The Observation Deck

Jeff Patterson just robo-called to say that due to high winds and heavy snow, the Lakewood City Schools are closed!!!

Yay!!! And it's really really cold. A perfect morning to let the kids snooze and build igloos later.

Such a relief to hear Jeff Patterson's calm, reasonable voice first thing in the morning with good news.

Thank you Lakewood City Schools for your excellent judgment.

Betsy Voinovich

Betsy Voinovich wrote:And it's really really cold. A perfect morning to let the kids snooze and build igloos later.

I'm heading out to shovel now. I'll report back in about a half hour on whether its a powdery snow, or the perfect wet sticky snow for igloo and/or snowman building.

OK ... here is my professional* assessment (offered as an in-kind donation to the Citizens of Lakewood )

This snowfall is the PERFECT ALL-PURPOSE SNOW!

Powdery enough for sledding and making snow angels; with just enough moisture content for igloos (or snow forts) and snowballs!


* professional?? -- I've been shoveling snow for a half century (since I was 5 when my father would "suggest" that me and my brothers "get out there and clear the driveway.")

“Winter is not a season, it's an occupation.” ~Sinclair Lewis

.. and this just in: The University of Akron Lakewood is closed today, 2/1/13.

https://lakewood.uakron.edu/


"What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness." ~John Steinbeck

... and, also, Lakewood Catholic Academy is closed today. http://www.lakewoodcatholicacademy.com/

Nothing to report on St Ed's (no news on their website and phones there busy).

"Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day." ~Elizabeth Bowen

St Ed's is closed. Courtesy of Channel 3's website.

And I just shoveled the drive and cleared off the cars and decided to walk. There's so much snow I'm worried about parking. My street has not seen a plow.

Betsy Voinovich