wave comin' and I'll come runnin'
With her makin' that tan in the broad daylight
And every night is a Saturday night
And everything's right with the summer comin'
I'm the first one standin' in line
For my day in the sun I've been workin'
'Til the sun don't shine

When the day gets cookin' gonna grab my toys
And it really doesn't matter which wave we're on
Get to turnin' up them good old boys
Crankin' into the night, by the break of dawn
All the towns are red and I still see blonde

Nothin' on Earth that'll get me hummin'
Like a heat wave comin' and I'll come runnin'
With her makin' that tan in the broad daylight
And every night is a Saturday night
And everything's right with the summer comin'
I'm the first one standin' in line
For my day in the sun I've been workin'
'Til the sun don't shine

For my day in the sun I've been workin'
'Til the sun don't shine
For my day in the sun I've been workin'
'Til the sun don't shine
Summer's comin' to shine
Summer's comin' to shine
Summer's comin'

I think this song by Clint Black says a lot...I'm sick of the snow too....I have to clear out snow and salt for two apartment buildings ....AND all of my tenants are Seniors so they think I haven't done my job if there's a single snowflake on the concrete.....I need a vacation on a nice warm sunny beach....laughs

LOL Mein!! I feel really, really old because mine was like 25 years ago!! Actually we usually ended up losing our spring breaks and we went on several Saturdays and our school year started around August 7th and ended in June most of the years I remember!

bring on the snow!! If its gonna snow just let it dump on us!!

Speaking of school on Saturdays...I seem to remember making up a half-day at the end of the school year on a Saturday, because of snow. I was in late elementary or early middle school, which would have been about 12 or 13 years ago...

(Side note...reading that I was in middle school 12 years ago makes me feel old.)

gwendt: LOL But hey I do remember going to school on Saturdays to make up missing so much but that was in NC Mountains not here in WI. Ha ha

well, i havent seen it yet, sooooooooooo i guess i can comment that in the old days we WALKED to school.2-3 miles uphill both ways & we had school on a Saturday, if needed. Lighten up kids -Life aint that tough !!

Even if we get 3 feet of snow, I know Blackhawk will not be closing. Between shutting down early last week due to hail and ice and then shutting down because there was no power, we are out of sick days!!!

Blaming the city is getting old. Considering this might end up as the snowiest winter on record, I think the city has done a good job. A lot of cities are actually having salt shortages, including Fort Atkinson, who is reportadly out of salt and can't get any more.
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I think some people have gotten too used to the light winters we've had the last few years.
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An extra day of school last year was easily accomodated during final exam week (for Craig HS anyway). Seniors were not effected.

I am all for global warming. Start using your aerosal cans people.

WHERE IS THAT LITTLE RASCAL MR. GROUNDHOG!

This is a good old Wisconsin winter. Can't change it so enjoy it! For anyone out there who is sick of the snow and ice, just think of how the snowploy drivers must feel? These drivers are working from 12 to 18 hours a day, trying to keep Rock county roads passable for all drivers. They do a good job even though all I ever hear is how bad the roads are. Let's give them a break. We should appreciate what they have to go through, long hours and this year with NO Salt makes their jobs even harder. Hats Off to all of them.

tnimmo I know what you are saying. My daughter is a senior this year and she is worried about having another snow day and wondering what will happen if they do. My thought has been we do live in the north and we should be allowed more snow days and if they are not used then school can end earlier in the spring. As far as the day that school was canceled due to the cold I'm glad it was. My daughter has to take the city bus and I would of called her in sick so she wouldn't have to stand out there freezing. Some kids don't have the luxuary of having a car to drive to school and being put on a waiting list to be able to get a parking pass is ridiculous!
I do love the snow but I can't wait for spring to get here.

We live in Wisconsin. It is February. It amazes me some people still make a big deal over snow fall amounts.

Thanks for the chuckles... :o)Just think before we know it spring will come for a week or so and then it will be HOT and we will complain about that. Hee Hee

Mother Nature gets MY vote! Bring it on! The more the better! C'mon people, it's winter in Wisconsin. I think the snow is beautiful and would much rather see white than gray & brown wet crap all winter. Enjoy it!

Hopefully, with the warning, the City of Janesville will attempt to be ready to move the predicted snow. But, we all know better. How can the city Director of Public Works keep his job? Must be related to the City Manager.

I very much enjoyed this if we have to deal with another snowfall we might as well laugh through it.Thanks

Watch it turns out like last time, and we get no snow, or maby like four inches. Irreguarless its not like the city of Janesville will do any plowing or salting. Take yesterday for example, we had everything turn into "muck" and the city KNEW it would freeze that night, now our city streets are black ice, I saw three accidents just on my way to school this monring. Thats another, now that we had that worthless "cold day" (psh its wisconsin people get used to it) we WONT have a snow day,they cant give us one. Graduation is already set, and the district will not meet its 180 day requirment. SO now becaue of some not even cold temp's ill have to treck my front weel drive sedan through god knows how much crap between mother nature and lack of responsibilty by the city to school at 7 in the fricking mornking! JKLFjakl;sdjfkl;asdfjoasdjk