Allen ISD just closed for tomorrow, nothing yet on Friday.

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I just want to know if that one guy is going to be able to go deer hunting

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It isn't looking good.

Ol Jock 99 said:

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Phat32 said:

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I just want to know if that one guy is going to be able to go deer hunting

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It isn't looking good.

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I am! I'm flabbergasted as to why you can't.

Biggest issue is childcare at this point. Wife may well have to shift her Thursday clinic to Friday, which throws my world into chaos.

Ol Jock 99 said:

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Biggest issue is childcare at this point. Wife may well have to shift her Thursday clinic to Friday, which throws my world into chaos.

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Ohhh. I was thinking you were having concerns with getting out of town Friday or something. Good luck!

No. Damn roads are going to be fine I'd wager.

Lewisville ISD closed tomorrow, TBD for Friday

HRRR 18z Is now colder, and has way more moisture than before. could see snow as far south as killeen. Looking good for snow folks. even at lower snow ratios DFW still is looking at a good 3-5". also that backend snow band seems to sit still for a bit👀! #txwx #dfwwx pic.twitter.com/Hj8R5WMW7x

— Texas Weather (@TexasWeather_) January 8, 2025

Prosper closed Thursday, will make decision for Friday tomorrow by 3pm.

Sounds like FWISD is still open?

Fwisd closed thur and Fri. Just got the call

Matsui said:

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Fwisd closed thur and Fri. Just got the call

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Damnit.

I don't get why people belly ache about school closings. It's just a lost day of school. Not worth putting a bunch of people on the roads for it. The school isn't going anywhere.

Wife and kids are off tomorrow. Hoping my work will call it off for tomorrow as well. Luckily I'm about 15 minutes from my job site and have no major highways to drive on.

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AggieMPH2005 said:

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It's childcare and working that is the issue

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Just stay home unless you work in the ER or first responder. No job is worth the risk. Your office will still be there after the roads clear.

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Some have small kids that require supervision.

Coates said:

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Teslag said:

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AggieMPH2005 said:

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It's childcare and working that is the issue

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Just stay home unless you work in the ER or first responder. No job is worth the risk. Your office will still be there after the roads clear.

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Some have small kids that require supervision.

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I think he is saying all parents should stay home and not go to work unless ER or first responder....


edit: i guess you are saying maybe WFH w/ kids is not easy b/c of requiring supervision....

Anyone with a best guess estimate what road conditions will be in Dallas tomorrow or Friday afternoon?

Like many others I'm headed to Arlington for the Cotton Bowl with my Ohio State BIL. He is scheduled to fly in tomorrow night. Hopefully flight stays unaffected
I'm debating going tonight which yea is likely the safest route, but tomorrow or Friday afternoon is option as well.

Any advice ?

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Anyone with a best guess estimate what road conditions will be in Dallas tomorrow or Friday afternoon?

Like many others I'm headed to Arlington for the Cotton Bowl with my Ohio State BIL. He is scheduled to fly in tomorrow night. Hopefully flight stays unaffected
I'm debating going tonight which yea is likely the safest route, but tomorrow or Friday afternoon is option as well.

Any advice ?

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He isn't flying in tomorrow night. But Friday afternoon roads should be fine. Leaving the game it may get dicey again due to refreeze.

Ouch. I'd bet that's cancelled

Matsui said:

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Ouch. I'd bet that's cancelled

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Soon as I sent this he got notification to be aware of possible changes to flight schedule . Nothing yet but he is not expecting to land tomorrow night in Dallas.
I'm still up in the air of when to drive up

Yesterday said:

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Teslag said:

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It's childcare and working that is the issue

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Just stay home unless you work in the ER or first responder. No job is worth the risk. Your office will still be there after the roads clear.

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Cheese n rice….maybe if it was actually dangerous this would make sense. Some people can't just take off of work. Not sure if you have an actual job other than being 100% disabled and still in the Army. But in the real world people don't take off when the streets get wet.

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Icey roads are statistically far more dangerous and the txdot roadway status map with real time accidents will show this during ice events.

And pretty much everyone can take off work unless they work in an ER or emergency services. The world will go on just fine with you missing a day of work.

How much ice should accumulate before schools are closed?

Exactly. It's much better to know ahead of time, and safer, than waiting until the last minute.

Cleburne (my kindergarten daughter) closed for sure Thursday and Kinderfrogs/TCU (my 3 y.o son) closed Thursday and Friday.

This thing is going to be super nuts where 10 miles can be the difference in cold rain and 6+ inches of frozen stuff. Unfortunately, Cleburne is right on that line so we have no idea what to expect. My daughter really wants to build a snowman as we haven't had enough snow for her to do it before, so I somewhat hope Cleburne at least gets 2-3 inches on the backside Thursday night swing so we can build at least a small one together Friday.

rsf0626 said:

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They cancel early so people can plan ahead. Its not that complicated

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What insight, thanks!

The districts that closed Friday could at least wait to see what happens tonight and in the morning was my point. This seems to happen all the time, and day 2 things are bone dry.

That has more to do with the calculation that they think they won't have the staff to be open Friday regardless. Too many call ins.

Cleburne dropped from 41 to 35 in an hour. Hopefully that continues down to 27-28, and the precip keeps in right around 31-32 early tomorrow.

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rsf0626 said:

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They cancel early so people can plan ahead. Its not that complicated

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What insight, thanks!

The districts that closed Friday could at least wait to see what happens tonight and in the morning was my point. This seems to happen all the time, and day 2 things are bone dry.

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Is your boss being difficult or can you not work remotely or do you have a bonus on the line? The forecast is showing it's going to ice over. It's not going to be "bone dry."