Powerful Winter Storm to hit the Northeastern states

Not really, the larger the building the better they hold the heat. The heating is not the issue in general.

ChicagoBlue2 said:
Yup, I know. I already knew that some schools would close. Those here in the greater Chicago area did, too. I was asking if it took longer for larger buildings to warm up than smaller ones, or ones with unusual designs, and I would imagine that it does.
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diehardbiker said:
Not really, the larger the building the better they hold the heat. The heating is not the issue in general.
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What IS the issue? Frozen pipes? Frozen roads/sidewalks? I know each town is required to have an emergency plan in place for things like these, and it's been a long while since I was in a public school building.

I remember back in the late 1990's, my former hometown got hit with a massive blizzard, and we lost 40-something days of school after the holidays were over, and we did not return back to regular school until early February. Strange but true.
 
No issues regard to building itself really, it is all about safety for children. Very rare building closes reason other than safety of children. Majority of the time school closes due to weather, kids will have to be outside to get to school, that is where the problem is.

Here where I live, school close for more than a week? Not likely going to happen.

ChicagoBlue2 said:
What IS the issue? Frozen pipes? Frozen roads/sidewalks? I know each town is required to have an emergency plan in place for things like these, and it's been a long while since I was in a public school building.

I remember back in the late 1990's, my former hometown got hit with a massive blizzard, and we lost 40-something days of school after the holidays were over, and we did not return back to regular school until early February. Strange but true.
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diehardbiker said:
No issues regard to building itself really, it is all about safety for children. Very rare building closes reason other than safety of children. Majority of the time school closes due to weather, kids will have to be outside to get to school, that is where the problem is.

Here where I live, school close for more than a week? Not likely going to happen.
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Oh, I believe you. The reason we were out of school that long was because where I lived back then didn't have snowplows or road treatment methods (they still don't), and they tried to get the state to treat the roads and get us kids back in school, but it wasn't until more than a month after the storm hit that they finally came to town, and believe me when I say we were the only school district out for that long-- it was between 43 to 45 days, but it never happened again, and to the best of my knowledge, has not since I moved here.
 
ChicagoBlue2 said:
It depends by building size, right? The smaller schools take the shortest time; the larger ones, like the junior high school or high school (or college prep) take longer to warm up, because some of these buildings have different designs, and warm up differently.
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It depends on several factors but probably the type heating plant in the buildings is most important.

Some of the schools here are mega school campuses. They are constantly building new ones in our area. One of the elementary schools is the largest in the state. The high schools look like college campuses.
 
Yeah. Chicago don't have decent snow removal system like we got, it may take longer to clear up the roads, sidewalk, and so on with limited equipment. This is the reason why my hometown rarely shut down for more than a week.

ChicagoBlue2 said:
Oh, I believe you. The reason we were out of school that long was because where I lived back then didn't have snowplows or road treatment methods (they still don't), and they tried to get the state to treat the roads and get us kids back in school, but it wasn't until more than a month after the storm hit that they finally came to town, and believe me when I say we were the only school district out for that long-- it was between 43 to 45 days, but it never happened again, and to the best of my knowledge, has not since I moved here.
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Reba said:
It depends on several factors but probably the type heating plant in the buildings is most important.

Some of the schools here are mega school campuses. They are constantly building new ones in our area. One of the elementary schools is the largest in the state. The high schools look like college campuses.
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That must be a busy time for your area, with a lot of newer buildings replacing outdated ones. That's a good thing. It means the newer buildings won't have too many problems, unlike the older ones.
 
I prefer to have hurricane over blizzard.

I had been thorough the hurricane and it was messy for sure.

During hurricane watch, you have more time to leave, but for blizzard, it was unexpectedly. There were rare blizzard in southern states in 1993 so it was bad as northern states.
 
diehardbiker said:
Yeah. Chicago don't have decent snow removal system like we got, it may take longer to clear up the roads, sidewalk, and so on with limited equipment. This is the reason why my hometown rarely shut down for more than a week.
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I wasn't talking about Chicago-- I was referring to the town I lived in prior to living in Chicago-- it's a farm town in Southern IL, and they don't have their own snow removal equipment, and have to rely on the state for that. Chicago itself has 247 snow plows, and IL has what, 6,000? Point is, the state had a waiting list for small towns to get plowed, and mind you-- it was quite a list at the time, which was why we were out so long.
 
ChicagoBlue2 said:
That must be a busy time for your area, with a lot of newer buildings replacing outdated ones. That's a good thing. It means the newer buildings won't have too many problems, unlike the older ones.
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It's not just replacing old school buildings. It's building new schools for new neighborhoods. They can't keep up with the increase in population. We have new housing popping up all over the place.
 
Reba said:
It's not just replacing old school buildings. It's building new schools for new neighborhoods. They can't keep up with the increase in population. We have new housing popping up all over the place.
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Crazy sprawling in South Carolina? :lol:
 
Foxrac said:
I prefer to have hurricane over blizzard.

I had been thorough the hurricane and it was messy for sure.

During hurricane watch, you have more time to leave, but for blizzard, it was unexpectedly. There were rare blizzard in southern states in 1993 so it was bad as northern states.
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eh??? I rather have blizzard over hurricane anytime!!!!!! Hurricane kills people and damages properties costing millions of dollars. Live in fear as it comes hoping/praying it doesn't hit you. If it does, you lose your home, everything, and possibly your life.

Blizzard, hardly. Very few deaths and property damages compared to hurricanes.

I experienced the great blizzard of '79 in Chicago and it was loads of fun as a kid. Schools closed, shitload of snow everywhere. It was a paradise for kids with endless playground of snow.

Blizzard-1979.jpg
 
yea I'd prefer blizzard over hurricane
 
Reba said:
It's not just replacing old school buildings. It's building new schools for new neighborhoods. They can't keep up with the increase in population. We have new housing popping up all over the place.
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That tells me your local population is rapidly increasing, therefore requiring the need for more school buildings. Now that does make a lot of sense. My old hometown's population has never dipped below 5,000 people, but when I was born, there were only 2,300 here back in 1983, and the big spike came midway through the 1990's, when we had a high of, I think, 5,500 people.
 
MangaReader said:
eh??? I rather have blizzard over hurricane anytime!!!!!! Hurricane kills people and damages properties costing millions of dollars. Live in fear as it comes hoping/praying it doesn't hit you. If it does, you lose your home, everything, and possibly your life.

Blizzard, hardly. Very few deaths and property damages compared to hurricanes.

I experienced the great blizzard of '79 in Chicago and it was loads of fun as a kid. Schools closed, shitload of snow everywhere. It was a paradise for kids with endless playground of snow.

Blizzard-1979.jpg
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Blizzard and hurricane have own severity, so severe blizzard could knock the roof off and freeze people to death, and major hurricane, especially Cat 3-5 can knock entire home off and fly people off, or debris hit people to death. The minor hurricane, especially Cat 1 and 2 are not severe, so less damage, depending on area.

I prefer hurricane because of warm climate so I can't take deal with extremely cold weather.
 
MangaReader said:
eh??? I rather have blizzard over hurricane anytime!!!!!! Hurricane kills people and damages properties costing millions of dollars. Live in fear as it comes hoping/praying it doesn't hit you. If it does, you lose your home, everything, and possibly your life.

Blizzard, hardly. Very few deaths and property damages compared to hurricanes.

I experienced the great blizzard of '79 in Chicago and it was loads of fun as a kid. Schools closed, shitload of snow everywhere. It was a paradise for kids with endless playground of snow.

Blizzard-1979.jpg
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What about 1964 and 1968? Then there's 2011, for which I was here for.
 
Man! I missed '79! What a fun show! And definitely your right it was paradise for kids!

Now I am not alone knowing that Blizzard is nothing comparing to Hurricane or tornadoes. I am speaking for relatively.

MangaReader said:
eh??? I rather have blizzard over hurricane anytime!!!!!! Hurricane kills people and damages properties costing millions of dollars. Live in fear as it comes hoping/praying it doesn't hit you. If it does, you lose your home, everything, and possibly your life.

Blizzard, hardly. Very few deaths and property damages compared to hurricanes.

I experienced the great blizzard of '79 in Chicago and it was loads of fun as a kid. Schools closed, shitload of snow everywhere. It was a paradise for kids with endless playground of snow.

Blizzard-1979.jpg
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